Posted on 05/08/2005 12:56:47 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
NEWARK, N.J. Brothers Marc and Michael Brummer figure the best way they can help support U.S. troops stationed in Iraq is to try to feed them thousands of them.
The co-owners of Hobby's Deli hope to send salami to the entire 42nd Infantry Division, currently in Tikrit.
It'll take an estimated 23,000 salamis to reach that goal. But the first 2,000 or so of the dried meat about 2 tons in all was boxed and loaded onto a U.S. Postal Service truck Tuesday in the first phase of what the brothers dubbed "Operation Salami Drop."
"We know there are a bunch of homesick men and women over there, and to be able to do something. ... How do you put words to it? You have to do something. I can do salamis," Marc Brummer said.
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salami, salami, bologna
Mother of all care packages...Ping...
HOLY COW! I LOVE it!!!!!!
It's an impressive story, no doubt.
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