Operation Finally Home Built A New Home For This Veteran Marine | Southern Living

The Coffeys are high school sweethearts. Melanie and Ray, a former staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, share a love that has lasted two decades. Staff Sgt. Coffey spent 17 years in the Marines, and in 2004, he experienced the unimaginable.

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