In December we reported on the death-wish card Pfc. Joshua Sparling received at Christmas while recovering from injuries at Walter Reed Army Hospital. We are happy to say, that he used the horrible incident to work for him while going through numerous surgeries, as the Port Huron Times Herald reports:
As Joshua Sparling lay in his hospital bed, just a couple of days after being wounded by a bomb in Iraq, he got a letter. The letter, addressed to "any soldier," wasn't meant to lift the spirits of someone just injured in battle. Instead, the letter, written in what looked like a child's handwriting, told Pfc. Sparling, 24, a paratrooper with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, to have a "great time dieing (sic) in the war." It ended with a postscript that said in big letters "DIE."
"I was shocked that (someone) would send a letter like that to anyone, period," said Joshua's father, Mike Sparling of Greenwood Township. "Let alone send it to someone returning from war."
But, Mike Sparling said his son, who had been in Iraq since August, used it as motivation to get better.
Joshua Sparling, a graduate of Yale High School, joined the Army this year. He was on special assignment in Ramadi, Iraq, when he was injured Nov. 18. He was on foot patrol when he saw men running out of a hole, and he and others in the unit gave chase. When Sparling was about 6 feet away from the hole, it blew up, sending him about 30 feet in the air, his father said.
Since then, he has been undergoing surgery nearly every other day at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., for a badly injured right leg.
On Wednesday, he had major surgery in which doctors tried to repair the leg with muscle, bone and tissue from his left leg, his father said. If the surgery doesn't work, Joshua may lose his leg.
The Political Teen has the audio links to Sean Hannity's radio interviews with Pfc. Sparling.
And Michelle Malkin lists other shows this real hero has been on here.
We love you, Joshua!
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