A wounded veteran will soon move into his new handicap-accessible home in Lebanon, Ohio, without the burden of mortgage payments, according to a report from WLWT.
The house under construction specifically for Navy Petty Officer First Class John Kremer will be fully accessible, catering to injuries sustained during a deployment to Afghanistan, the report noted.
This generous gesture comes from the Gary Sinise Foundation.
Kremer, who enlisted in 2003 at the age of 20, was trained in the disposal of explosive devices at the U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal school. He and his wife later relocated to his Oak Harbor, Washington, hometown.
“I made two deployments to Iraq on Detachment 17,” Kremer said. “During my deployments with MU11, I received 2 Bronze Stars, a Combat Action Ribbon, and an Army Commendation Medal.”
“While working for MU11, I rendered safe and disposed of approximately 400 IEDs and explosive hazards.”
His string of successful bomb defusals ended with a September 17 explosion in Afghanistan, according to a Breitbart report.
“On September 17, I was injured just outside the city of Emam Saheb, Kunduz, Afghanistan, while clearing the hilltop for landmines,” the Navy veteran explained. “My metal detector failed to alert us. ”
“My left foot was completely amputated by the blast and my right leg was severely injured,” he continued. “I returned to the United States and my family met me at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.”
Following multiple surgeries, Kremer made the tough decision to also amputate his right leg. His daughter’s presence provided the motivation he needed to focus on recovery, the report noted.
Now, with a family of four, the Kremers needed a safe, accessible home they could afford.
The Kremer’s new house promises to be everything they wished for. Kremer expressed his gratitude, saying, “So just to be able to have an open floorplan, be able to move throughout the house freely, it’s awesome.”
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