Hero Stories for August 2007

Want to thank you for the beautiful memorial  soldier bracelets (HeroBracelets). They are quite beautiful, well made and well designed. We wanted something to show our respects to the soldiers lost from the Bay Area and found your website. We're very impressed that you are able to produce such a nice bracelet for such a low price and still donate so much to the fund. But what is most important to us is the meaning behind the bracelets. We're proud to be able to do something, however small it ...

Shock and awe.. you have my pic and my statement about remembering PVT Bert Hoyer... i wear his name proudly. This past week, I found his brother in Ellsworth,Wi.. told him the whole story and would like to send my bracelet to his parents, he is going to call, but what an honor. I told Darryl Hoyer, that I did not want anyone to forget his name or what he gave for this country. Ihave a letter off to the family right now... so after 3 yrs of wearing his name, now i can put a voice behind the H...

Thank you for giving those of us with deployed soldiers a way to show our support.  My brother may still be alive.....but I ache every day that he is gone. Catherine herob.jpg<

I am writing in response to the email that I received about those that have ordered the bracelets through your company.  I would like to share my answer to that question.  You also have my permission to reprint, use, or share it with any organization, person, or affiliation that is interested.  I appreciate your efforts to recognize those individuals killed in the line of duty and hope that this letter finds your company and yourself well. Why do I wear a bracelet, a simple circle with a name...

My mom asked me to share this story with you.  This is the story of the two Iraqi boys I befriended in my year there and one's untimely death.  I call it "Tears in Baghdad." Tears in Baghdad: I never knew war would be like this. It never ends. Ali was trying to tell me something about Achmed with a seriousness I had yet to see from him, and I took it to mean that Achmed had somehow been injured in an explosion, but I wasn't sure. With the language barrier, it was difficult to understand what ...