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"Budweiser Super Bowl XLVIII - A Hero's Welcome: Full Story" This is the full story behind Budweiser's 2014 Super Bowl commercial about the celebration and parade thrown in honor of the homecoming of a Veteran from Afghanistan. Benny Cachand: We're all excited to have Lieutenant Nadd back home in Winter Park being reunited with his family after a long time of service. Jerry Newberry: I can't think of anything more important that we could do right now. Shannon Cantwell: A friend of mine told me to check out the VFW web site. It said that they were looking to honor one soldier coming home from Afghanistan to represent all soldiers. I thought that Chuck would be the perfect candidate for it. Agnes Nadd: He was born in America 24 years ago. The baby of the family. He has always been patriotic - happy to be American. Andrew Hicks: I knew that he always wanted to serve the country, and eventially he decided that the best way to do that was through military service. Bill Milsten: It's his energy and enthusiasm and he wanted to serve. He wanted to be bigger than just himself. Kenneth Bradley: To do something for this type of an event where we recognize one of our homecoming soldiers is indeed an honor. It's a priveledge More important than us being happy about it is America needs to understand what this represents. We asked, "Did you know someone who served in Iraq/Afghanistan?" typically the answer's going to be, "No", so it doesn't affect them personally. So they tend to forget - not that they don't care - America does care. Kenneth Bradley: We are symbolically thanking everyone, and not just these conflicts, but previous conflicts. We should never, ever forget those that served. Jim Pope: Every once and a while someone will come up and say, "Thank you", and it really means because we didn't get it when we came home. William Gault: When I got to my little, small home town in South Carolina, there was nobody out there. Jack Brooks: I felt like I just got out of jail. Ha, but I was disappointed about that. Dave Carroll: We didn't tell anybody we were in Vietnam, and, uh, that's fine. It's for all of us. It's for my friend Andy didn't come home, but I'm so happy that we're a small part of this. It's a wonderful thing to do. Joe Chavara: I applaud Budweiser as a sponsor for doing this. This is just a great thing to let the community know, "Hey listen. All these people are getting out this year, and we need to really to do the right thing by them." Shannon Cantwell: It's been so exciting. Everyone to pitch in, and help out, and be there, and contribute in any way that they could. So we're all in on the surprise. It's gonna be pretty exciting, and I'm so delighted for him that he has this, you know, this support from his home town. Lt. Nadd: Wow. Shannon: Come here. Come here. Lt. Nadd: I missed you. It's so good to be back. I think it's wonderful that Winter Park is willing to step up and do this for this American hero, but we want every community in America to step up and do what they can - whatever that is. Maribel Rodriguez: It doesn't have to be a parade, but even if it's just a couple folks recognizing the sacrific they've made. Patric Hicks: A simple thank you goes so far. Lt. Nadd: What's going on up there. Welcome home, Chuck. This is all for you. Lt. Nadd: Wow. Shannon: Are you serious? Ha ha ha, get out of here. Please join me in welcoming Lt. Chuck Nadd home! We can never forget, as a country, the freedoms that we enjoy is because someone has given days of their life, or in some sad cases given their complete life for our freedoms. Agnes Nadd: For him to be back home... Lt. Nadd: To see something like what happened today, I think proves that America is special. I think the strength of our country comes from how well we come together as a community. Well it's a great day in America. It's a great celebration of America. Jim Wartski: I hope every town is able to do something of this nature, and set an example for how many people