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In dc.general John Gilmer <gilmer@crosslink.net> wrote:


>> I'm asking you to find some GI's that are out there risking their lives
> for
>> US. Send them a 'Care Package'. Maybe a can of peanuts, maybe some
>> batteries, maybe a new CD. Maybe a book of stamps so they can write home
> to
>> their loved ones. Maybe some notepaper and envelopes.

> Nice ideas!   In "my war" I got a little care package that actually was a
> little bag filled with various goodies.

> Also, in "my war" the mail home was FREE.    All we had to do was put our
> return address (APO, etc) in the regular place and write "FREE" where the
> stamp would go.   I would hope  that our government would do this same for
> our guys in the east.

In "my wars" (Korea and Viet Nam) we occasionally got a tidbit from the Red
Cross. (Usually coffee and donuts.) I've never seen anything out of the Red
Cross for the military that amounted to anything more than coffee and
donuts. We got entertainment from the USO. We paid the full going rate for
postage, even just to talk to Mom. We got no free postage.

The only packages that I ever got was either merchandise that I had ordered,
or stuff that my mother and her sister would put together and send to me.
People joke about fruit cakes, but I can tell you that in the middle of the
Viet Nam war those fruit cakes that my aunt always sent me were absolutely
delicious! The fruitcake, itself, may have been dry and hard but the love
and caring that went into the whole thing was almost as good as the wet,
sloppy kiss that my dog gave me when I got home!

These troops of ours 'out there' need to know that the people at home care
and they they appreciate the fact that these troops are risking their lives
for us.

I've done my part! I went into the local recruiting office last Friday to
sign up! Yesterday, I went to Fort Belvoir and passed the test.

Big Daddy

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