back to farming. He pursued a college degree in veterinary medicine but couldn’t concentrate outside of class. His grades suffered and he ended up dropping out.

“[PTSD] fits, you know?” He said. “I just couldn’t concentrate to study. I went to classes everyday. I still had trouble studying. I couldn’t

NH Photo/Cornelia Grace connect either in my reading or in class when they were telling me what was going on.”

Joseph Cole, with his wife Catherine, met following his service in the U.S. Marines during the Korean Conflict.

Cole had a hard time connecting with people as well. “I couldn’t connect to anything. They would have dances for young people. I couldn’t get myself to connect with any of those people. I would sit in the car and

By Cornelia Grace Harrison News-Herald Reporter

CADIZ — In 1980, when a young boy with leukemia wished to be a police officer, his Pheonix community came together to make that wish a reality.

Unbeknownst to them, they had started a movement that would start the Make-A-Wish Foundation and touch the lives of over half a million children worldwide.

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By Kristi Tullis

Harrison News-Herald Staff Writer