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A group of police officers, firefighters and soldiers are running through Florida on a week long journey that will end on Veterans Day. Operation One Voice raises money to help wounded soldiers and the families of those killed in action. As Whitney Ray tells us, this year they’re running for a fallen Medal of Honor recipient whose family lives in Florida.

Their run may have started outside Atlanta Monday, but the individual journeys of these soldiers are much longer than this 550 mile trek through Georgia and Florida.

Sergeant First Class Joe Kapacziewski’s journey began when he enlisted shortly after 9/11. Six years ago he lost his leg in a fire fight in Iraq. Still he soldiers on.

“I’ve just been very fortunate to have a supportive chain of command to allow me to stay on active duty and keep doing what I love to do, which is be a soldier,” said Kapacziewski.

Kapacziewski lost a leg, Tom Miller lost a brother. Staff Sergeant Robert Miller was a green beret. He died in Afghanistan in 2008, while protecting a security force from enemy fire. He was shot.. but kept firing on the enemy until the end.

Miller was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery. His brother enlisted shortly after. The situation is still too fresh for Tom to talk about, but this year’s run is dedicated to the fallen soldier.

“What better way to honor him in a run than to run with the brother,” said organizer Bill Stevens.

By Wednesday Morning Operation One Voice had made it 280 miles, to the state capitol. Their run will end in Tampa on Veterans Day… about a hundred miles from the Miller family home.

The week long run is about raising awareness not money, but the police officers and firefighters of the program do collect donations in their free time. Since 2005 they’ve raise more than a million dollars for wounded soldiers.

97 cents of every dollar raised pays rehab costs for wounded soldiers, transportation for families traveling to visit their loved ones in military hospitals and to help the families of fallen soldiers.