Central Valley veteran honored with new mortgage-free home

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Staff Sergeant Nathan Tomshack served successful the U.S. Army for six years. He deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa earlier being honorably discharged successful 2014. While serving overseas, helium was progressive successful respective attacks. He present suffers from backmost and genu injuries, arsenic good arsenic PTSD.  

For his dedication to his country, respective organizations worked unneurotic to grant the Central Valley veteran with a mortgage-free home. A groundbreaking ceremonial for Sergeant Tomshack’s caller location was held connected Wednesday.  

“It’s life-changing. It's thing maine and my woman talked about,” Tomshack said. “Now, we're escaped to effort to springiness backmost immoderate much to the assemblage hopefully.” 

Lennar Homes of Central California, Beyond the Barracks, and Operation Finally Home brought the thought to life.  

“This is by acold the astir peculiar location that I'm ever going to person our unit build. It's for a worthy veteran. It's for idiosyncratic who served our state to fto america beryllium capable to slumber astatine night, to beryllium capable to sphere our freedom,” Jim Sandrini with Lennar Homes said.  

The worth of the location is astatine slightest $550,000. Because Sergeant Tomshack’s injuries necessitate circumstantial soaking protocols, Lennar Homes volition adhd a soaking tub and further wiring to the backmost of the location for a blistery tub.

During the groundbreaking ceremony, Sergeant Tomshack was honored by the City of Fresno successful a precise large way. 

“We, Mayor Jerry Dyer and the members of the Fresno City Council bash hereby proclaim Wednesday, July 17th, 2024, to beryllium Staff Sergeant Nathan Tomschack Day successful the City of Fresno."

Sergeant Tomshack present volunteers his escaped clip astatine Fresno’s Vet Center. He’s besides pursuing a master's grade successful therapy truthful helium tin assistance different veterans heal erstwhile they instrumentality home.