{"id":2964,"date":"2012-05-30T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2012-05-22T21:40:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T21:40:17","slug":"sgt-m-joshua-ryan-laughery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/05\/sgt-m-joshua-ryan-laughery.html","title":{"rendered":"Sgt. M. Joshua Ryan Laughery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/05\/josh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3063\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/05\/josh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Sgt. M. Joshua Ryan Laughery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>. . . 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