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NEW YORK(CBS2)– Army Specialist Bryan Dilberian and Frank Siller stopped by to talk about the Tunnel To Towers Foundation.

The Tunnel To Towers Foundation has teamed up with Gary Sinise to help build homes for veterans who have been badly injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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(CBS/AP) Trace Adkins is showing his American pride with a performance at the National Memorial Day Concert in Washington. The entire show will be broadcast on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on May 27.

Actors Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna will co-host the show. In addition to Adkins, it will feature rock band Daughtry, singer Natalie Cole, Selma Blair, actress Ellen Burstyn, Golden Globe-winning actor and Vietnam War veteran Dennis Franz, Gen. Colin Powell and tenor Russell Watson.

The show honors service men and women in uniform and their families at home.

“Each year on the eve of Memorial Day, we gather at the U.S. Capitol to share the real stories of fallen and wounded heroes, their families, and their combat buddies as a way to remember, to grieve and begin to heal,” concert co-host Mantegna said in a statement

“Every one of your stories of remembrance is important to us. We are honored to be able to share these moving tributes from our loyal viewers as we remember the sacrifices made by so many to preserve our freedoms.”

Sergeant Travis Mills’ life changed forever when he lost all four limbs to an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan. But two charities are making sure that his comforts of home remain intact.

While Mills recovers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.,The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Gary Sinise Foundation are erecting a custom-built home for the wounded warrior, Fox News reports. The oversized rooms and iPad-controlled countertops — among other amenities –- will give Mills the independence he wouldn’t otherwise have.

“It’s a passion,” John Hodge, director of operations for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, told the news source. “It just rips your heart out to see these kids — and they are kids — who have such promise and have their whole lives ahead of them, and then this happens. We want to make sure they fulfill their promise and their dreams.”

The organization was founded in memory of Hodge’s cousin Stephen Siller, a New York City firefighter who died on September 11. To honor him, the group hosts runs and fundraisers and builds adaptive homes for amputees.

Earlier this year, Hodge’s organization teamed up with the Gary Sinise Foundation, established by the famed “Forrest Gump” actor who played the role of an amputee who served in Vietnam. The nonprofits built a smart home for Marine Lance Cpl. Juan Dominguez, who lost his legs and right arm in 2010, according to the Associated Press. Sinise and his band — the Lt. Dan Band (named for his “Forrest Gump” character) performed a benefit concert in California to help the cause.

As Mills recuperates, his family and friends are keeping supporters updated on the soldier’s progress through his website, TravisMills.org.

“Thank you everyone for your support,” Tammy Buck, Mills’ mother-in-law, wrote on the site Tuesday. “Let’s pray that tomorrow is a more settling, healing day. What a great man Travis is, and we’ll be with him every step of the way.”

To get involved with the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, click here.

To read more about the plight of wounded warriors and how you can help, check outHuffPost’s Pulitzer-prize winning Beyond the Battlefield series.

Actor and musician Gary Sinise, who was recently injured in a motor vehicle accident, confirmed Tuesday that his Lt. Dan Band would play an Albany concert.
Sinise had to cancel a handful of shows due to suffering injuries in a car accident March 30 in Washington, D.C. The Lt. Dan Band will hit the road again starting April 27 in Brooklyn, and will play at 7 p.m. April 28 in the Albany Armory on Washington Avenue.
Both concerts will raise money to build “smart homes” for wounded veterans. Proceeds from the Albany show will benefit former Air Force Tech Sgt. Joe Wilkinson and his family. Wilkinson, 33, suffers from a degenerative nerve condition that has left him partially paralyzed. His chronic condition is believed to have been caused by toxic chemicals in Iraq. The family resides in Nassau.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled that Gary is going to be able to make it to the concerts,” said Frank Siller, chairman of The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which co-presents the concerts with the Gary Sinise Foundation. “We thank the people of Brooklyn and the greater Albany area for their overwhelming support, and ask them to help us make the concerts sellouts so we can build smart homes for two heroes.”
Call 512-5203 for a ticket to the concert in the armory.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Gary-Sinise-s-concert-a-go-3472606.php#ixzz1rm4neEFS