{"id":1408,"date":"2011-12-28T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2011-12-16T21:52:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T21:52:30","slug":"stephen-ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/12\/stephen-ellis.html","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2011\/12\/ellis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1517\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2011\/12\/ellis-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Stephen Ellis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\u201cA soldier who served in Iraq is part of a legendary rugby family&#8230;when he is severely burned in a freak accident&#8230;even if you don&#8217;t like rugby, this is one helluva story about family and soldiers and perseverance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young man in the photograph gazes proudly at the camera, his entire life in front of him. He wears a military uniform, like his father once did, and his grandfather and great-grandfather as well. A soldier who served in Iraq is part of a legendary rugby family&#8230;when he is severely burned in a freak accident&#8230;even if you don&#8217;t like rugby, this is one helluva story about family and soldiers and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>For the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverfronttimes.com\/2011-04-28\/news\/stephen-ellis-usa-rugby-st-johns-mercy-medical-center-burn-unit-belleville-rowdies\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverfronttimes.com\/\"><strong>Riverfront Times<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. 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