I saw this on tke.org
ARMY CHAPLAIN & TKE ALUMNUS INJURED IN IRAQ
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – A long-time volunteer and leader in Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Frater Henry Timothy Vakoc, was injured recently in Iraq. Frater Vakoc is a U.S. Army Chaplain. He was injured on the 12th anniversary of his ordination and is believed to be first Army chaplain injured in the war.
Father Vakoc, a 1978 graduate of Benilde-St. Margaret's and 1979 initiate in TKE’s Theta-Rho Chapter at St. Cloud State University, reportedly lost an eye and sustained brain damage and possible paralysis of his right side in the blast, according to Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Frater Vakoc served as a TKE District Vice President and has been a supporter of the TKE Educational Foundation.
An Army spokeswoman said Vakoc was flown from the U.S. Army Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where he is receiving treatment.
A website has been established where Fraters can post their thoughts and send him their best wishes for a full recovery. Frater Tim’s family is reading the various notes to him, and hope that he will gain strength from the well wishes of his friends and Fraters. Tekes are encouraged to visit the site and leave him a message –
www.caringbridge.org/mn/timvakoc He is also able to receive letters through the Archdiocese for Military Services, Attention: Margaret Scuderi, Post Office Box 4469, Washington, D.C. 20017-0469.
Tekes everywhere are asked to keep Frater Vakoc in their thoughts and praye
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