Wounded soldiers and their families will someday have a place to go to heal, physically and emotionally, from effects of the war.

Long deployments put a tremendous strain on military families. A soldier's physical injury can create even more problems.

With all the stress that goes with a military deployment, the founder of Wounded Warriors Family Support thought to not make a place with no distractions, no TVs, no PlayStations, just nature and the company of loved ones where soldiers and their families can begin to heal their emotional wounds.

"This kind of project draws attention to the warriors and their families and addresses some of the consequences of the war," said Sen. Chuck Hagel.

A shot is fired somewhere in Iraq, a defender of freedom falls injured. Life changes forever. Life becomes harder.

"You take that deployment, and you compound it with a physical injury, the loss of a leg, loss of an arm, loss of eyesight," said Col. John Folsom, U.S. Marine Corps.

That soldier returns home, and his difficult road ahead, becomes his family's burden as well.

"You have missed baseball games, missed volleyball games, missed football games, missed Boy Scout meetings, and it adds up, and it's a stressful time," Folsom said.

That's why Folsom decided there ought to be some place for those families to rebuild. "You're going to focus on dad, and dad's going to focus on you, and you're going to figure out what it takes to rebuild that family," he said.

He recruited UNL students to design a place where wounded soldiers and their families can go, among the solitary bits of western Nebraska's Pine Ridge.

"This is the country's way of giving back to the soldiers. We need more than just this. We need 10, 20, 100 of these," said Eric Maguire, UNL student.

"It shows the soldier, the person who has to do the fighting and the dying, that someone cares about them, and their families," Hagel said.

The main building on the site honors two soldier wounded in Vietnam: Sen. Chuck Hagel and Sen. Bob Kerry.

"Here are two fellows who went to war, got shot up, one lost a leg, and they did not let it keep them down, their energy and their spirit caused them to move forward," Folsom said.

Their moving story of life combined with a heroic story of death was the inspiration behind the project.

"Jason Dunnem threw himself on an explosive device, but he held on for eight days and did not die. His body and his will was so strong," Folsom said. "I was so moved by the selfless dedication of this young man that spirit needs to live on."

Fifteen UNL students presented five design plans, with cabins, a pool, horse stables and the Hagel/Kerry lodge.

The project has no official completion date or even an official budget at this time. However, Folsom said it could cost around $6 million with donations accounting for most of the money.

For more information on the Wounded Warriors Family Support Project or to donate, click here.