AIR COMPASSION FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS
Free Flights for Family Members Help Young Soldier at Walter Reed

For a young soldier recovering from devastating war wounds, nothing is more important than the comfort and encouragement of family.   Army Spc. Joshua Pruitt has been able to benefit from that support, thanks to Air Compassion for Wounded Veterans (ACWW) (CVC #3937). The charity has provided numerous flights for family members enabling them to visit him at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

The 21-year-old combat medic received severe injuries incurred in Iraq following a rocket-propelled explosion that hit Joshua’s Humvee while he was on patrol, sending 12 pieces of shrapnel into his skull and blasting fingers from both of his hands. Now recovering at Walter Reed, he has undergone 18 surgeries, including bone and skin grafts, and faces many more operations. ACWW has provided free airline tickets on commercial airlines so Joshua’s parents and two brothers can rally around him.

“Without the assistance of Air Compassion for Wounded Warriors, it would have been virtually impossible for us to travel to D.C. to be at Joshua’s bedside during this very difficult time,” his mother said.  “Joshua has a long way to go,” his mother Sue said of his recovery.  His father, Bill, and brother, Reid, rally around him at Walter Reed.

Joshua, who received a Purple Heart decoration, remains upbeat.  People often ask him if he has any regrets.  “What is there to regret, if you’re doing it for your country? I would do it ten times over,” he said.

CVC #3937

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