VETERANS
PETTY OFFICER SANDBURG HONORED
In recognition of his numerous military achievements,
Petty Officer Brendon Sandburg was awarded the Navy
and Marine Corps Commendation Medal; the Navy
Expeditionary Medal; the Combat Action Ribbon; the
Army Achievement Medal; the Global War on Terrorism
Service Medal; two Navy Good Conduct Medals; the
National Defense Service Medal; three Navy Sea Service
Deployment Ribbons; and the Navy Expert Pistol
and Expert Rifleman Medals.
CITY HONORS FAMILIES
Port St. Lucie honors Gold Star families who meet selection
criteria with a mortgage payment-free home and lot.
The Sandburgs’ two-bedroom, two-bath home on Inagua
Street in the Woodland Trails neighborhood was built by
GL Homes and furnished and decorated by the Believe
With Me Foundation.
The Sandburgs are the second Gold Star family to receive
a home from Port St. Lucie. The first, in the program’s 2020-
21 inaugural year, was the Heintz family, whose home is
two doors down from the Sandburgs.
Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Allen Reinwasser died as
a result of exposure to chemicals that severely damaged his
lungs while deployed to Guam and Qatar. Synergy Homes
built the home for Lisa Heintz and sons Dierk and Dominik
to honor Reinwasser.
Inside the Sandburgs’ new home, Brendon, of course, has
the place of honor. On an ornate marble-topped side table a
memorial flag is displayed in a triangular frame with a picture
of him in his white uniform in the middle. A tall white
orchid plant stands next to it. His mother paused, one hand
on the table, to look at it.
“I just know he’s smiling,” she said.
The Sandburgs happily led a tour through the house for
local officials and well-wishers. The tour followed a brief
outdoor ceremony at which the Navy Sea Cadets Color
Guard presented the colors and the Vietnam Veterans of
America Chapter 566 raised a flag donated by Councilman
David Pickett, a veteran himself.
“We are honored to celebrate the dedication of a Gold
Star home to the Sandburg family,” Pickett said. “The home >>
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