Hero Stories for July 2010

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Hello, We have a large private movie premiere next Saturday. It is a major film with Emma Thompson. We need you to be in attendance. Capitol Hill suggested MMOT and Universal Studios chose us. We have to show that we support in Texas and have you come out to fulfill this event. We have a limited number of tickets left that we opened up and need you to email us asap at : tlaporte@militarymomsoftexas.org to attend. We have a special musical guest, national coverage, military, PGR, other special...

I am a disabled, U.S. Army, Iraq combat veteran, who was diagnosed in 2008 with Transverse Myelitis, a rare neurological disorder, causing paralysis. I am racing in the 2010 Marine Corps Marathon for the Achilles International Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans and The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, using a Inva...care Top End Force G, handcrank wheelchair. My participation in this event supports the goal of Achilles to inspire wounded vets to compete in athletics, and the goal of Chri...

Lance Cpl. Frederik E. Vazquez, 20, of Melrose Park, Illinois, died July 24, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Vazquez was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d

Staff Sgt. Conrad A. Mora, 24, of San Diego, California, died July 24, 2010, at Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. Mora was assigned to 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. </d

Sgt. Daniel Lim, 23, of Cypress, California, died July 24, 2010, at Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Lim was assigned to 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. </d

Spc. Andrew L. Hand, 25, of Enterprise, Alabama, died July 24, 2010, at Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Hand was assigned to 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. </d

Spc. Joseph A. Bauer, 27, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died July 24, at Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Bauer was assigned to 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. </d

We'd love your input! We're working on setting up a new program on HeroBracelets.org. We want to help families get improved body armor for their sons and daughters deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. We're talking with manufacturers now and we'd like to set up a system on the web site that will allow you to set up a fundraising page. You can invite your friends and family to all chip in to buy your family member the best body armor available, all through your personal fund raising page. If you'...

Pfc. James J. Oquin, 20, of El Paso, Texas, died July 23, 2010, in Orgun-E, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident when he was swept away by the current when a levee broke near his military vehicle in Paktika, Afghanistan. Pfc. Oquin was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d