Parents are late Pa. soldier's ambassadors

Published: July 10, 2011 2:19 PM
By The Associated Press  GENARO C. ARMAS (Associated Press)

Parents are late Pa. soldier's ambassadors

(AP) -- The condolence letters to Tom and Romayne McGinnis have slowed to a trickle, as have the invitations to the memorial dedications and veterans ceremonies.
Come December, it will be five years since their 19-year-old son, Army Pfc. Ross McGinnis, gave up his life to save four others from a grenade blast inside a Humvee -- an act so courageous he was posthumously awarded the Medal of...Read more...