![]() Monica graduated from high school a year early, when she was 17. She said “Running is like meditation for me, I can just think, without anyone talking to me.” Brother Justin had been fascinated with the army since he could remember, and by the time he was 13 he had decided that was what he was going to do. She played tennis, volleyball, softball, was a cheerleader and ran cross country. Kopperl High School near Waco was Monica’s ninth school in eleven years. Her mother was seriously injured in a car accident and grandma moved in to raise the kids. Her mother worked night shifts, as a nurse in hospitals in the Houston, Texas area. Monica Lin Brown was born May 24th 1988, she was three when her parents divorced. This is the story of a little girl who became a paratrooper and won a medal. Subscription rates are Maries, Osage, and Gasconade County = $23.55 per year, elsewhere in Missouri = $26.77, outside Missouri = $27.00, and foreign countries = $40.00. If you would like to see the current articles as they are published, you may subscribe to The Belle Banner by calling 57, or email or mail to The Belle Banner, PO Box 711, Belle, MO 65013. This was originally published in The Belle Banner, Belle Missouri February 21st 2018.
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