02 April 2014

Army specialist in Afghanistan flies home to Texas to donate liver to dying grandfather | RallyPoint.com

Military News - Army specialist in Afghanistan flies home to Texas to donate liver to dying grandfather

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Duty to his country called U.S. Army Specialist Ricky Glenn Henderson to Afghanistan. Now duty to his family is calling him back to Texas, where he hopes to donate a majority of his liver to his dying Vietnam Vet grandfather.

Henderson flew back from Afghanistan last week determined to give the gift of life to his very sick 62-year-old- grandfather, Rickey Homer.

"The loss and the regret of me not doing anything would have outweighed this. I'm the firstborn grandson; I carry my grandfather's name," Henderson told KLTV, the ABC affiliate in East Texas.

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