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Saw your "82nd ping" and thought you might be interested in this article.
It's from our local (Raleigh, NC) news.
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Military Wife On Mission To Help Soldiers
Iraqi Fire Destroys Most Of Soldiers' Belongings
POSTED: 11:17 a.m. EST January 9, 2004
UPDATED: 11:31 a.m. EST January 9, 2004
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- It has been a tough start to the New Year for the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq, but a military wife is on a mission to help out the troops.
A fire swept through the desert base of the 82nd's Bravo Company, the same soldiers WRAL was embedded with in Iraq back in September.
"It completely destroyed everything in the tents, whatever they could grab is whatever they could get out with," said Debra Davis, whose husband was in one of the tents.
No one was hurt, but the fire left 90 soldiers with only the clothes on their backs.
Davis is now raising money through the 82nd Airborne Division to replace some of the soldiers' entertainment items.
"They need something to fill their time, so it's the books, the CDs, DVDs, their games -- things that seem trivial to us, but that's all they have," she said.
If you would like to make a donation, you can send it to:
782 MSB
Attention: S 1
82nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg, N.C., 28310
Be sure to write BCO or Bravo Company and then FRG, which stands for Family Readiness Group.
Reporter: Paul LaGrone
Photographer: Ken Bodine
OnLine Producer: Kamal Wallace