Honor My Hero

Sarah Emoto – Student, Supporter of Police Officers – sent by CPT Robert P. Mueck, University of Maryland Police

AL Risdorfer — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:48 +0000

Some people graduate from college with no idea what their next endeavor will be. That wasn’t the case for Sarah Emoto, who decided to run across the country. For fun.

Emoto, who graduated from the University of Redlands in California last spring, ran through College Park along Route 1 Saturday afternoon, marking day 125 of her coast-to-coast run from California to [...]

Maj. Jimmy Harding Henson, USA (ret.), sent by his wife Mary

AL Risdorfer — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:09:44 +0000

I would like to pay tribute to my wonderful, loving husband of almost 49 years, Jimmy Harding Henson, Major, US Army, retired.

Jimmy was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division when we married in 1962. While there, he deployed to the Dominican Republic to help reestablish order after Batista was overthrown. From [...]

To the Heroes in My Life: Our Troops, My Parents and My Brothers, sent by Sally

AL Risdorfer — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:44:11 +0000

My first hero’s are those who are fighting for our country and those who have given their lives to keep us all safe.

The most important people in my life have been my mother and father they were heroes to me because they brought me up teaching me right from wrong, teaching me to never give [...]

Amber & Becky, both wonderful Moms sent by their own Mom Billie May

AL Risdorfer — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:59:17 +0000

They are my heroes because they are single moms but they take care of their children on their own. They both have jobs. They get up in morning and get their children off to school so they can get an education. After they come home from work, they cook, clean their house, help the [...]

Tina – Nurse & Mother, sent by her partner Sheilah

AL Risdorfer — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:16:32 +0000

My hero is very dear to my heart. Her name is Tina. She is a nurse, a mother, a partner and a friend. She gives her heart to her patients. She looks after them like they are her children. She has raised her own child, mainly by herself, and has shaped him into a wonderful [...]

James Bragg, Police Officer & USMC Veteran of the Afghan War, and Cpl. Joseph Bragg USMC currently serving, sent by their Mom Joan

AL Risdorfer — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:33:17 +0000

I am giving tribute to two of my heroes, They are Officer James Bragg of the Philadelphia Police who now serves his community after being in Afghanistan for two tours with United States Marines, and Corporal Joseph Bragg who is now with United States Marines, on his second tour of four years.

It has been sometimes hard for both of [...]

DJ Mowery, US Army, Wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom, sent by his Mom Shelly

AL Risdorfer — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:30:31 +0000

I want to post a valentine for my son DJ. He served two tours of duty in Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom, US Army 2nd ID (1st TOD), a tanker in the 1st Cavalry (2nd TOD). He took a sniper bullet in the back for his country. He survived, thank God and was awarded the Purple Heart!

He [...]

Nick Harmon, USMC, Viet Nam Vet & Nicky Harmon, Pennsylvania National Guard, Persian Gulf Vet, sent by Jennifer, proud wife and Mom

AL Risdorfer — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:55:29 +0000

I am lucky to have two heroes: my husband, Nick (1944-2007) a 3 tour Marine Vietnam Veteran and our son, Nicky, a Persian Gulf Veteran Pennsylvania Army Natl Guard. Their service , and that of all veterans and current service members, makes me proud to be an American.

They are all HEROES.

SPC C.Hunter Conrad, Jr., US Army, sent by his Mom, Anne

AL Risdorfer — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:32:43 +0000

I would like to pay tribute to my hero and son, SPC C.Hunter Conrad,Jr, now serving with the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. He has served in Seoul, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and is due to return soon to Afghanistan. He is a tremendous example of what makes our Army great!

Anne Conrad, mother

Terri Kiedrowski, Nurse, Special Aunt, Hero, sent by her niece Kristine

AL Risdorfer — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:05:52 +0000

A hero is someone most think as a military serviceman who has fought for this country, or a person who has rescued someone from a burning building. Well, in my case, my hero is a different kind of person. My Aunt Terri came into my life when I was very young. She married my dad’s [...]