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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"My son, Thomas, is always asking me to send him candy, pencils, etc. so that he can give them to the children in Iraq," writes Elva Ybarra of Lake Dallas, Texas. And the soldier, who's on his second tour of Iraq, is the new father of a baby girl, whom he has yet to meet. "He has sacrificed so much for our country. We very proud of our son."