MOUNT AIRY, Md. - A Mount Airy jeweler says he didn't hesitate when he heard about a wounded soldier who had lost his wedding band. Eagle Jewelers owner George Rue donated a simple gold wedding band to Corporal Dennis Leonard of the 72nd Engineer Company in the 1st Infantry Division in Fort Riley, Kansas.
Leonard was wounded in Iraq in January and lost his wedding band while being treated at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Leonard's friend and Mount Airy native Corporal Brian Ellis said the lost ring was the first thing his wounded buddy mentioned when he visited him at the hospital.
Ellis told the story to his uncle in Mount Airy, who mentioned it to Rue. Rue called Leonard's wife Michelle, got a description of the ring and the proper size, and sent the couple a replacement last week.
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