HOUSTON -- An Army sergeant and his buddies will get to watch the Super Bowl in Iraq, thanks to a Houston businessman, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday.

"I am in the United States Army. I am from Houston, Texas, currently serving a 15-month deployment in Baghdad, Iraq," Sgt. Aaron Simmons wrote in a letter to Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale, the owner of Gallery Furniture. "We have been trying to come up with ideas of how to get a TV, and I thought it would be a good idea to ask you."

Mattress Mac had just the TV -- a 42-inch high-definition flat screen.

But there was a problem. The letter had a military address, but no quick-shipping address and no fast way of contacting Simmons.

McIngvale called the head of the United Service Organizations for help finding Simmons.

Retired Lt. Col. Susie Barlow, Houston's USO president, called the Army.

"I need a specific location on how I can track this down," Barlow said. "(The Army) said, 'I can't help you with that, but we can make it so that we can get him,' on such and such a date to a point to get the TV."

The TV costs about $2,000, but the shipping for the TV, DVD player and other gifts costs even more.

McIngvale said the money did not matter.

"These kids are over there putting their life on the line so we can enjoy these freedoms," he said. "Yet he (Simmons) says, 'I know how expensive a TV can be, so I will not be disappointed if you cannot send one.'"

The TV is expected to arrive on Tuesday, five days before the Super Bowl.