June 8, 2004 2 care packages (received on June 16) with
Movies: We Were Soldiers (Mel Gibson), Total Recall (Schwarzenegger), October Sky, Galaxy Quest (Tim Allen), Moscow on the Hudson (Robin Williams), Gettysburg (Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen), Shanghai Knights (Jackie Chan), Open Range (Kevin Cosner), Saving Private Ryan (Tom Hanks, Matt Damon), Independence Day (Will Smith), Glory (Denzel Washington), Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day-Lewis), Tears of the Sun (Bruce Willis), Frequency (Dennis Quiad), Die Another Day (Pierce Brosnan).
VHS recording of TV movie: Ike/Countdown to D-Day
Books: Pied Piper (Nevil Shute), A Town Like Alice(Nevil Shute), Without Remorse (Tom Clancy), Last of the Breed (Louis L'Amour), The Other (Tom Tryon), Enchantment (Orson Scott Card), The Altman Code (Ludlum book), 25 or so pocket constitutions
Snacks
Candy: 2 boxes 30 Reese's peanut butter Cups, Kitkats, Hershey's, power bars; 1 box 24 M&M's, 1 box 48 Snickers bars, 1 box 24 Almond Snickers
Cookies: (2 boxes Chips Ahoy 12 pkgs of 4, 2 boxes of Oreos 12 pkgs of 3), 4 individual Chips Ahoy pkgs of 4; 4 boxes 6 fudge brownies
box of 8 Carefree sugarless gum
Box of 24 Jolly Time buttered microwave popcorn bags
Magazines: Army on D-Day, 2 women's NRA, AUSA on D-Day
Misc. toiletries to fill in the holes: 4 Q-tips, 4 floss, 2 travel toothpaste/toothbrush, 4 skin cream, 1 baby powder, 3 Kleenex.
30 small flags, 10 thank you notes, Thank you Bagram/Happy Fourth of July sign; picture album of troop support rallies (Tunehead54 and SerpentDove)
Sent on June 16 to Bagram:
5 tapes of the Ronald Reagan funeral ceremonies and processions
Books: Goodbye Darkness-Memoir of WWII in Pacific (William Manchester), Tunnel in the Sky (Robert Heinlein), Far Side cartoon book, Washington the Indispensible Man-biography
Essay on Islam in America
Magazines: Army on Space, Women's NRA, Decision on Bakersfield meeting
2 Jergens mild soap, 2 Carefree gum, 5 stuffed envelops, 1966 music CD
Hi Patricia;
If you have addresses, FReepmail me with them. We have a group of neighborhood kids that LOVE to put together CARE packages for the military guys and gals. We've sent out probably at least 30 packages, but have gotten only two letters in return. (I know they're busy!)