Bio

• Name:   Ed Hale
• Age:   97yrs
• Service Period:   WWII
• Branch:   US Marines
• Introduction:
  
  "I want kids to realize that what they're enjoying today was not free. Men and women died for you to be able to enjoy the life that you have now. What I would want them to ask themselves...'how come I'm so blessed? How come I have all these things? How come I have a nice home, a car, or a school, or friends, how did I get this? Had we lost the war, they would not have what they have."
  – Ed Hale
  
  This is it. THIS is the message of WWII veteran Ed Hale's Patriot Feature, and Patriot Features at large: "How did we get here?". From Ed's opening statements to his closing, this penetrating question asks for the answers most needed in our society today...how are we so divided when once we were so unified? How did we achieve such freedom and affluence today? The answers to these questions, and hope for the future, are found in the beauty and truth of Ed's story of service in the fight for our freedom, and in surrendering his life to the only one who can truly answer these questions.
  
  This is: "Hale, a service story".