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To: RonDog
Thank you, visit any time day or night. The Canteen is always open.

God bless you.

171 posted on 10/07/2001 5:55:13 PM PDT by Snow Bunny
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To: Snow Bunny
Thanks for posting this.

It makes this veteran get a little choked up.

My first experience with the USO was as a nervous E1 coming home from BCT. I'd only been on an airplane once, this Minnesota boy was in scary NJ and I was newly out of place in the civilian world. The USO took me in at the airport in Newark, gave me some chow and a place to bunk after my flight was cancelled.

They came to me again and helped my troops and me get our spirits up during several deployments after I was commissioned.

The USO has a special place in my heart...and in my wallet.

179 posted on 10/07/2001 6:08:45 PM PDT by AlaninSA
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