Honor for Heroes in Action

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At Honor for Heroes, we work every day to honor, support, and advocate for our nation’s heroes and their families. We help provide food, groceries, and financial assistance during times of need to our heroes and hero families. We have donated items from POW/MIA chairs to medical equipment to other organizations. We have assisted families with research, memorials, and honoring their loved ones. We have helped secure tombstones, facilitated land and memorial donations, supported highway and monument dedications, and continue working to bring home missing service members and ensure forgotten heroes are remembered.

We educate the public through speaking events, documentaries, collaborations, and our museum style collections. We are also partnering with veterans organizations, nonprofits, businesses, and elected officials to expand our impact and promote our mission. We volunteer our time, support special needs programs, work with the military and local communities, and advocate for policies and benefits that protect and uplift the hero class. Everything we do is about preserving history, serving others, and inspiring the next generation to live a life of service, sacrifice, and love. We Recognize, Support, and Memorialize Heroes!

 There is currently a movement under way in Italy to recover the wreckage of the DUKW and any possible remains of the soldiers that were killed when the DUKW sank on Lake Garda during the final days of WWII. 

 Due to the specifics of the lake itself such as depth, low oxygen content and temperature it is thought that some human remains may still be around the wreckage. Even if remains such as bones are not found the hope is that maybe some personal affects such as dog tags, rank insignia, weapons and clothing may be recovered.  

We Need to recover the "Soldiers of the Lake" and  bring our Heroes Home!

This project is part of the ongoing mission of Honor for Heroes to preserve history and ensure the story of our heroes is never forgotten. We are actively working to tell the story of theWereth 11 and Private Curtis Adams. Their sacrifice was hidden for far too long, and our goal is to bring their story to light with the honor and respect it deserves.

As part of this effort, we hosted a memorial service on Veterans Day 2025 at American Legion Post 14 and we are continuing to move forward with several major initiatives. These include naming a road for Private Curtis Adams, establishing a museum exhibit, and continuing our educational efforts that will share the history of the Wereth 11 and Private Adams with the public. We are also working toward establishing a permanent monument in Anderson, South Carolina dedicated to Private Curtis Adams and the brave men of the Wereth 11. Through these projects, we are committed to making sure their story is told, remembered, and honored for generations to come.

We have been working with local and state governments to ensure remembrance and honor for the Wereth 11 by advocating for Wereth 11 Remembrance Day by Proclamations and Resolutions! Anderson County, South Carolina has adopted it already! The State of South Carolinas in the process and we have other states we are working on as well. Soon, we will head to DC to push for the same honor and recognition.