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Please also see post above of things Mo1 sent to Bagram yesterday.

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.

Reposting what was sent to the gals in Kirkuk last week as a stop gap until I could get more of what they requested:

Mailed August 4, 2004, to Kirkuk for $15.75 postage, no insurance.
Books: Wings (Danielle Steel), A Rage Against Heaven (Fred M. Stewart), Thorns of Truth (Eileen Goudge)--from JustAmy
VHS movies: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The American President (Michael Douglas, Annette Benning), --from JustAmy, Baby Boom (Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard), Grand Canyon (Alfie Woodard, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin)--from patriciaruth
3-4.3 oz of hand cream from Battle Axe.
Vogue magazine with Bush daughters from patriciaruth.
CD-Van Morrison
1 bar Caswell Massey ginger and lemon herb soap.

I'll take a crack at the movies, but a couple of them might be hard to come by.

The good news is that "How to Deal" and "Butterfly Effect" are gettable. But as for "Beautiful Life", IMDB has no info on any movie with that exact title. There is a review of that title on a Filipino web site, but the movie is not yet available in the states that I can find. Could she have perhaps meant "Life is Beautiful"? That one I CAN acquire.

Also, on "The Others", here are the IMDB hits I found:

The Others 2001 (Nicole Kidman): Plot Outline: A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.

The Others 2000 (Julianne Nicholson): Plot Summary: College student Marian Kitt is terrified to discover that she has the power to see into the "other side.".

The Others 1997 (Phillip Rhys): A charming little film, with quality actors (Rhys is superb) and very impressive dialogue. Perfect film for a quiet night in.

Autres, Les (The Others) 1974: French, no info available.

Sounds like the 1997 version is the one she wants, but correct me if I'm wrong.

I can also probably score a Green Day CD or two and some Arthur Loves Plastic and Schneider (techno).