Veteran finds new lease on life
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John Smith, veteran community support coordinator at AmeriCorps Vista, comforts Mark Allender, a homeless Vietnam veteran and recovering crack addict, as he talks about his past. Allender, with Smith's assistance, has turned his life around and signed a lease on an apartment at Centre Court apartments in Bradenton. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald GJEFFERIES@BRADENTON.COM Buy Photo
