COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina and Maryland will emerge from their locker rooms Saturday wearing camouflage uniforms with military values such as "Duty," "Honor," and "Courage" on the back in place of names to honor those who have served.
Few will understand as well as 26-year-old Gamecocks long snapper Matt Grooms, who served in the Marine Corps.
Grooms spent six months in Kuwait outfitting and fixing transport trucks in Iraq. He was nearly killed by a virus and survived an American missile that exploded too close to camp.
Grooms says he's proud to take part in The Wounded Warrior Project's effort to honor veterans and raise money those who've served and those who are still in harm's way.
