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title: "According To Actor Gary Sinise, ‘We Can Never Do Enough For Our Veterans’"
date: "2016-03-31"
modified: "2016-03-31"
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  - name: "Sarah Sicard"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/sarahsicard/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/according-actor-gary-sinise-can-never-enough-veterans/"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Entertainment"
---

# According To Actor Gary Sinise, ‘We Can Never Do Enough For Our Veterans’

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Marine Staff Sgt. Jason Ross has had 240 surgeries since a 2011 improvised explosive device left him injured in Afghanistan. The attack cost Ross both his legs, and he was given a 2% chance of survival, but he persevered.

In August, Gary Sinise, the actor best known for his role as “Lt. Dan” in the movie “Forrest Gump,” stepped in to give Ross a home that would fit his needs.

Through his foundation, [The Gary Sinise Foundation](<https://www.garysinisefoundation.org/>), which serves veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need, Sinise helped build a house that would make everyday life easier for Ross and his family.

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According to its mission, the Gary Sinise Foundation “is building custom Smart Homes for severely wounded veterans, serving hearty meals to deploying troops and hosting spirit-boosting festivals for patients, families and medical staff at military hospitals.”

Sinise, the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, and the Semper Fi Foundation also partnered together and started a college fund to ensure that Ross’s two daughters are taken care of as they get older.

“I’m trying to do what I can to entertain and support our military,” [Sinise told CNS News](<https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/mark-judge/video-gary-sinise-aids-wounded-veteran-who-endured-over-240-surgeries>). “It’s an important thing. We can never do enough for our veterans.”

***Watch the report from CNS News below.***