Injured Hebron Soldier To Return To Iraq
First Posted: 12/26/2005 4:56:27 PM
A Marine injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq is home in Hebron tonight, but
heading back to active duty tomorrow.
Lance Corporal Matt Cummings was hit by shrapnel in both legs last year, and
just finished physical therapy.
Cummings got to spend Christmas with his parents in Hebron, but tomorrow, he
leaves for California, en route to Iraq.
"I've been wanting to go back since I came back," said Cummings.
"I wish I would've stayed. I was a little relieved I wasn't over there, but
at the same time, I was with these guys since I joined," said Cummings. "I
want, since I came back, I've been wanting to go back.
Lance Corporal Cummings expects to spend six-months in Iraq before returning
home.