Mailed October 11, 2005, to an Army vet of war in Iraq now working as a civilian contractor in TAL AFAR (see map at post 625). He will pass these items on to the Marines, Soldiers, etc, who are there, whose deployment is still too fluid to be sure their APO’s are going to be stable for a while.
Box 1 (Thank you, Tunehead54, for your contribution toward this box for the troops to give to the kids)
Value $65.32, postage $7.70
4 boxes 24 packs Bazooka bubble gum
10 loose packs Bazooka bubble gum
Book: Hondo (Louis L’Amour)
Miniflashlight freebie in pack of 8 AA batteries
2 packs tissues
Couple garbage bags with cinches for stuffing
Box 2, insured $67.27, postage $9.90
4 DVD’s:
The Sixth Sense (Bruce Willis, Joel Haley Osment)
Gettysburg (Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen)
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (Timothy Bottoms)
In Memoriam NYC 9/11/01 (narrated by Rudy Giuliani)
Halloween candy:
22 oz Bag Reese’s miniature peanut butter cups
29.25 oz Bag Reese’s Snack Assortment (peanut butter cups, white chocolate cups, inside out cups)
1 can 11.6 oz Folger’s Hazelnut ground coffee (I think Ros42 sent this back in July)
1 small plastic bat
1 small plastic spider
Recordings: 1 June, 1 July, 1 set of 2 Sept. of Rush Limbaugh; Company of Heroes; and President Bush's May speech on Iraq--MJY1288
Mailed October 11, 2005, to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team company at MOSUL
Box 1, value $20.41, postage $7.70
6 bags Halloween candy:
38 oz. CreepyPeepers (Chocolate eyeballs with fudge, caramel or peanut butter centers)~80
19.5 0z. Hershey Nut Lovers ~70
11.6 oz. Payday 17
25 0z. Brach’s Mellowcreme pumpkins ~100
12 oz Hershey kisses with almonds ~80
29.25 oz. Reese’s Snack assortment ~38
Box 2, insured $143.78, postage $10.90
Halloween candy: Bag 14 Snickers with almonds, divided into sandwich bags and tucked into nooks and crannies.
1 small plastic spider
1 small plastic bat
10 DVD movies:
Red Dragon (Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Ed Norton)
The Alamo (Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton)
The Fifth Element (Bruce Willis)
The Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Means)
The Man from Snowy River (Tom Burlinson)
Mercury Rising (Bruce Willis shoots Alec Baldwin)
Rockwell (Karl Malone)
Spiderman 2 (Toby McGuire)
Shane (Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur)
True Lies (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis)
3 Books:
Hondo (Louis L’Amour)
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
Deliver us from Evil (Sean Hannity)
4 magazines:
Slam 2005-2006 NCAA preview
Surfer /Slater vs. Irons Part II
Automobile/Z06 vs. Ford GT vs. Viper
Decision /on evangelical mission in Moldavo
Recordings:
August and Sept. Rush Limbaugh recordings, 2 DVD set for each month-- MJY1288
Article by George Will on Doctrine of Preemption
Mailed October 11, 2005, to MI unit at KIRKUK
1 box, insured $99.17, postage $9.90
9 DVD movies:
Silence of the Lambs (Anthony Hopkins, Jody Foster)
Scream (Courtney Cox)
The Wild Bunch (William Holden)
3:10 to Yuma (Glenn Ford)
The Rare Breed (Jimmy Stewart, Maureen O’Hara)
Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen)
My Darling Clementine (Henry Fonda)
Tombstone (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Charlton Heston)
The Ranger, the Cook, and the Hole in the Sky (Sam Elliott)
Recordings of Rush MPG files for August and September (each a 2 DVD set)MJY1288
4 bags Halloween candy:
2 bags 22 oz miniature Reese’s peanut butter cups
25 oz bag Brach’s mellowcreme pumpkins
10 oz.bag Snickers with almonds
1 small plastic bat
1 small plastic spider
Mailed October 11, 2005, to a Battery at KIRKUK
1 box, insured $56.59, postage $7.70
3 DVD movies
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Scary Movie
White Hunter, Black Heart (Clint Eastwood)
5 bags Halloween candy:
25 oz bag Brach’s Mellowcreme Pumpkins
2 bags 19.5 oz Hershey’s miniatures Nut Lovers
2 bags 22 oz. Reese’s miniature peanut butter cups
Rush recordings MPG files for 2 set DVD’s of August and Sept.MJY1288
1 small plastic bat
1 small plastic spider
3 bottles of 100 aspirin tablets 5 grains [last of items sent by jtill]--for Chaplain to give to local clinic
Picture of U.S aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan
Mailed October 11, 2005, to BAGRAM air base, AFGHANISTAN
1 box, insured $99.53, postage $9.90
6 DVD movies:
The Others (Nicole Kiddman)a ghost story
Kiss the Girls (Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd)a horror thriller
Sons of Katie Elder (John Wayne, Dean Martin)
Tombstone (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott)
The Cowboys (John Wayne)
The Man from Snowy River (Tom Burlinson)
2 Books:
Reagan’s War (Peter Schweizer)
The Connection (Stephen Hayes)
2 magazines:
Slam 2005-2006 NCAA preview
People October 17 issue
2 sets August and Sept Recordings of Rush MPG files (2 DVD’s per set)-MJY1288
6 TicTacs (last of items sent by jtill)
6 packs of 6 Blow Pops (last of items sent by jtill)
sheet of children’s comic stickers
1.9 oz tube of hair conditioning crème
box 42 Cottonelle’s flushable wipes
6 packs Bazooka chewing gum
1 small plastic bat
1 small plastic spider
Newsletter about evangelism in Moldova
Posted a couple posts above are the lists of the contents of care packages just mailed out to TAL AFAR, MOSUL, KIRKUK in Iraq and to BAGRAM air base, Afghanistan.
I am almost finished with a few boxes going to our 2 adopted units at BAGHDAD.
Anyone who wants to mail out some Halloween candy to TAL AFAR (see map at post 625) or to MOSUL by next Tuesday, please FReepmail me.
A big THANK YOU to nina0113 who is taking over command and control for BAGRAM.
patriciaruth
You are a wonderful woman, we love you! Thanks for keeping us posted.