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U.S. Marine walks on golf team after five year hiatus

By The Journal | 04/02/2019

Mike Guthrie spent five years in the U.S. Marine Corps before becoming a walk-on Webster golfer last fall. Guthrie did not play any golf in the military until two months before his enlistment ended. Guthrie sent an email to Golf Head Coach Andrew Belsky about joining the team the week after getting back home. Belsky…

Tom Palozola: The new voice of veterans at Webster

By The Journal | 04/29/2015

A combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has big plans to benefit veterans at Webster University.

Stop asking how many people I’ve killed

By The Journal | 04/02/2015

“I served in the Marine Corps for four years. In that time I deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. I experienced things during those firefights that I don’t talk about with anyone who isn’t a trained psychologist. I like to think I’ve come to terms with what I was involved in, but being forced to talk about it with strangers makes that hard.”