Hero Stories for bracelet

We got a very nice email and photo from PFC Sarah Hall. Well, the name on my Herobracelet is a man that I've never met. I chose a random Memorial HeroBracelet and received a bracelet in the name of Senior Airman Pedro I Espaillat Jr. from Colombia, TN Air Force, KIA 5/15/04. Just carrying the name of a gentleman who risked his own life for our country is awesome. Even though I've never met him, other people see the bracelet and ask about him. I am proud to carry his name with me. I am 22 for...

We're very happy to post this ongoing series from Melody Pigg about her experience of being a Marine Mom and watching her son, Marshall, in his deployment in Iraq. I heard from Marshall a little over a week ago. For security reasons, he's really not able to talk about what they're doing in the sandbox. He sounds very good and still positive about his decision to become a Marine. At least we're not hearing him questioning, "What have I done?" Here I am complaining because of the nightmares and...

Since we started the HeroBracelets.org project, we've been contacted by a lot of people wanting to resell HeroBracelets. One guy even wanted to buy a large quantity to sell on ebay. We've always refused these kinds of requests. We didn't think it was a respectful approach. And we've seen a lot of Web sites pop up recently offering all sorts of "Soldier Bracelets." One site even claimed to send money to the same fund we do, but the folks at the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund had never heard of th...

We've been seeing a pretty interesting tradition come to life over the last year. When a Soldier or Marine gets deployment orders to the Middle East, his or her whole extended family and friends get custom Deployed HeroBracelets made to wear while they are overseas. We even heard from one family that is going to make a chain from all the HeroBracelets when their Marine comes home. One such family that we recently heard from is the Abernathy family from Texas City, Texas. Keith Abernathy Sr. o...