WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2005 – When the founders of "Angels of Mercy" heard that wounded, injured and sick servicemembers being treated in combat support hospitals in Iraq needed health and comfort items, they created "Angels in Iraq." They sprang into action and launched a nationwide American Legion campaign to let legionnaires and auxiliary members know how they could help America's heroes. The "angels," Jay Edwards and his wife, Marian Chirichella, founded the "Angels of Mercy" program in October 2003 in response to an American Red Cross appeal for help in supporting combat casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan at Walter Reed...