To show support for local wounded veterans, Bobby Gunther Walsh brought his WAEB radio show to The Home Town Diner in Breinigsville on Sept. 8

The veteran DJ's guest for that early-morning broadcast was Army veteran Mathew Wirth, 27, from Tamaqua. Wirth shared a booth with his grandparents and father a few feet from the makeshift broadcast studio where Walsh had his microphones and headsets.Grandparents Margie and George A. Wirth Jr. and their son George P. Wirth are from Whitehall.Mathew Wirth said he was in the Army when an enemy mine exploded near his vehicle in the summer of 2004. He said he had not been awarded a Purple Heart (awarded for wounds the result of enemy action) but that the incident caused him traumatic brain injury.The Home Town Diner's Tom Gougoustamos and Earl Wenz Monuments' Bill Wenz were co-sponsors of the show."We've been supporting vets personally and through our business for as long as I can remember," said Wenz. "At the end of the day, vets have sacrificed for us in this country. They should be supported for what they have contributed. We should give back to them."Wenz, the owner of the Earl Wenz Memorial company on Breinigsville Road, said his business was started in 1847 by Philip Wenz.According to WAEB Account Representative Robin Joy McNeely, Walsh's program collected $7,000 last year for the Wounded Warriors program.Walsh brought the event into perspective in an interview."I have a place in my heart for veterans," said Walsh. "They make having charities possible. If it weren't for them, we'd have nothing."