WEBVTT ♪ >> IT MAY RISE FROM GOD’S GREEN EARTH IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. >> EVERY YEAR, I HAVE BEEN HERE EVERY YEAR SINCE IT STARTED. >> THE COUNTY ALONG THIS DUSTY HIGHWAY. THOUSANDS OF U.S. VETERANS AROUND THE WORLD LIKE KAREN OF TOLEDO CAN LEGITIMATELY LAY CLAIM. >> I’M PROUD, BUT IT IS EMOTIONAL. >> TO THE PATRIOTICALLY PAINTED FREEDOM ROCK. THIS IS LOCKED IN THIS REMOTE PLACE OF HONOR. >> THIS IS MY ROCK. >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR BU BBA WAS HOPING FOR. WHEN, AS A 19-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE SOPHOMORE, HE COMMITTED TO PUT THE MEMORIAL BACK IN MEMORIAL DAY. >> AFTER I CAME OUT OF THE THEATER, I KNEW I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR VETERANS. >> HE PLEDGED TO PATRIOT. BY DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST, PUTTING BRUSH TO BOULDER. >> WHEN I PAINTED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, I DID NOT HAVE PLANS TO PAINTED AGAIN, EVER. >> EVER? NEVER SAY NEVER. >> I TOLD MY WIFE, THE ROCK WILL BE ABLE TO DRINK NEXT YEAR. EVERY FACE THAT YOU SEE ON THE ROCK THIS YEAR, HAS BEEN KILLED IN ACTION. >> HE IS NOW DABBING ON HIS 20TH DIFFERENT DESIGN. >> I WANTED IT TO BE A SOMBER PHIL. >> AND, YET AGAIN, THIS MAMMOTH STONE, A WORLDWIDE SOCIAL MEDIA SENSATION, IS EATING UP HIS ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY. >> JUST ONE OF THOSE ROADSIDE ODDITIES PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING. SORENSEN SEES THAT EVERY YEAR IN THE PATRIOTS THAT MAKE THIS THEIR ENDPOINT OF THEIR PILGRIMAGE. >> IF I CAN AFFORD TO PAINT, AND I’M STILL ALIVE, I WILL PAINTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR VETERANS. >> WHEN WE COME BACK FROM VIETNAM, WE WERE SHUNNED. >> SHE COLLECTED PICTURES NOW, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY PHOTOGRAPHS AND WIPE AWAY THE MIND WOUNDING IMAGES OF WAR THAT SHE HAS WITNESSED FIRSTHAND. >> SOMETIMES IT WAS PARTS OF BODIES, SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE BODIES, YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO MEET WHEN YOU GOT INTO THE HELICOPTER. >> BUT, THE FREEDOM ROCK, A MOVING MILITARY MONUMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WESTERN IOWA STILL HAS THE POWER TO TEMPORARILY HEAL WHAT KAREN AND MANY OTHER U.S. VETERANS FEEL. >> GIVE ME A HUG.