UPPER DARBY – A retired Army major general formerly in charge of training Iraqi troops teamed up with a local Iraq War Purple Heart recipient Saturday in endorsing state Rep. Bryan Lentz’s campaign for the 7th Congressional District.
Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, commanding general of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, and retired Army Capt. Shannon Meehan, a Secane native and former tank platoon leader for the 1st Cavalry Division, endorsed Lentz, D-161, of Swarthmore, in front of more than 50 veterans and supporters at the Upper Darby American Legion Post 214.