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Soldier dying of brain cancer promoted early
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Dec 23, 2007 9:30:51 EST
Posted : Sunday Dec 23, 2007 9:30:51 EST
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Jared Brissette had earned a promotion to sergeant in the Army but wasn’t expected to live long enough for the ceremony. So the Army came to his parents’ home to promote the paratrooper in his bed.
Brissette is dying of brain cancer. Army commanders from Fort Bragg, N.C., visited Brissette on Thursday to promote him and present the new medals he earned this year.
Doctors say the 22-year-old likely has only days to live.
Brissette decided to enlist after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He was deployed to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division in 2005.
He married his high school sweetheart after returning home. He had been training for a deployment to Iraq when he was diagnosed with cancer in January.
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