Couldn't find the thread on Operation Iraqi Freedom, so I am starting a new thread.
Just wanted to let you know that I heard from Railbait's son, PFC Benjamin Viges (but he signed his note "Hart").
He thanked me for the 'care package' I sent a few months ago. I don't know how long it took for him to actually get it, or how long ago he wrote the note, but he is still overseas.
He says he "can't wait to get back to the states," and that he plans to marry. Says "her name is Carrie and she is the best thing that ever happened to me. Dad would have loved her too."
In closing, he wrote: "I have a new appreciation for my country since seeing first hand how evil Saddam was to his people. Thank God they are not his people anymore."
When I watch the nightly news and read the daily papers, I only wish the Iraqi people (those who are now treating the Americans like the enemy) could read the sentiment expressed by this one soldier.
Lets all wish him godspeed and a safe and quick return home.
Dellie