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 Hi I'm Clara Barton. People called me a hero for many reasons. A hero could be anyone who made a difference. One day I was watching out my window where the soldiers went by. I always thought of going to war and helping the wounded soldiers out, but I knew it wasn't going to happen. I kept hearing about all the wounded soldiers and felt bad. Then one day my dream came true. They were sending supplies to the war and I acually got a pass by General Wiliams to come and help wounded soldiers! I don't know why but, Benjamin Butler called me the " the lady in charge" of all the hospitals. In 1865 Abe asked me to help look for missing Union soldiers. I found over 30,000 soldiers. Finally, the war ended. I felt good because this means no more soldiers were going to get hurt. I was releaved when I went home. Then, to my surprise I got asked to help mark unmarked graves in Georgia. I remember finding a lot of unmarked graves. Then, I noticed in a book called "Number all the bones", my work was mentioned in it. It made me feel so good I wanted to just climb up a tree like a squirrel does. Another surprise came when a nation wide search started to find all mising soldiers. I was putting names in newspapers, and exchanging letters between soldiers and their families. I was so tierd from my work my doctors told me to take a vacation. I eventually became involed with the International Committee of the Red Cross. When I came back from my trip I started the American Red Cross which made people think their would never be something like the Civil War again. Eventually, I had the idea of expanding the idea of the American Red Cross could respond to any natural disaster. I always thought " I may be compelled to face danger, but I never fear it." This gave the United States the "Good Samaritan of Nations" label. I feel really good that I gave the United States this award. I also heard about this Iraq buisness and thought how people could help. I thought if I could help I would go and help the wounded soldiers and I also thought I could send some supllies that I had to them because they don't have many supplies.