A Soldier's Perspective » deployed father http://militarygear.com/asp The Web’s Leading Military Blog Since 2004 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:30:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Little Soldier Girl “Didn’t Want to Let Go” http://militarygear.com/asp/2009/10/07/little-soldier-girl-didnt-want-to-let-go/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=little-soldier-girl-didnt-want-to-let-go http://militarygear.com/asp/2009/10/07/little-soldier-girl-didnt-want-to-let-go/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:43:52 +0000 CJ http://militarygear.com/asp/?p=5872 Check out this story, it’ll tear at your heart strings, but she understands the cost of freedom.


Photo by Abby Bennethum

A family photo that shows a little girl beside her father and his fellow soldiers in uniform as they prepare to go to war has resonated well beyond the tight knit Bennethum clan.

Four-year-old Paige Bennethum really, really didn’t want her daddy to go to Iraq.

So much so, that when Army Reservist Staff Sgt. Brett Bennethum lined up in formation at his deployment this July, she couldn’t let go.

No one had the heart to pull her away.

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