Article: Harris Corporation Employees Run 'Around the World' to Honor U.S. and Allied Forces.

Log More Than 30,000 Miles for 'Miles for Brian' Initiative

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Employees from Harris Corporation went the distance and then some to honor U.S. and allied forces, completing a 30,000-plus-mile run and walk - enough to more than circle the earth - in support of the "Miles for Brian" initiative.

At a ceremony in Washington, D.C. today, company employees donated the miles to Vivian White, mother of Army soldier Pfc. Brian Bales from Illinois, who earlier this year launched a running initiative to honor her son and other members of U.S. and allied forces.

After Pfc. Bales was deployed to Iraq in January of ...

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