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Mary Wildes put on a HeroBracelet before her son, 18-year-old Pfc. Matthew Wildes, deployed to Iraq last May, but for some reason Mary could not take the bracelet off. Wildes said she was going to take the bracelet off when Matthew returned from Iraq, but Wildes never got that chance. Wildes saw her son when he took his leave in August, only 23 days before a roadside bomb killed Matthew in Iraq. HeroBracelets offers Gold Star families a way to remember, and Wildes recently received her bracel...

[caption id="attachment_3259" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sarah Palin wearing her Deployed HeroBracelet at a recent event."][/caption] In some recent photo's of Sarah Palin, we noticed she's wearing her Deployed HeroBracelet bearing her son's name, Track Paliin. Track is serving in the Middle East right now. Back in 2008, we had heard that both Sarah Palin's son and now Vice President Joseph Biden's son were heading off on deployements, so we made them both a set of Deployed HeroB...

SSgt. Charles Clayton Mitts, Texas Army National Guard, Desert Storm / Operation Iraqi Freedom Charles Clayton Mitts SSG CHARLES CLAYTON MITTS passed away at 8:56 pm Wednesday evening due to injuries received during a Blackhawk helicopter crash on January 12, 2009.Charles is survuved by his very loving wife Kristi. Following the services, Charlie will be buried at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Charlie led two professional lives and excelled at both. As a soldier, Charlie started his militar...

What a bargain! I put out the word to friends and neighbors that I was sending books to the 467th in Afghanistan. Well, it didnt take long to get a LOT of books. I probably got 100lbs or more of books or more. Great books too. Not faded old paperbacks. Then I got to worrying about the shipping cost. I went online and found the form I needed to fill out to send to an APO and filled it in. Then we used the calculator to figure out shipping cost. Scared the heck out of me. I was looking at sever...

A couple weeks back, we were fortunate enough to meet the 467th at Fort Hood, following the terrible shooting that claimed 5 of their members. During our visit, I talked quite a bit with MAJ Laura Suttinger and in the conversation, she mentioned that they love getting their hands on books on the deployment. Well, they headed out to Afghanistan last week and I put out a call to friends and neighbors for books. Got a great bunch of really good books dropped off. Well, just heard from the Major ...

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I ...

Pfc. Jaiciae L. Pauley, 29, of Austell, Georgia, died December 11, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Pfc. Pauley was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. </d

Unit that lost three members in Fort Hood shooting deploys to Afghanistan 'No one is going to stop us from completing our mission.' By Jeremy Schwartz AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Saturday, December 05, 2009 Less than a month after losing three of its members to the worst mass shooting on an American military base, the tiny 467th Medical Detachment — made up of fewer than 50 mental health professionals — boarded a plane for Afghanistan in the chilly, predawn hours Friday. The Madison, Wis.-based ...

We've VERY proud to be able to expand out fund raising process. Currently, we send $2.00 from each HeroBracelet sold to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund or $2.00 to the Military Order of the Purple Heart on Purple Heart HeroBracelet orders. We have just been in contact with BlueStarFam.org (Blue Star Families) and GoldStarMoms.com (American Gold Star Mothers). Very soon, you will be able to select which organization you would like the donation made to when you ord

Thank you for the OEF Bracelets (HeroBracelets). They are very high quality and we're very pleased. I had searched all over the internet looking for OEF Bracelets and found many companies offering them. I'm glad I got the original HeroBracelet. Thank you. LT Brixton Miami