Wounded troops hit by foreclosure crisis need your help this Fourth of July to avoid losing homes!

Dear Patriotic American,

I'm sure you're aware of the home foreclosure crisis sweeping the nation, which may cost millions of able-bodied Americans their homes.

But can you imagine how the foreclosure crisis is affecting our severely DISABLED servicemen and women?

Many of our wounded heroes may never be able to work again because they've been paralyzed, brain-damaged, burned or blinded. And nearly half their spouses have quit their jobs to care for them.

No wonder they are falling behind on their rent or mortgage!

Please click here to help prevent them from losing their homes.

My name is General Chip Diehl (Ret.) and I'm writing to you on behalf of the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes. The Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded to help troops who have been severely wounded in the War on Terror in Iraq or Afghanistan.

As the patriotic Fourth of July holiday nears, we hope to hit our goal of raising $1 million to help wounded troops and their families who are facing foreclosure or eviction.

By clicking here you can make a generous, tax-deductible donation to the Coalition's Wounded Troops Home Protection Project.

I also want to ask you to take just a few seconds to sign a special THANK YOU and GET WELL card for a severely wounded young Marine, soldier, sailor or airman.

A thoughtful greeting card from you could quickly boost their spirits and help in their healing.

When you make a donation, a special THANK YOU and GET WELL card with your name on it will be hand-delivered to a severely wounded hero who needs some cheering up. You can even type in a personal greeting if you like!

Click here to send your greeting to a disabled hero.

Your greeting card and donation may be helping someone just like Dennis Smutzer, whose photo appears at the top of this e-mail.

Before he went to serve in Iraq, Dennis had a well-paying job as a heavy equipment operator. But because of his brain injury he can't get that job back. Dennis and his wife Angie have two small children, and they're struggling to make ends meet.

In a letter to the Coalition, Angie wrote:

"We hope we can get some help with our mortgage payment so we don't lose our home."

This Fourth of July I certainly hope you'll respond to their heartbreaking story by sending a tax-deductible donation to the Coalition. Please click here to send your gift.

Keep in mind: Lenders don't make exceptions for wounded heroes who have fallen behind on their mortgages.

That means wounded troops just back from Iraq or Afghanistan are also losing their homes, through no fault of their own.

But YOU have the power to do something the government should have done a long time ago.

Something the CEO of any big mortgage company could do, but hasn't.

You have the power to help grant a "grace period" to the family of a wounded GI facing a humiliating eviction or foreclosure.

A little extra help may be all many of these wounded heroes need to turn their financial situation around, so please click here to make a generous donation right now.

These wounded heroes have protected our freedom, our families and our homes. Now it's our turn to protect theirs.

Please click here to make a generous, tax-deductible donation to the Coalition's Wounded Troops Home Protection Project.

Thank you,

Brigadier Gen. Arthur F. "Chip" Diehl

U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

P.S. The home foreclosure crisis has taken a devastating toll on our wounded troops. Our disabled servicemen and women who have been paralyzed, brain-damaged, burned or blinded may never be able to work again. And nearly half their spouses have quit their jobs to take care of them. Can you imagine how you'd pay your rent or mortgage under those circumstances?

The Coalition has created a Wounded Troops Home Protection Project to help these families, and I hope I can count on your support this Fourth of July.

Please click here to make a special Fourth of July donation.