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Younger veterans discuss war experience, transition to home life
UNG group offers support, place for student vets to relax on campus
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University of North Georgia students who are also veterans of the U.S. military gather inside the school’s student veteran lounge at the Gainesville campus. From left are Ryan McDonald, Austin Reed, Daren Thompson, Jamieson McWaters and Aaron McKeithan.
Aaron McKeithan joined the Marine Corps basically on a whim, but he later learned in a very poignant way why his military service matters. The Dahlonega man was giving a tour of the Navy ship USS Somerset, named after the Pennsylvania county where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on 9/11, when he met up with victims’ families. “I have never seen anyone so proud of our military than these people,” said the 23-year-old.