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Peace and help him to his next step. >> we're 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. there's been plenty of times i had messages when something happened that it was blackout and you didn't know if your child was okay or...

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. >> you're 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 fifth grade and that night that it happened, my brother always wanted to be a marine. honestly he'...

>> 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 boy's older brother serving in the army. >> there's your brother. >> what's up? >> reporter: surprised him at school with a big hug after five months apart. the soldier then marched down the hall to his other sister and brother. >> it made me feel warm inside. >> reporter: in t...

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 boy's older brother serving in the army. >> there's your brother. >> what's up, buddy? >> reporter: surprised him at school with a big hug after five months apart. the soldier then marched down the hall to his other brother and sister...

Favorite christmas song? there's 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. cnn's 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! >> reporter: their father, a soldier stationed in kuwait surprised his daughters just in time for christ...