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Every day Jake Hausman is in Iraq...

May-22-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

"...his aunt ties a ribbon to her tree that's become a sea of yellow"

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By Jarid Shipley/Daily Sun staff writer

Everything is ready for Jake Hausman to return. He has a car that he has never driven, a family ready to hug him and trees full of yellow ribbons to cut off.

Spc. Hausman joined the Army even before he turned 18, during a time when war was imminent, and has spent the last 177 days in and around Mosul in northern Iraq.

For every day he is gone, his aunt, Teresa Hausman, ties another yellow ribbon on the trees in her front yard.

"I do it just to symbolize that I remember him every day and say a prayer for him at least once a day. This is just a small way to show support for him and all our troops. They put their lives on the line for us," she said.

It began with a giant yellow bow on the day he left, Nov. 13, and every day a new ribbon is added to the sea of yellow outside Teresa's house.

"That was the first one. We have had some hard times since then but we nailed it up good and it's not coming down until Jake gets home," she said.


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