God Bless America.
EIGHTH WAVE
Mailed February 18, 2005, to a company in Stryker brigade at Mosul.
Box 1, postage $10.90, insured for $182.00 10 DVD movies:
Witness (Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis)
American Pie 2
Deuce Bigalow (Ron Schneider)
Gone in 60 Seconds
Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day-Lewis, Wes Studi, Russell Means)
2 Fast, 2 Furious
Dennis Miller-the Raw Feed
S.W.A.T.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson)
3 Books:
Russka (Edward Rutherford)
Then Sings My Soul (hymns and their histories)
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
Toiletries:
4 packs of Mach 3 Turbo razors each with a refill shaving head
18 travel sewing kits
Misc
1 letter and 1 card from troop supporters
smiling face stickers
a freebie child's pearl necklace
Box 2, postage $11.90, insured for $213.00
5 VHS movies:
The Fast and the Furious
Chronicles of Riddick
The Day After Tomorrow (Dennis Quaid)
Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
12 DVD's
The Scorpion King (The Rock)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Stargate SG-1 Seasons 5 and 6 (Richard Dean Anderson)
Magazines:
Street Trucks
Army magazine Feb 05
Toiletries:
3 travel sewing kits
travel size shower gel, body lotion
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Mailed to new MI unit at Kirkuk, February 18, 2005:
1 box, postage $10.90, insured for $200
12 DVD movies:
Shanghai Knights (Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson)
The Rookie (Dennis Quaid)
Lawrence of Arabia (Peter O'Toole)
Glory (Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick)
October Sky
Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson)
Lethal Weapon 1 (Mel Gibson, Danny Glover)
Frequency (Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel)
Airplane! (Leslie Nelson, Lloyd Bridges, Kareem)
Shrek 2 (Mike Myers, Carmen Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Eddie Murphy)
The Right Stuff (Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn)
Troy (Brad Pitt)
3 VHS movies:
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast, 2 Furious
The Scorpion King (The Rock)
Magazines:
Men's Health
Truckin'
AUSA newspaper
Crossword Puzzle Book and pencil
Filler:
3 packs gum
roasted pistachios and almonds in the shell
Ping to our new thread for 2005.
See above post for some boxes that went out to Mosul and Kirkuk today.
PING!
Found this on my state board. You can get the headlamps at this place for 29 dollars. The ones they need!
http://www.northernmountain.com/NMSMain.asp?Option=Welcome
Search on Petzl TacTikka. The TacTikka is the one you want, not just the Tikka. The TacTikka comes in camo and has the red light filter/lens. They are on sale for ~$29 if you sign up for their newsletter (you have to give them your info if you order the lights anyway) and the shipping is free if you spend over $50. I ordered two and the total came to $57.52, no tax, free shipping.
This is something that will make our soldiers lives easier and maybe even save some lives.
Just thought about this... If there is interest I would be more then happy to set up a webpage for this if needed. We could purchase a domain name "Operation Lights" or so and put a paypal button on it with the appropriate info.
That way people can donate to you via Credit Cards etc..
Troops could contact us directly for lights as well...
Let me know...
BUMP
We just got an email from MI at Kirkuk, thanking us for the "really nice box" that just came. Our contact will be handing out the items at an upcoming meeting.
This is what was sent.
12 DVD movies:
Shanghai Knights (Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson)
The Rookie (Dennis Quaid)
Lawrence of Arabia (Peter O'Toole)
Glory (Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick)
October Sky
Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson)
Lethal Weapon 1 (Mel Gibson, Danny Glover)
Frequency (Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel)
Airplane! (Leslie Nelson, Lloyd Bridges, Kareem)
Shrek 2 (Mike Myers, Carmen Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Eddie Murphy)
The Right Stuff (Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn)
Troy (Brad Pitt)
3 VHS movies:
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast, 2 Furious
The Scorpion King (The Rock)
Magazines:
Men's Health
Truckin'
AUSA newspaper
Crossword Puzzle Book and pencil
Filler:
3 packs gum
roasted pistachios and almonds in the shell
BUMP
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Our troops are true heroes, not the pro athletes who merely play games for huge amounts of money, not the Hollywood celebrities who mock our values, nor the wealthy New Yorkers who happened to have a relative killed during 9/11. No matter how we feel about the war in Iraq, our troops deserve our support.
Thanks for the ping, mam.
God Bless America.
Personal Bookmark/Reminder Bump.
The Cell Phones for Soldiers program was started in April of 2004 by thirteen year old Brittany Bergquist and her twelve year old brother Robbie of Norwell, Massachusetts. After hearing a news report about a local soldier who ran up a massive phone bill calling home from Iraq, they decided they wanted to do something to help. Brittany and Robbie donated their piggy bank money, collected snack money from their friends at school, and with $21.00, they went to the bank to open an account. The South Shore Savings Bank of Hanover, Massachusetts donated $500.00 to help them get started. Their goal is to help our soldiers serving overseas call home. They hope to provide as many soldiers as possible with prepaid calling cards for now, with an ultimate goal of providing banks of satellite phones, video phones and VOIP communications. Through generous donations and the recycling of used cell phones from drop-off sites across the country, they have already distributed thousands of calling cards to soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
Patty, do you have room on your mailing list for one more? There's a local lady I know who is in Afghanistan. They are desperate for hard candy, and I'm sending some, but I thought I'd give you a ring too.
Good job, Patricia. Send us some names of deployed troops and I'll put our schoolkids to work. They love to send stuff to the troops!
BUMP FOR LATER
Therefore, I suggest buying some J.R. Cigar Alternative Rothchild "Bullys". A very nice robusto - 4.5" X 52 ring gauge. (52/64") . one of my personal favorites and ONLY $14.00 for a pack of 20. An excellent value for your cigar buyin'/Marine smilin'/terrorist killin' dollar.
That's 1-800-JRCIGAR
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