Hero Stories for July 2008

When you sent an e-mail asking to write about our heroes I couldn't hit reply quick enough. My husband, SGT Michael Valley, is currently serving in Iraq. He is a Squad leader for the 511th Military Police Company under the 10th Mountain Division of Ft. Drum, NY. He has 2 1/2 years of service in the Army and has previously served in the Navy for 9 years. My husband left 3 weeks after our son, Michael Jr., was born. It was the hardest day for our family. Everyday we talk, he is sure to ta...

307th-memorial-program-final-6-1-08.pdf As you may know, the 307th hosted a memorial ceremony for SGTs Hull and Tomko on 8 Jun 08. About 600 people braved what passes for hot back here in the States (90+ degrees and high humidity) to pay tribute to Hull and Tomko. The CG of the 200th MP Cmd, MG McQueen, and his CSM, CSM Toth, attended. COL Christine Stark, whom some of you may remember from Bosnia, spoke at the event. She also read a message from COL(Ret) Spain. SSG Kevin Forringer, form...

Recently, we asked HeroBracelet wearers to tell us about their Hero. The response has been wonderful. We'll be posting these stories dai

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I want to thank you for my new custom Soldier Bracelets. They look great and fit perfectly. My longtime friend, Aaron Mitchell is in the Army and currently in Iraq. I ordered your bracelets for his parents, his siter and for me. They were all pretty thrilled to get them and we’ve all vowed to wear them till he comes home. We’re thinking of making a chain of all the bracelets for him when he gets home. I get to talk to email him once in a while and told him about us all wearing his name on our...

Got a very nice letter from Michigan. ——————– I wanted to thank HeroBracelets for my sterling silver deployed soldier bracelets. They arrived today and we’re thrilled. Our nephew is currently serving in Iraq and we think about him every day. We saw one of your bracelets recently and thought it would be a great thing to wear while he is serving. We liked the bronze colored deployed bracelets, but when we saw the silver bracelets, we knew we wanted those. They are really beautiful. The silver i...

I want to thank you for my new custom Soldier Bracelets. They look great and fit perfectly. My longtime friend, Aaron Mitchell is in the Army and currently in Iraq. I ordered your bracelets for his parents, his siter and for me. They were all pretty thrilled to get them and we’ve all vowed to wear them till he comes home. We’re thinking of making a chain of all the bracelets for him when he gets home. I get to talk to email him once in a while and told him about us all wearing his name on our...