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Peace and help him to his next step. >> were in front of the 9/11 memorial. what does it mean to you as a veteran? >> to me, this right here is what brought in a lot of the guys that were coaching me or brought me up as who i was as a soldier. i was in for a total of five years. i was medically retired. i did one tour to afghanistan and one to syria. it was the calling of something i was going to do. >> he was promoted on the battlefield to sergeant out there. theres been plenty of times i had m...

Drawdown of u.s. troops, we met many of them who have sacrificed time with family, who have put their own lives in danger. lieutenant colonel jill moss from coudersport, pennsylvania. her family back home. she is here. she speaks dari with the afghans. >> youre able to form better relationships with them, and in this culture it just means a great deal. >> captain carly costello from marietta, georgia. >> i remember -- i remember 9/11. i was in seventh grade when it happened and my brother was in...

>> reporter: a visit from santa claus turned into a special delivery for these two minnesota sisters. >> daddy. >> reporter: their father, a soldier in kuwait, surprised his daughters in time for christmas. it is among the many reunions caught on camera with military members and families this holiday season. a wisconsin boys older brother serving in the army. >> theres your brother. >> whats up? >> reporter: surprised him at school with a big hug after five months apart. the soldier then marched...

Here is polo sandoval. >> what would you like for christmas? >> my dad to come home. >> reporter: turned into a special delivery for these sisters. their father, a soldier, stationed in kuwait, surprised his daughters in time for christmas. it is among the many emotional reunions caught on camera with military members and families this holiday season. a wisconsin boys older brother serving in the army. >> theres your brother. >> whats up, buddy? >> reporter: surprised him at school with a big hu...

Favorite christmas song? theres no place like home for the holidays. and that is certainly true for some u.s. service members just ahead of christmas. >> happy to sing that song for sure. cnns polo sandoval has more now on these amazing, heart-warming reunions taking the internet by storm. >> reporter: a visit to santa claus -- >> so, what would you like for christmas? >> for my dad to come home. >> oh. >> reporter: turned into a special delivery for these two minnesota sisters. >> daddy! >> rep...

There are the videos we cant get enough of. service members surprising their families just in time for the holiday season. we have more on these heart warming reunions. theyve taken the internet by storm. >> a visit to santa claus. >> so what would you leak for christmas? oh. >> reporter: turned into a special delivery for these two minnesota sisters. >> daddy! >> reporter: their father, a soldier stationed in kuwait surprised his daughters just in time for christmas. its among the many emotiona...

>> i had a number of veterans i mentioned this yesterday on the show. i had a number of veterans coming up to me different stores walking through the streets of new york and other areas of this country and people saying to me you have got to tell your viewers what viewers are dealing with with benefit cuts. my brother serving in the navy dealing with this huge pension cuts to him in the navy. other members and veterans coming up to me and saying this is really really going to hurt our family. >>...

It said we heard from some of the american university students. theyre fine. on skype with son right now. he is in an eastern santiago suburb. whether youre tweeting me or tweeting each other, following chilean tweets in general. someone is saying shes concerned about her brother serving in a mission in the biobio region of chile. how can we get info? lets show the state department image again that has the phone number for you to call. this is for american citizens concerned about loved one in s...