To the Whitehurst family, I am glad that PFC Whitehurst has been returned home. Thank you for His sacrifice and your families pain so all of us can have a free life here in the United States. I am so grateful for his service. No one knows better than a family of a fallen hero what the word sacrifice really means and service to a grateful nation means. May God Bless Pfc. Whitehurst and his family for generations to come. As a former Marine I stand at attention and render my Salute to You Pfc. James Ottis Whitehurst. Semper Fidelis David Bryk