[mystery-ak]

I send my hubby a box full of coffee and canned fruit(peaches-fruit cocktail) each month....other items they miss are pudding, dinty moore side dishes,ramen noodles, tuna/tuna salad, canned chicken salad, peanut butter, crackers, cheese(good time of the year,like Hickory Farms) microwave popcorn, caramel popcorn......socks, boxer shorts.....my hubby drinks coffee everyday all day no matter how hot it is, so he goes through a lot of coffee and he tells me that Army coffee is terrible...include also dry creamers and sugar packs.

My packages are averaging about 10 days now....Mike told me a little trick...under his address and on the corner of the package to print the city he is in, in black felt-tip pin...it makes sorting easier and faster.

anybody that needs any other ideas let me know.....don't forget Valentine's Day will be here shortly.

[Radix]

I send my hubby a box full of coffee and canned fruit(peaches-fruit cocktail) each month,,

The LT R jr, advised me to lay off on the canned fruit. He also said that they do not need the foot powder and the hand soaps, toilet paper, and certain other such things as these products are now in plentiful supply.

I no longer am certain what to send, so I go for the junk. The Dinty Moore, and the Beefaroni, and such things is a hit according to the LT! I always include some stuff called Red Bull (an energy drink?).

The magazines are I believe a good idea, but now, I always ask for them to tell me what to send. I anxiously await their requests. I only send to a handful of Troops, but it means a lot to me to be able to do what I can.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

A GI can live for weeks on ramen. Kimche goes great with ramen, but it's an acquired taste.

Those Hickory Farms cheese and sausage gift packs are like manna from heaven in the field. My Christmas care package for 1982 reached me in the Chorwan Valley two weeks late, and the day I got it was the last time we saw the 1SG or hot chow for the next 5 days, so that Hickory Farms stuff and Adjimah's ramen and kimche was our salvation. They usually don't come with enough crackers, though, so Ritz or Premium Saltines are greatly appreciated.