ShyGuyInChicago
June 20th, 2011, 07:11 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/06/20/2011-06-20_british_soldier_killed_in_afghanistan_leaves_thousands_to_his_friends_for_las _ve.html
A British soldier killed by a bomb in Afghanistan had one final gift for his friends: An all-expenses paid trip to Sin City.
David Hart, 23, set aside a large portion of his life insurance policy for a trip for his closest pals and their girlfriends.
They were to go on a party trip in his memory if he died, the British newspaper The Sun reported.
"In his letter David said he had had a great life and had no regrets about anything. He always said he would do something like this if something bad happened," Andy Hare, one of Hart's friends, told the newspaper.
"He said, 'Go and have a good time and spend all this money.' All the lads said, 'What a guy.'"
The party of 32 is set to head to Las Vegas this week, almost a year after his death.
When they return, they'll continue training for a 170-mile run they plan on doing in September to raise money for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund.
The gregarious hero also left a large sum to his family - and for a charity for injured marines.
A full 374 members of the British military have been killed in action in Afghanistan since the joint military operation began in 2001 - 1,623 American soldiers also have been killed.
A British soldier killed by a bomb in Afghanistan had one final gift for his friends: An all-expenses paid trip to Sin City.
David Hart, 23, set aside a large portion of his life insurance policy for a trip for his closest pals and their girlfriends.
They were to go on a party trip in his memory if he died, the British newspaper The Sun reported.
"In his letter David said he had had a great life and had no regrets about anything. He always said he would do something like this if something bad happened," Andy Hare, one of Hart's friends, told the newspaper.
"He said, 'Go and have a good time and spend all this money.' All the lads said, 'What a guy.'"
The party of 32 is set to head to Las Vegas this week, almost a year after his death.
When they return, they'll continue training for a 170-mile run they plan on doing in September to raise money for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund.
The gregarious hero also left a large sum to his family - and for a charity for injured marines.
A full 374 members of the British military have been killed in action in Afghanistan since the joint military operation began in 2001 - 1,623 American soldiers also have been killed.