Community welcomes injured serviceman who will receive house

With flags waving, motorcycle riders leading the way and fire trucks lit up, Army Spc. Joseph Paulk, Jr. was welcomed to Fallbrook at a celebration Sunday, Jan. 27, at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1924 Fallbrook.

The event was planned by Homes For Our Troops to celebrate the start of building a specially adapted home in Fallbrook for Paulk who was severely injured during a tour in Afghanistan in 2007.

Paulk was serving with the 546th Military Police Company as the lead driver of a Quick Reaction Force in southern Afghanistan. While on a rescue mission, his convoy was struck by an improvised e...