Gone Fishing: Texas Town Hosts Fishing Tournament for Wounded Warriors

By Elizabeth M. Lorge and Lance CheungMay 4, 2008

The Big One
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Fish On
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Flags
3 / 25 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Howard Mitte (peach shirt), Clayton Mitte (gray shirt), Brayden Blanton (red shirt), set 4001 flags in the grass near the Port O'Connor Community Center in Texas, on May 2, before Warrior's Weekend began. The flags commemorate the servicemen and wome... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fish Fry
4 / 25 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Dennis Lala (blue apron) and Dodd Coffey tag-teamed the duties of barbequing bacon-wrapped, shrimp-stuffed jalapeno peppers for a Warrior's Weekend dinner in Port O'Connor, Texas, May 2, for wounded warriors. Lala is a member of the weekend’s board o... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Good Eats
5 / 25 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Left to right) Spc. Michael Sebren and Pfc. Derek Rivere chat with Elsa and John Zuniga from Corpus Christie, Texas, during a Warrior's Weekend fish fry for wounded warriors and their Families from Warrior Transition Units across the nation. Sebren ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
The Stars and Stripes
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Launch
7 / 25 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A boat owner and assistant motor off with a wounded warrior ready to go fishing during Warrior's Weekend in Port O'Connor, Texas, May 3. More than 125 wounded warriors and their Families from Brooke Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Cente... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
A Texas Welcome
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Hero Worship
9 / 25 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Local Cub Scouts from Pack 116 in Port O’Connor, Texas, watch wounded warriors board boats to go fishing during Warrior's Weekend May 3. About 135 local fishermen volunteered their time and boats to take more than 125 Soldiers and Families fishing, a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Let's Go!
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Cub Scouts
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It Was this Big
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Memento
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Jump
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Freefalling
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I Really Love my Fish
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Back to the Dock
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Fishing Poles
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For the Birds
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Weigh-In
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Autographs
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Barbeque Time
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At Ease
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Lift Off
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Buses Arrive
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