UNSC Marine HQ on Harvest
March 27, 2528
Sgt. Hemin, Leroy J.
2nd squad, 1st platoon, Kangaroo Company, 3rd battalion, 216th Star Regiment, 105th Helljumper Division
Orbital Drop Shock Trooper of the UNSC Marine Corps
"Come on! Help her!" I yelled to the medics. They were already knee-deep in my comrades on Harvest. But that didn't stop me from trying to get help for 2nd Lt. Susan Mackowitz. She was the only family I had left.
Gladsheim, Harvest
Leroy Jeremiah Hemin
February 3rd, 2525
The glassing that occurred on this planet three years ago took my entire family. Gladshiem was my home. It was destroyed by the god-forsaken Brutes. Whatever Attorney General Rol Pedersen saw in them, before he was shot in the chest with a spiker, was probably so small he had real good eyesight.
But I will never forget that day when my hatred for the Covenant began. As far as the eye could see after the glassing, thousands and thousands of Grunts, Jackals, and Buggers followed by a horde of Elites, swept through the planet annihilating any human in their way. What drove them to do this I asked? I do not know.
New Jerusalem, Cygnus System
Staff Sergeant Hemin, Leroy J.
September 12, 2552
Awaiting shift to new unit in 105th Helljumper Division
Orbital Drop Shock Trooper of the UNSC Marine Corps
Now I am a veteran of what people have called the Human-Covenant War. My friend, Susan died on Harvest. I'm finally bringing her remains to her home planet of New Jerusalem while I'm awaiting a new shift. I've made new friends. One of them is a rookie in the ODSTs and another is a guy named Gage Yevgenney who was also from Harvest.
Towards the start of the battle of New Jerusalem, Yevgenney and a few others disappeared near Mount Haven. I told the rookie to go check on them after a distress call was made. Then the unspeakable happened: Reach had been glassed. I knew Earth was next.