THIS SHOULD MAKE YOU MAD AS HELL

Her name was LaVena Johnson.

She was an honor roll student

She played the violin.

She donated blood and volunteered for American Heart Association walks.

She elected to put off college for a while and joined the Army once out of school.

She died near Balad, Iraq, on July 19, 2005, just eight days shy of her twentieth birthday, the first female soldier from Missouri to die while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.

But she wasn’t killed by the “enemy.”

She was murdered by a fellow soldier.

“She was found with a broken nose, black eye and loose teeth, acid burns on her genitals, presumably to eliminate DNA evidence of rape, a trail of blood leading away from her tent and a bullet hole in her head.” (Salon.com)

Believe it or not, that’s not the worst part.

The worst part is that the Army – despite the physical evidence – declared it a SUICIDE and closed the book on it.

Just from a moment, try to imagine this “suicide.”

She breaks her own nose, knocks her own teeth out, pours acid on her genitalia and shoots herself in the head --- and somehow leaves a trail of blood outside her tent, then comes back in and dies.

That’s one HELL of a “suicide,” my friend.

Now LaVena's parents are trying to get a real investigation of her death.

You can help.

You can call on Henry Waxman, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, to investigate the Army's cover-up of Lavena's death

http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/

This girl was willing to stand up for her country.

It’s time somebody stood up for her.

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