Hero Stories for January 2009

Senior Airman Omar J. McKnight

Senior Airman Omar J. McKni

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My Hero. CPL James Dana Gayhart.

CPL James Dana Gayhart, Army, 31st Inf.Reg., K CO, 7 Inf.Div., MOS 4745 (lt. Weapons Inf.) I honor my Uncle Dana (my dad's brother) every day. I have so many unanswered questions. Not even the Army has answers to. They don't know when and where Dana went Missing (IN Action) just the approximate date and approximate area. It's so sad that the US can't get into North Korea and find our loved ones! Last year for a bit of closure did have a Memorial Service for Dana since his brother and sisters ...

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Saying thanks.

I just wanted to say thank you for everything that you and your crew do. I remember the braclets from during the Viet Nam era and I proudly wore one of a POW/MIA. You are doing a wonderful tribute to our troops and blessings to all of you and a heartfelled thanks. I am going to be placing an order with you but I have a couple of friends that are deployed and my son-in-law is here in the states. Once again thank you!!!!! Sherri Jo

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HeroBracelet story on Fox.

HOUSTON  --  In the heart of Houston you will find a judge who runs her court with a firm hand. Just above that hand lies a pair of bracelets, each etched with the names of Bonnie Crane Hellum's heroes. Hellum's father was lost in World War II when his B-17 bomber fell from the sky. Her son is serving  the nation as a physician in the U.S. Army. "I'm anchored to these bracelets. When I feel them and I touch them, they are in my heart and in my mind," says the judge, of the metal strips she's ...

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My Hero. My Father. Robert Earl Payne Sr

Robert Earl Payne Sr., USMC, unknown I want to dedicate this memorial to my father and hero. my father was in the marines he served in vietnam.  and to me he will always be my hero. he helped fight for our country. on august 11 1998 my father passed away. i will always think of my faher as the one man who loved me no matter what. i love you daddy and i miss you with all of my heart. until i see you again take care of mom, and let her know i love her very much too. i lost both of my parents my...

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Remembering PVT Benjamin B. Tollefson, US Army, Iraqi Freedom.

PVT Benjamin B. Tollefson, US Army, Iraqi Freedom 22 year old US Army Infantryman, KIA by enemy indirect fire in Baghdad, Iraq on 31 DEC 2008. From Concord, CA survived by wife Natalie and 8 month old son Mac. John G. Flores

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Our son's children will be graduating from high school this June, both his daughter and son, are on their last months of finishing their last year of high school.  What I had been planning on, because I just knew our son would be coming home this month, was that I would ask the Principal of the school if our son could present the diplomas, and the kids would be surprised by this.  Never did I realize that our son would not come home. Our son was our only son, he was such a special young man a...

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Our Hero, Our Son. SFC David James Todd, Jr.

Our Fallen Hero,  SFC David James Todd, Jr. KIA August 20, 2008, Afghanistan. It has been so painful since we got the news that you were no longer on this earth, that God had gathered you in His arms and took you to Heaven where so many Hero's await you. My life is no longer the same, a void, that only you can fill, is in my life. Not one day goes by where I don't call your name. Tears, oh the tears my son, how does one stop the tears from flowing. I MISS YOU SO MUCH! You did what you had to...

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Amputee Earns Commission Through Army ROTC

BY Paul Kotakis Dr. Richard Ingram pins the gold bars of a second lieutenant on his son, 2nd Lt. Richard Ingram, during a ceremony at North Georgia College State University, Dec. 13. In June 2005, Ingram, then a cavalry scout, suffered injuries in Iraq that resulted in the amputation of a portion of his left arm. He is the first individual with such severe combat injuries received during the Global War on Terrorism to earn a commission through the Army ROTC program. Photo by Courtesy ph...

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