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Marine veteran Joe Dan Worley's purposeful life

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Summary
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68% Informative

The Semper Fi Fund has given $500 million to 33,000 service members and their families.

It was started by Karen Guenther , an ICU nurse at Camp Pendleton , California , when the wounded started coming in.

To date, the fund has helped 33,500 service members, not just Marines .

For the 20th anniversary of the Fallujah battle, Joe Dan Worley has turned to music.

" The Ballad of JoeDan " is full of sorrow, but he has made a life full of purpose.

"I'm carrying these people in my heart, not on my back, but my heart," he says.

VR Score

69

Informative language

65

Neutral language

91

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

25

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

short-lived