Sgt. Daniel Casara explains the leg injury he received while serving in Iraq. (Photo: Wendy Heise)
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— As Americans take time to celebrate Memorial Day with cook outs and parades, the day now has more meaning to some veterans like U.S.Army Sgt. Daniel Casara, 32, of University Park. Casara's mother, Elaine Casara Patterson, resides in Park Forest.
On Sept. 23, 2005, while on a routine mission in Southern Bagdad, Casara was in an…






