The Heart of a Soldier -
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Published on: 8/26/2006
Last Visited: 8/26/2006
I have known this side of her family all of my life and knew of Micheal through his sister which I worked with at C & R a local grocery store, were Kate also worked before me.
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Michael Albright of Roadhouse Leather
Here is what the publisher has to say about this account of Life, Love, and Sacrifice.
The powerful true story of a heroic couple whose love for their country was matched only by their love for each other.
Mike and Kate Blaise fell in love during high school in small-town Macon, Missouri.Sharing a deep sense of patriotism, they both entered the U.S. Army she as a commissioned officer and he as an enlisted infantry soldier who later became a helicopter pilot with the Air Cavalry.Forced to accept the realities of a military marriage yet determined to stay with her husband, Kate passed up her dream assignment in the United States to be with Mike, who was deployed to Korea.
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But they never imagined a day like 9/11 or the military aftermath that sent them to Iraq, where Mike would lose his life in combat.