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Fallen Kansas Soldier Honored With Stocking Drive
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) _ Hundreds of holiday stockings stuffed
with goodies will be sent to troops overseas as a tribute to a
Garden City soldier who died in Iraq in 2007.
The stocking drive for soldiers began a year before Sgt. 1st
Class Travis Bachman died but was renamed in his honor. Bachman, a member of the Army National Guard, was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle on Aug. 1, 2007.
The Garden City News-Telegram reports (http://bit.ly/tF7ICr)
that this year's drive brought in 615 stockings, shy of a goal of
700.
Bachman's widow, Amber Wilson, started the drive with a friend
in 2006. She says that every year she is overwhelmed by the
outpouring of support and generosity from the community.
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