I never knew that Roscoe had a purple heart

Jeri Rowe writes about the life and death of James Roscoe Davis, a homeless man I first met at a Wednesday night dinner at Grace Community Church, years ago. The Roscoe I knew was chronically homeless, mentally ill, addicted. Rowe’s article revealed the Roscoe I never knew — the real Roscoe:

He was 17 when he was drafted into the Army and given a parachute and a gun to fight the enemy in Southeast Asia.

He earned a Purple Heart for the two bullets lodged just beneath his scalp…

…James Roscoe Davis: father and grandfather, brother and uncle, soldier and decorated war veteran. A man to remember.

» Read all of  Jeri Rowe: After war, a veteran kept on fighting (News-Record.com)

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Chosen Fast is written by Michele Forrest, a Greensboro, NC homeless advocate, who is co-founder and team leader of the all-volunteer StreetWatch homeless outreach team.

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