Just One Phone Call 'to Save Someone's Life'

One phone call to Joshua Kampert in 2019 may have saved his life.

Kampert received the call from Iraq War veteran Justin Johnson. Johnson said that he and Kampert talked about their struggles after leaving the Marine Corps. The pair were deployed to Iraq from February to September 2005 with Charlie Co., Combat Logistics Bn. 8.

“After connecting, we promised each other that we would meet up by the end of the year,” said Johnson, a Gold Legacy Life member of VFW Post 5066 in Collierville, Tennessee. “We then met in December 2019 for the silkies hike in Key West, Florida.”