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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:39:37 -0500, women fainted and men gasped when
big_daddy.nospam@thediapersuperstore.com casually remarked:

>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
>


you were in 'Nam and got back in now?  I thought there was an age
limit?

And yes I remember those days as well.  Sometimes we could get special
services to connect long distance calls via ham radio operators and
that would save us a few bucks a minute on long distance calls.  I
remember also having an APO/FPO address *guaranteed* at least an
extra week to two weeks delivery time on any packages.  And there
wasn't any guarantee that the packages would arrive in anything
resembling good shape either.  But hey for $10 you could ride a MAC
flight on space A just about anywhere in the world!  As long as you
didn't mind riding a C-130 in a seat facing backward staring at your
cargo because there's no windows while the condensation dripped on
your head.  But you couldn't beat the price!

Ah...the good ole days..how I miss them!

;-)



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