Stories Behind The Pictures

Operation Denali
 I was wounded in April 2007 in a roadside bomb attack in Al Hillah, Iraq while serving with the 4 th Brigade 25 th ID (Airborne) from Fort Richardson, AK  ... [more]

Remembering Shane
Brightly-colored helium balloons bob on the end of their ribbons and cards from her coworkers with silly best wishes sat on the desk right next to her son Shane's picture ... [more]

Sergeant Rescues Iraqi Children
The two billboards of Sergeant James J Reinhardt were created from a photo after rescuing small Iraqi children. The expression on his little boy's face already tells so much ... [more]


 

Lance Corporal Eric A. Palmisano. I Lost My Life On April 2, 2006.
On that day the man I loved, the man I planned to marry and grow old with, died in Iraq. Seven marines and one sailor died in the same . ... [more]

 

Hannah… A Fallen Marine's Dog Survives and Heals Others
We became Hannah's owners after rescuing her in September of 2005. Some weird twist of fate brought this dog into our lives ... [more]

    Perfect Therapy Pet After Recovering from Being Hit by a Truck, Hannah Now Helps Patients in Hospitals
There was little doubt in Lance Cpl. Eric Palmisano's e-mail that Hannah would ... [more]
 

A Gentle Giant Man… Joel Lewis
At 6'6" Joel W. Lewis was a gentle giant and had a smile that would light up a room! He loved animals, especially cats; he had five cats!  He was very adventuresome ... [more]

  A Life Forever Remembered
It was Christmas Day, 2006, and I had not heard anything all day from my son, U.S. Army Specialist Joseph A. L. Strong. I was not too worried because, as he had told me ... [more]
  Major Michael Martino – KIA 2 November 2005
Michael David Martino was born on January 31 st , 1973, on the island of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands (a U.S. Trust Territory) where his parents ... [more]
  By Michael's Mom
Someone once said that when a child dies, parents grieve harder and longer than with any other loss. I believe this to be true for I miss you terribly son.[more]
    A baseball field, TV Show and now a cross.
At the Marine base at Al Asad, Iraq , a playing field is dedicated to Marine Majs. Michael Martino and Gerald Bloomfield, who were killed when their Super Cobra helicopter was shot down ... [more]
  Mom's bracelet becomes symbol
Tracy Jopek just wanted Barack Obama to know the name of her son Ryan, who died fighting in Iraq. Now Obama does, and he shared it ... [more]
  Hugo Story Under Construction
Cpl Rachael L Hugo, Fallen 10/5/07, Bayii, Iraq
 

 

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