S. Komarek

Purple Heart Recipient
Fishing

2019

Military Branch: US Army

Event Name: AK Halibut Fishing

My first-time halibut fishing and what an amazing time. To start my trip, we got to all meet up and get to know each other at the hotel, then got to site see beautiful scenery all the way to Seward. John and Becky made us feel at home right away. Joe had us all briefed up on the “what and how big” of the fish we were going to catch. He was not telling fish stories. We caught fish and big ones too, with the biggest one at 73 pounds. Captain John even ate raw octopus and that was a sight. He also put us on rock fish where we each caught four fish in a matter of minutes. This was a trip of a lifetime and I made seven new friends. This was amazing. Thanks so much to Joe, Captain John, Becky and WWIA. I’ll never forget this.