Hero Stories for July 2007

Dear HeroBracelets.org I want to thank you for our memorial HeroBracelets. I lead a youth group at our church and during one of our meetings a few weeks back, one of the kids was wearing one of your memorial bracelets in the name of a Marine from Kansas. We all talked about the war. Some of the kids believed in it, some did not. But what they all agreed on is that the men and women in the military deserved our respect and admiration. We all decided to get random memorial bracelets from your w...

Hello, My husband deployed to Iraq July 19th 2007. Here is a photo of our bracelets. It is  myself, his sister, his aunt &amp; Grandmother.  Many more family members and friends are also putting in their orders now that they've seen ours. Best of Luck with your organization! Proud Marine Wife. Semper Fi, Mrs Elsa Mejia Sgt John Eric Mejia Under God's Full  Armor, IRAQ USMC <

My father served, proudly, in the Navy for 28 years.  Means that I grew up with a deep respect for our country and those who serve to protect it.  When I graduated high school in 1985 we moved from Italy back to the US - to Tampa, Florida.  They have air shows on MacDill Air Force base every year where they sell tons of military memorabilia.  I came across a bin of POW bracelets and dug through to pick a name by branch of service and date they were put on record as MIA/POW - pretty simple, hu...

We ordered your soldier bracelets in the names of some of our hometown boys that are in Iraq. We're a small town in Maine and we have several of our boys over there in the fight. We liked the idea of having soldier bracelets to wear while they're over there. We've had a lot of people ask about them just about every day and often people know the boys on the bracelets. Can't tell you how many times people ask where we got these soldier bracelets and I send 'em your way. I think it's really goin...

Because the staff here at HeroBracelets all have day jobs at an ad agency, we had an interesting opportunity recently. We have been working with a company called Mobile Armor to rework their  Web site and marketing materials. They produce software to protect laptops and PDA's from file theft. For instance, a Vet's Administration laptop was stolen last yea and millions of medical records were on the laptop. The thief probably had no idea, but it cost the VA an estimated $50 million to clean up...

Dear HeroBracelets, We ordered a dozen of your Army Bracelets last week and they arrived today. I must say, we are all thrilled. My nephew is in the Army and currently serving in Iraq. We all wanted something to remind us of him daily and the Army Bracelets with his name are perfect. I put mine on right out of the package and I plan on wearing it till he comes home. I think he's got another 4 months before he comes home. We all miss him very much but I have to say, having his Army bracelet on...

Dear Sirs; while swimming at Bowman lake - Fox Island County park, Fort Wayne, Indiana my daughter found one of your Memorial HeroBracelets. Pfc. Christopher E. Hudson, Carmel,IN 3/21/04. If the person who lost this bracelet contacts you, please forward our email address or we will send so you can return it. Thanks Cheryl and Cree Tafoya (We'd like to thank Cheryl and Cree so much for writing us about his lost HeroBracelet. We are unable to find out who's HeroBracelet this belongs to, so if y...

Military history is replete with time honored traditions. None are more sacred than those which honor a country's military dead. The military code of "leave no man behind" insures a soldier that his sacrifice will be honored from the moment he dies on the battlefield and that his remains will be treated with the dignity and respect accorded a brother in arms. In every conflict there are examples of soldiers honoring these traditions, sometimes with their own lives. Soldiers' Angels, a non-pro...

The first picture is of Travis and his youngest brother Tyler at the Grand Forks armory the day they left to go to Fort Lewis Washington on December 2, 2005. It seems like every picture I look at of the two of them together Travis is either holding Tyler or is very close to him. It just shows how much of a bond they had and I know why Tyler thinks of his brother and misses him so much. Tyler especially misses the times they would play football, or read together. Travis was so much into hi...

Bless you for all that you have done and continue to do in support of our troops. I have attached a picture of our family wearing our bracelets in support of our son-in-law 1Lt Widmar J. Roman currently serving with the 1-28 Black Lions in Baghdad. Keep up the good work! The Boshart Family Schertz, TX <