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See post 594 for the huge box of Halloween candy that Airborne mailed to the base near Kandahar.

See posts 595 and 599 for the boxes of drink mix, chips, and Halloween candy that JustAmy and Jim Robinson sent off to the base near Kandahar.

And Big Thank You’s also to jtill who donated boxes 1 and 2 for Kandahar and to Kitty Mittens who donated box 3 to Kandahar. And another Big Thank You to Enterprise who donated box 2 for FOB Joyce in Afghanistan.

Mailed October 14, 2011, to base near Kandahar, 3 boxes 12x12
Box 1, insured $112.05, postage $15.80
10 Books:
Patriot Games (Tom Clancy)
Red Rabbit (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Tom Clancy)
Clear and Present Danger (Tom Clancy)
Sum of All Fears (Tom Clancy)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy) HC
Executive Orders (Tom Clancy) HC
The Bear and the Dragon (Tom Clancy)
Teeth of the Tiger (Tom Clancy)
3 bags Halloween candy:
M&M Peanut jumbo bag
Almond Joy
Hershey milk choc snack size 10.78 oz

Box 2, insured $99.19, value $102.19, postage $15.25
8 DVD movies:
Time after Time (Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen)
Smokey and the Bandit (Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason)
Dr. Zivago (Omar Sharif, Julie Christie)
Waitress (oops I ordered the wrong movie, don’t recommend this one, thought it was the Nicolas Cage one about the lottery winner who split it with the waitress for a tip)
Academy Best Pictures 4 pack:
Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman)
Mrs. Miniver (Greer Garson, Walter Pigeon)
Gigi (Leslie Caron)
American in Paris (Gene Kelly)
3 Books:
The Other (Tom Tryon)
Still Missing (Beth Gutcheon)
Paper Money (Ken Follett)
1 box Balance protein bars, mint chocolate
3 bags Halloween candy:
Snickers jumbo bag fun size
Kitkat jumbo bag
Twix jumbo bag
10 paper perfume rub ons and 1 paper cologne
1 Magazine: Popular Mechanics

Box 3, value 44.45, postage $12.95
1 box Balance protein bars, peanut butter caramel
7 bags Halloween candy:
Twix jumbo bag
KitKat jumbo bag
Hershey’s milk choc snack size
Whoppers malted milk balls
Twislers strawberry
M&M plain jumbo bag
bag mixed Skittles original and Starburst
8 magazines:
6 Sports Illustrated
2 National Geographic

Mailed October 14, 2011, to FOB Joyce in Afghanistan, 2 packages 12x12
Box 1, insured $166.02, postage $15.80
16 Books:
The Generals, Brotherhood of War series (W.E.B. Griffin)
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Man from the Broken Hills (Louis L’Amour)
Ride the Dark Trail (Louis L’Amour)
The Quick and the Dead (Louis L’Amour)
Without Remorse (Tom Clancy)
Patriot Games (Tom Clancy)
Red Rabbit (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Tom Clancy)
Clear and Present Danger (Tom Clancy)
Sum of All Fears (Tom Clancy)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Executive Orders (Tom Clancy)
6 DVD movies:
Dirty Harry 4 pack (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact with Clint Eastwood)
To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy)
Don’t Say a Word (Michael Douglas)
2 bags Halloween candy:
Snickers jumbo pack, fun size, 22.55 oz
20 Tootsie Pops
2 Imprimis newsletters:
EU crisis
Limited Government

Box 2, insured $150.37, value $145.89, postage $15.80
6 Books:
Ian Flemming’s Commandos (Nicholas Rankin)
1776 (David McCullough)
Team of Rivals (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Shogun (James Clavell)
The Key to Rebecca (Ken Follett)
Reagan’s War (Peter Schweizer)
8 DVD movies:
James Stewart Westerns 6 pack (Winchester 73, Bend of the River, The Far Country, The Rare Breed, Night Passage, Destry Rides Again)
Last Samurai (Tom Cruise)
Fatal Attraction (Michael Douglas, Glenn Close)
1 Box of 15 Power Bars, caramel peanuts
3 bags Halloween candy:
Reese’s peanut butter cups jumbo bag19.5 oz, snack size
Milky Way fun size, 11.24 oz.
Hershey milk choc snack size, 10.78 oz.
mistakenly added in another bag -4.48

Mailed October 14, 2011, to local Marine in Afghanistan, 2 boxes 12x12
Box 1, insured $111.58, value 112.08, postage $15.80
10 Books:
We Are Not Afraid (Homer Hickam)
Without Remorse (Tom Clancy)
Patriot Games (Tom Clancy)
Red Rabbit (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Tom Clancy)
Clear and Present Danger (Tom Clancy)
Sum of All Fears (Tom Clancy)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Executive Orders (Tom Clancy)
1 DVD Movie:
October Sky (Jake Gyllenhaal) —guessed price 50 cents lower than cost
4 bags Halloween candy:
M&M peanut jumbo bag
Reese’s peanut butter cups jumbo bag
Almond Joy
Hershey’s milk choc snack size
2 magazines:
Westways-California Auto club with L.A. dinosaur museum featured
Sports Illustrated—NFL Preview

Box 2, insured $156.45, postage $15.80
12 DVD movies:
The Man from Snowy River (Tom Burlinson)
To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy)
Rio Bravo (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson)
Men in Black I (Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith)
Men in Black II (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones)
Madagascar
Madagascar: Return 2 Africa
The Penquins of Madagascar
Dirty Harry 4 pack (Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact with Clint Eastwood)
2 boxes Power Bars, peanut caramel fusion
4 bags Halloween candy:
Butterfingers jumbo bag
Whoppers 9 0z
Snicker’s fun size jumbo bag
Milky Way
2 magazines:
Popular Mechanics—20 bold new ideas
Sports Illustrated—Walter Payton