Decorated Iraqi war veteran Shannon Meehan has announced that he is running for the Pennsylvania State congressional seat in the 163rd State House District.
Former Army Capt. Meehan, a married father of one, was seriously injured by an IED in Iraq, and he penned a memoir with Roger Thompson of his time at war entitled "Beyond Duty: Life on the Frontline in Iraq"
In 2007, Meehan suffered a traumatic brain injury in an IED explosion, and has been treated for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
During his service Meehan, a tank commander, called in a strike on a house, not knowing that an Iraqi family was inside. The family was killed in the attack.
In the CNN interview he was upfront about how the Iraqi family's death has affected him. >>>>>
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Beyond Duty
Irish American Iraqi war vet Shannon Meehan running for PA state congress
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