Nebraska businesses pay for troops' trip home for Christmas

AP/MSNBC:

Spc. Heather Davey put a $587 plane ticket on her credit card so she could go home for the holidays, figuring she would worry later about how to pay for it.

The 34-year-old mother of two has one less worry now. She and 40 other members of the Nebraska Army National Guard's 110th Medical Battalion training at Fort Lewis, Wash., found out Thursday that Nebraska business leaders would pay the soldiers' fares home.

"It made me feel appreciated," Davey said Friday from Fort Lewis. "I was so touched by the thoughtfulness and giving that still exists in this world today."

Banker Roy Dinsdale of Palmer and 20 of his friends and associates put up the $24,000 needed to get the soldiers home. An additional $16,000 that was raised will be kept in reserve.

The Lincoln-based unit has been training at Fort Lewis since Dec. 4, and Sgt. 1st Class Ron Schroeder said all but two of the soldiers in the unit were returning to Nebraska this weekend.

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It took only two days to raise the money. It shows you something of the character and patriotism of the people of Nebraska. I hope the troops have a happy trip. The Christmas spirit is alive in Nebraska.

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