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Veteran's mission will benefit others
U.S. hero
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I challenge anyone who wants to understand what an American hero looks like to take 30 minutes to watch a video.I promise it will be more rewarding than anything you’ll watch on TV.The documentary by Ivan Kinder (http://vimeo.com/26802254) profiles Marine Rob Jones, who is cycling across the country to help other veterans.The video, “Survive, Recover, Live,” captured the William Genaust Marine Corps Award sponsored by the Heritage Foundation.It tells the humble story of Jones, from Lovettsville, Va., population 1,737. Jones attended Virginia Tech and joined the Marine Corps Reserve as a combat engineer. His primary role was detection of buried improvised explosive devices and weapons caches in Afghanistan.When one of the IEDs exploded, doctors amputated Jones’ legs above the knees, according to robjonesjourney.com.