Editor’s note: The Journal’s Unsung Heroes series spotlights a local veteran each week from Memorial Day to Veterans Day. If you would like to nominate an Unsung Hero, email editor@journal-news.net .

Jennifer Riter was on the trajectory for college with absolutely no thought in mind of joining the military. Her biological father had served, she said, and she believed him being gone led to a destruction of her family. But, on Sept. 11, actions taken by terrorists changed her course. Her sister, a staff sergeant stationed in Japan, called her to tell her to turn on the television. What she witnessed changed her future plans.

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