SAN DIEGO – Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion

SAN DIEGO – Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion run the last six miles of a 1,500 mile run in honor of Sam Leonard, in San Diego April 29, 2016. In fall 2014, at the age of 73, Sam set out to walk across the country to raise funds for the Travis Manion Foundation, which supports veterans and families of the fallen and is named after a fallen recon Marine. He began in Florida but was forced to stop in Houston when he was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. He sadly passed away four months later. Albie Masland, the TMF west coast veteran service manager reached out to his good friends and TMF ambassadors Nick Biase and Matt Peace, to see if they wanted to help honor Sam by completing the last 1,500 miles of his journey and raise money for the TMF on his behalf. They finished the trek in 30 days at the USS Midway and on the anniversary of Travis Manion's death. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Anna Albrecht/ Released)