Dear friend: I'm sure that you heard recent news reports about a car bomb in Baghdad or a kidnapping in Fallujah, but did you know that our American soldiers volunteer to help disabled Iraqi orphans?

I'm not surprised if you haven’t heard this story, but I know it's true and I'm enclosing a few pictures so that you can see it with your own eyes.

These pictures come from my son-in-law, Ryan Pursel, who is an Army Captain in Iraq.
With this volunteer work and thousands of other quiet humanitarian efforts, Ryan and all of our servicemen and women are making a real difference in the lives of the Iraqi people.



But you would never know it from watching CBS or reading The New York Times.

Sadly, our men and women see the constant drumbeat of negative news from the national media and it has an impact on them. It upsets them because they see their accomplishments first hand - yet America does not.

So I'm asking you to send a message to the media and join me in asking the national media to recognize Iraqi Liberation Week – the week that Saddam's statute fell!

Please go here, sign the letter, and forward it to your friends.
If we join together, we can force the national media to recognize Iraqi Liberation Week is April 9th through the 15th. Don't Let Them Ignore this Milestone!

Sincerely,
Sheila SmithBlue Star Mother Kettering, Ohio

PS. – Learn more about Families United for Our Troops and Their Mission at www.FamiliesUnitedMission.com or read a Washington Times article about our effort to highlight Iraqi Liberation Day.