Tailshot Road in Naperville was overtaken by a sea of blue Wednesday morning as dozens of people in Pulte Homes jackets filled the sidewalk, joined by marching flag bearers and honking vehicles.

A golf cart pulled up to a two-story house dotted with balloons and American flags and a man stepped out, overtaken by tears and excitement.

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tomee Phetsisouk, an Elgin native now living in St. Charles, was seeing for the first time the newly-built house that would be his new home.

Nonprofit Building Homes for Heroes worked with residential builder PulteGroup to construct the mortgage-free residence presented to Phetsisouk and his family. It is the 102nd home built for a veteran by PulteGroup’s Built to Honor program, which partners with Building Homes to provide new

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