Here is a link to the full article: David Hart, British Marine Killed in Afghanistan, Leaves Las Vegas Vacation Worth $150,000 to Friends
To sum it up: this Marine took out a $400,000 (ok, it was pounds, but that makes no since to us Americans) life insurance policy before leaving for Afghanistan. He stipulated that should he die $160,000 would go to his family, $90,000 to a charity for disabled Marines and $150,000 would go towards a Las Vegas vacation for his friends and their girlfriends. He was killed by a roadside bomb.
I have an enormous about of respect for anyone that serves in any branch of the military. My dad was a Vietnam veteran. This story was touching. I think sometimes when we see that troops were killed, we let it go by, forgetting that these are actual people, with friends and family, who are exhibiting an incredible amount of compassion by putting their lives on the line and fighting wars (whether you agree with them or not) so that you don't have to.
Words cannot describe the awesomeness that is leaving money for a vacation for your friends in your will.
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