Miranda Lambert Humbled by Visit with Wounded Soldiers

Country singer Miranda Lambert recently did her part to thank American soldiers by visiting injured men and women at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

"We got to meet and talk with about six soldiers that were wounded while serving," Lambert said on her blog. "They showed us pictures and told their stories of what happened.”

“You can't imagine how humbling it is to hear these guys, who have broken legs or are amputees or have shattered bones, talk. All they can say is how they are mad that they can't be with their buddies fighting for us and how they want to get back. And they all just kept thanking us for coming, and I'm like 'jeez, that's the least we can do'. Look what these people sacrificed for us and are willing to do it again!"

During her conversations with the soldiers, it seemed that her most popular song among soldiers was “Gunpowder & Lead.” Lambert said many of them liked it because “it’s about shootin' people!"

"It just feels sometimes that we are removed a little from what's going on with the war because all we see is the news, and we live in our happy world out here on the road," she said in her blog. "But its really hits home when you talk to a 23 year old kid with all of his limbs gone who is just a normal guy that you would have gone to high school with. It takes it from just being on the news straight to your core. I wish I could have stayed all day and, if nothing else, just bring a smile to their faces. ‘Cause they definitely bring a smile to mine.”

Fans can see Lambert when she appears at the 2009 CMA Music Festival, taking place next week. To learn more about the event, visit CountryHound's CMA Music Festival page.