Joshua Jones, a former service member, went to Ukraine with his friends to join the fight against Russian forces. His mother said she has no news about when his body might be returned home to Memphis, Tennessee.
Misty Gossett said Wednesday that she remembers the exact time when the call came that her son Joshua Jones had diedIn the ensuing 22 days, she said, all that she wants is for her son's remains to return to the United States. Gossett is the first member of her family to speak about her son's death and the emotional toll of waiting for his body to be repatriated.
"It would be a step to closure," she said from her home in Memphis, Tennessee."There was a Ukrainian memorial by his comrades that was touching, but ... the United States is my son's home."Joshua Jones.Jones traveled to Ukraine on March 30, more than a month after Russia invaded that country. He told his mother the day before his 24th birthday that he would travel to Ukraine, saying"I'm not trying to hurt you, but I have to go.
Gossett said that her family does not have any connection to Ukraine, but that her son was a born soldier. He served three years in the U.S. Army, and he decided with a group of friends he made in the military to join the fight. "I think they had just, you know, built this passion to go and help people that needed help," she said."We personally have no ties to Ukraine in our family whatsoever. It was just our son wanted to go somewhere to help people."in hopes of helping its defenders fight off the Russian invasion. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have even created a dedicated Foreign Legion to organize the influx of former soldiers from across the world who have joined the fight.
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