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Association Honors Actor, Others for Troop Support
By Samantha L. Quigley / American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2007 - The Military Officers Association of America recognized actor Gary Sinise.
Actor Gary Sinise received MOAA’s Distinguished Service Award for his years of support to servicemembers.
“(Sinise) has a pretty good history of working with the (United Services Organization) and supporting the troops,” Harris said. “For example, he’s made 22 trips overseas with his (Lt. Dan Band).”
Sinise currently stars in CBS’s crime drama “CSI:NY,” but is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Dan in the movie “Forrest Gump.” The actor is a long-time supporter of the military, having participated in several celebrity tours to the Middle East to visit with troops.
On his second such tour in November 2003, he had the opportunity to visit an Iraqi school, where he noticed the lack of basic school supplies. Upon returning to the States, he co-founded Operation Iraqi Children, a program that enables Americans to send school supplies to Iraqi students.
He also started the Lt. Dan Band with Chicago composer Kimo Williams. The band has completed four tours with the United Services Organization.
Yesterday, Kerri Turner from TV’s “JAG,” now in syndication, and Mykelti Williamson, who played “Bubba” in the movie “Forrest Gump,” joined Sinise to visit troops recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It was Sinise’s tenth visit to the hospital in four years.
Sinise deflected the accolades as he accepted the award.
“I kind of have a hard time with this kind of thing because I just feel that it’s my duty as an American, and as somebody who can do something, (that I) should do something,” Sinise said.
He added that his commitment to military personnel stems from a desire to ensure no servicemember ever endures the treatment Vietnam veterans received.
“We all remember what it was like for our Vietnam vets to come home from war,” he said. “I do everything I can to get out there and make sure that our vets coming home today never, ever in the future have to face that again.”
Click here to see a video clip of Gary receiving the award.