Bill Caudle (left front) and other recruits are sworn into the U.S. Army Oct. 7 at the Milwaukee Military Entrance Processing Station (Photo by Michael Sears). On Oct. 7, Bill Caudle left home for Army basic training in Fort Jackson, S.C. Because his wife was sick with ovarian cancer in Watertown, Wis., he moved 950 miles away.
Caudle lost his job of 20 years from PolyOne, a plastics company, in March. His family’s health insurance was about to triple in cost and then triple again.
Since his wife needed a third round of chemotherapy to fight the cancer, Caudle signed up for four years in the Army. The tradeoff meant he had to leave when his wife and three children needed him the most. - Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel,
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/64677772.html
This story is very touching. It must be so hard for that family to make a decision like that. My heart goes out to people like that. I'm glad you added a photo to your summary, it makes this story stand out. Good job.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that Mr. Caudle had to go to these lengths to pay for his family's health care. It should never come to this. Families should be able to stay together in times like this, when they need each other the most.
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ReplyDeleteMistakes:
• Four years didn't need a hyphen. You need a hyphen when two words are modifying another. You'd use it in this sentence: Caudle signed up for a four-year stint in the Army.
• Should be Wis. You can find a list of state abbreviations under the AP Style link I posted on the D2L site (top nav bar).