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Connecting the Troops to Their Families
By Nicole Lewis
A poem tacked to a wall in a room at the North Riverside Armory, in Illinois, pushed Dan Shannon to change jobs and spend $20,000 of his own money to start a charity that helps military families stay in touch.
The poem, "I Got Your Back," was written by the wife of a deployed service member and opens with the lines: "I am a small and precious child,...