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proudly—they were brothers, after
all. The clinking followed him along
the way, all one hundred miles.
Smith’s run this past Memorial Day was the second his organization, Alwaysbrothers.org, had
established for the benefit of the
bereaved families of fellow marines who had died in combat. On
May 26th, Smith, the president of
Always Brothers, along with core
members and the residents of various communities along the trail,
ran one hundred miles for the families of the Lima Company, a re-
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serve Marine battalion stationed in
Columbus, OH, which lost 22 Marines and one Navy Corpsman KIA
in Iraq in 2005. All the proceeds
from the run went to the children
the marines left behind, with the
hopes of helping them pay for expenses such as school.
“Everyone is thankful and everyone’s appreciative but sometimes
just saying ‘thank you for your service’ to a guy just isn’t enough,”
says Smith.
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Always Brothers began after
Smith ran the 2010 Marine Corps
marathon in Captain Tyler Swisher’s memory, in combat boots no
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Runners and
supporters
posing for a
team photo
at finish line
of the Lima
Company run.