Giving Thanks to a Wounded Hero

In April, Marine arrived to a of hundreds at McCollum Airport in Kennesaw. The graduate had finally come home to waving flags and tearful shouts of praise.

He then made his way back home to Acworth.

Love is an Acworth native. But he's much more; he's a Recon Marine who lost both legs and his left arm from an IED explosion in October.

"I'm still the same man," Love said in April. "I was a boy when I left, but now I'm man."

Cities and towns across Cobb County held special services on Memorial Day for war veterans.

Love celebrated his 21st birthday on April 30. He returned to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington this month and will spend another year and half there.

Memorial Day, and every day, we are grateful for brave soldiers like Love who risk their lives in the name of freedom and liberty.