BAKERSFIELD. CALIF, (KERO) — Burt Alton, a Purple Heart recipient and Bakersfield resident, is getting help from Kenneth Teeters Foundation in renovating his bathroom.
- Local non-profit to remodel bathroom for legally blind Vietnam veteran.
- Burt Alton, a Vietnam veteran, was severely injured in combat.
- New bathroom renovation will accommodate his needs.
- Kenneth Teeters Foundation, a veteran non-profit, is helping veterans.
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Broadcast transcript:
Home renovations can take time but the end result can be beautiful, and in this case, honorable! One local veteran is getting a bathroom renovation.
Burt Alton is a Vietnam veteran who was deployed in 1966, and he tells me "I enjoyed my career, I had a good career but it was cut short."
Cut short, in combat.
"I was severely injured in Vietnam. I was blown out of bed with a mortar." He said.
Burt is a Purple Heart recipient for the injuries he sustained in combat, but the recovery has been a life-long battle. He has artificial knees and is legally blind. "The shower that was in there was just inadequate. I couldn't use it with my eyesight. I was stumbling over it." Alton said.
With this new bathroom renovation, it will accommodate his needs. Kenneth Teeters, who created the Kenneth Teeters Foundation, is a nonprofit, created by a veteran, to help veterans.
Kenneth knows first hand the impact of the Vietnam War, and he's looking for the next hero to help.
"Next year we have to get a hold of different people, wanted heroes, friends of mine, to see who we are going to do next." Teeters said.
The expected finish date is October 17th.
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