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Construction begins on wounded soldiers' home

Associated Press - July 30, 2009 8:14 AM ET

EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Construction is beginning in Eddyville on a new home for a wounded Kentucky soldier.

The Paducah Sun reported the Homes for Our Troops organization planned to raise the first wall Thursday morning as it builds the house for Sgt. Chase Matthews, his wife Jennifer and his 6-year-old stepdaughter. The couple is expecting another child in November.

Matthews lost both legs and partial use of 1 hand when a bomb exploded under the Humvee he was in while deployed in Iraq in 2007.

The family is now living in a single-wide mobile home.

Information from: The Paducah Sun, http://www.paducahsun.com

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