American Heroes: The Soldiers You Love

With Pooh Bears and big hugs, readers share the ways they salute their families in the military

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LONG GOODBYE

"It just broke my heart to see our son Daron so sad because his dad, whom he looked up to and loved so much was going away once again" to Iraq, writes Pamela Webb of Fort Bragg, N.C. Her husband Varon "and the rest of the soldiers who are fighting in this dangerous war overseas are truly our American heroes."