By Jacob Bojesson, March 11, 2015

McKinley, who serves West Virginia’s first district, visited WVU on Wednesday to stop in on the Veterans Job Fair at the Erickson Alumni Center.

It is the fourth time the congressman has made an appearance at an event related to student veterans at WVU, and the reason is simple.

“It’s just something special to me. My father flew in the war, his brother was all shot up in the Philippines, my grandmother’s brother was killed flying in World War I,” McKinley said, “and then when you serve in Congress, to see how many veterans are there and what they’ve done, the sacrifice they’ve made – we need to say ‘thank you.’”

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