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On this Memorial Day, please visit Soldiers' Angeles to check out how you might help those whose blood, sweat and tears keep us free. Here is just one of the many ways Soldiers' Angeles helps our men and women in uniform:

Sgt. Brian Currier

A message from Sgt. Currier's family:

Sgt. Brian Currier was stationed in Iraq when he was critically injured by a VBED on March 7th [2005] in Ramadi. He suffered shrapnel injuries to his legs, fractures of his right leg and all 3 bones in his right arm, facial fractures and shrapnel in his eyes. After many surgeries he is finally walking with the aid of a quad cane and is coming home on convalescent leave next week!
He has a lot of physical and occupational therapy ahead of him but he has a great attitude and a lot of determination. He has received excellent care at the TQ in Iraq, at Landstuhl in Germany and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC.
His family is so proud of him. He has endured so much in the past few months. Two fellow soldiers and friends died in the explosion and the doctors in Iraq didn't think Brian was going to survive. He lost a massive amount of blood. Soldiers lined up around the blood bank to help him.
We would like to thank everyone for their prayers and the cards and letters he has received. You are all in our prayers. If there was ever a doubt about the power of prayer there is absolutely no doubt now. God has watched over all of us. He is bringing our soldier home to us and there are not enough words to describe our joy.
We need at this time to change our home to accommodate Brian, please help.
Donations are being accepted through Soldiers Angels, or mail check or money order to:
Brian Currier WOUNDED FUND
Trenton Federal Credit Union
4550 Division
Trenton, Michigan 48183

Here's another excellent site where you might find a suitable way to help our men and women in the Armed Forces. Wounded Warrior Project

Here are a few of the photos and stories from the Wounded Warrior Project website:

Randall Clunen, 19 years old, an infantryman with the 101st Airborne stationed in Tal Afar, Iraq, a town near the Syrian border, was on guard duty the night of December 8, 2003, when a suicide bomber broke through the perimeter and blew himself up along with his vehicle. Fifty-eight soldiers were wounded in the attack including Clunen. The blast sent chunks of shrapnel into Clunen's face causing heavy bleeding and massive structural damage to his jaw and cheek. An emergency tracheotomy was performed so that he could breathe. He has had three surgeries and has several more to go. Photographed in his home in Ohio, February 14, 2004.

Jeremy, 24, a Seargent and Army Ranger from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Regiment was injured defending the Hadithah Dam, and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with valor. He is completely blind, his brain is held together with titanium plates, he suffers seizures and some brain damage. He sees nothing but darkness. Photographed in his home in Pennsylvania, October 18, 2003.

Alan, 23, a machine gunner with the Army's 3rd Infantry Division was wounded July 16, 2003 on Highway 8 in Baghdad when the Humvee he was driving hit a land mine blowing off both legs, burning his face, and breaking his left arm in 6 places. He was delivering ice to other soldiers at the time. Photographed at home in Wisconsin, November 23, 2003.

And while were at it: ALWAYS REMEMBER THE INNOCENT CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF THE 9/11/01 TERRORIST ATTACKS. That is the reason the young men above were in battle where they received such grievous injuries.