Hero Stories for April 2010

John Rivetti is a singer, songwriter and musician born and raised in New York City. He has written songs for various artists and now has ventured out on his own. His music genre ranges in different styles. Easy Listening, Pop, Patriotic, Dance and Ballads. His songs are also now playing on internet radio stations here in the USA and around the world. He was recently nominated Best New Artist for IMN and is currently performing local shows for our troops. He performs at these shows for free an...

My dearest son PFC Micheal W. Shipman Jr., As this is memorial I will be as long winded as possible.  From the time you came to me I knew you where born for great things.  As you grew older you were always striving to become a better and stronger person. You were always diligent and eager to attain your goals.  I wish we could have had alot more time together. 19 years was only a small amount of time.  We never had time to experience adulthood and fatherhood. I would have like to had some gra...

[caption id="attachment_3401" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Gen. B.B. Bell, USAREUR commander, pins two Purple Hearts onto Spc. Joseph Seyford, a patient at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Nov. 17. Seyford was awarded one Purple Heart for receiving shrapnel to his face and the second when he sustained a gunshot wound to his right shoulder 3 days later."][/caption] Of the 700 persons who attended a ceremony remembering four fallen comrades from 2nd Battalion, 2...

Ssg, Eliv Bourdon was my mentor, my friend and a great man. we served together in B co 1-22Inf 4ID from Feb 1998-Aug 2001 when I left active duty. He was my section Sgt when I was a bradley driver for my PltSgt and a gunner for my Plt Ldr. He taught me everything I know about the military and helped prepare me for the day I deployed in 2004 with Cco 2-142INf 56BCT 36ID to Iraq. While in training at Ft. Hood, we stayed in CAV barracks. I found out 2 weeks after his funeral that We stayed next ...

8th ANNUAL RALLY FOR TROOPS SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 CLEVELAND PUBLIC SQUARE 11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON Free Parking is provided by Forest City in the Tower City and Network Parking Lots around Public Square The RALLY is open to the PUBLIC.  Plan on arriving around 10:00 AM to greet the procession of motorcycles arriving into downtown Public Square.  JIM MANTEL of WGAR will MC the ceremony.  MONICA ROBINS of WKYC will sing the National Anthem. A tribute to Ohio’s Fallen Hero’s and all veterans is p...

We've had so many truly moving and amazing stories come to us in the last six years that we've decided to produce a book. Right now the working title is HeroStories. If you'd like to tell the story of your Hero, please share them with us. We'll publish your stories on the HeroBracelets.org Web site as well as put them into consideration for the book. And if you are a documentary or film producer we'd love to talk about creating a film of some of these wonderful stories. Please submit your Her...