Hometown Hero: Robert Behrendt
Robert Behrendt of Girard was a corporal in the US Marine Corp.
He had wanted to be a marine since he was five years old .. and at just age 17 he convinced his mom to sign the papers letting him enlist in the corp...
Three months after being deployed to Afghanistan... Corporal Behrendt was shot in the arm. He would undergo a month in the hospital, a year as an outpatient ... Five operations and still has no feeling in much of his hand. Now 24... Robert is back home in Girard and the proud father of a five year old son. Marine corp veteran Robert Behrendt ... This week's hometown hero.
He had wanted to be a marine since he was five years old .. and at just age 17 he convinced his mom to sign the papers letting him enlist in the corp...
Three months after being deployed to Afghanistan... Corporal Behrendt was shot in the arm. He would undergo a month in the hospital, a year as an outpatient ... Five operations and still has no feeling in much of his hand. Now 24... Robert is back home in Girard and the proud father of a five year old son. Marine corp veteran Robert Behrendt ... This week's hometown hero.
