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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ROYAL SOLDIER

Angie Derring of Fayetteville, N.C., has nothing but praise – and awe – for her husband Ricky, who was deployed as part of the American Special Forces in Afghanistan. "My husband has had to endure a lot," she writes, including losing friends and seeing others injured. So when he sent back a photo of himself working alongside Prince Harry, she had to share – and say "thank you!"