Letter from BALAD!
Patty,
...I received your letter from B****..she is my platoon sgt. I am 24 yrs old and my hometown is *****, Illinois--a small town of about 3,000 and one blinking light! We have a lot of corn fields -- which I never thought I would miss, but I do!
I recetly graduated from **** with a B.S. in Social Science Education. After teaching for a year or so, I am going to get my Masters but I don't know what in yet! I started studying for the GRE [Graduate Record Exam] before we were deployed. I recently enrolled in a correspondence course to take while I am over here!
***Have you always lived in California? I have never been to the west coast, but everyone that I know that has, tells me I have to go!
I have a lot of pictures from over here if you would like to see them. I can send them to you through an email link if you'd like. We don't really need to much here. The only thing my roommate C***** and I could think of would be stationary and stickers.
We also read a lot! Anything you'd like to send would be nice -- we are not picky! there is a list of books that we have.
Thank you so much for your support. Hope to hear from you soon.
P*****
Books available: Queen Noor, Case for Christ, Why I'm Like This, The Da Vinci Code, Cold Case, Death Row, The Guardian, The Notebook, Blindsight, Betrayed, The Red Tent, Hostile Witness, Unveiling Islam, The Inextinguishable Symphony, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
NOTE: I've ordered these books for her -- Sarum (Rutherfurd), Russka (Rutherfurd), Winds of War (Wouk), Clan of the Cave Bear (Auel), The Chequer Board (Shute) and will put in some of the ones that JustAmy and etabeta sent.
Letter from KIRKUK!
July 27
Dear Patricia,
...I am one of the 3 female soldier in [C****'s unit]. He asked me to write to you. It is wonderful people like yourself that are so supportive of us soldeirs over here in Iraq. We really cannot thank you enough.
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am 23 years old, from ******** NY. I attended college for 2 1/1 years (majoring in psychology) before joining the Army. I've been in 3 years and stationed in Hawaii the entire time. I am getting out next May, and then I plan on travelling for 5-6 months and then going back to school to finish my degree (in what I am not sure yet).
I am definitely looking forward to leaving Iraq. It is much to hot here for my tastes. What I wouldn't give for a nice 75" day, but I'd probably freeze after dealing with 110-120 degree weather for 2 months.
I asked the 2 other females what they would like or need. The main thing we thought of was movies (The Others, How to Deal, Butterfly Effect, Beautiful Life, etc.), books (Nora Roberts, suspense/triller), magazines (Glamour, Self, Cosmo, People, Allure, etc), CD's (alternative rock, hip hop, R&B, techno, etc) & stuff that smells good (body lotion/spray). Other than that, I think we are pretty much set.
Again, thank you for all your care and support and please know that it is appreciated and doesn't go unnnoticed.
Sgt N*****
NOTE: I ordered a Nora Roberts trilogy for these gals -- Sea Swept/Rising Tides/Inner Harbor, plus the movie Not Without My Daughter (Sally Field). See a post above for some books, movies, hand cream, CD that I had on hand and sent them already. Anyone want to take a crack at the music (I recently sent an R&B CD to the whole unit) or the requested movies? Someone just sent some stuff that smells good in the mail for here, and I'll ship some to them when it arrives.