To celebrate his life and remember the good times was the desire of Royal Marine David C. Hart, should he not make it back from his Afghanistan deployment.
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One year after his death, 32 of his close friends and their partners are traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada to fulfill a request of British Royal Marine David C. Hart, a combat medic killed in Afghanistan.
Hart not only thought ahead regarding his family should he be killed while serving in Afghanistan, he also thought about his friends and a charity for wounded Marines. David C. Hart took out a life insurance policy prior to his deployment.
He stipulated that the proceeds of that policy be used in certain ways. He is sending 32 of his friends and their partners to 'Sin City' in addition to designating that $80,700 be given to a charity for wounded Marines. He did this after first taking care of his family.
Marine "Ollie" Oliver, Police Mentoring Troop said:
"If you were unfortunate enough not to of met, or have encountered Dave, then it is impossible for me to describe him in the fullest of terms; his personality, his persona and his amazing outlook on life.
"In this small corner of the world we mourn the tragic loss of Dave.
"However, I want everyone to know that Dave and I had many conversations about the dangers of our job and in these conversations we did talk about the potential of one of us passing.
"In these conversations he said that if this were to occur he couldn't complain and that he had loved life and up until that time he had a brilliant one.
"His greatest fear was leaving his family, girlfriend, friends and loved ones distraught and upset, but in talking about this he wanted us to celebrate his life and remember the good times.
His father, Chris, his sister Sarah and David's pals will be cycling 170 miles come September. They are raising money for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund and have a webpage set up through JustGiving at www.justgiving.com/David-Hart if you would like to donate.
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