Photo by JIMMIE PRESLEY / Daily News

Alice Magnelli and her son Sgt. Patrick Johnson, 24, sit outside House Master in Naples, where Magnelli works, on Friday. Magnelli wants to create the ability for families with loved ones serving in the U.S. military in war zones to get in contact with other similar families as a kind of support network. Johnson, a graduate of Barron Collier High School, is back in Naples on a two-week leave and will return to Camp Taji, Iraq. He has been serving in the Army for three years and estimates he will be finished with his term in June or August.


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