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OPAC NEWS November 12, 2003 We are shipping Heaters and new Altama Ripple Sole Desert Boots. We send the boots and heaters to the soldier's entire units so that EVERYONE will benefit. Please contribute so that we can get heaters and boots to our troops for Christmas! The last mailing date for us is December 11th so that we can get them items for Christmas. We have sent to date over 600 pairs of boots and we have nearly 1,000 heaters sent out by Thanksgiving. Please continue helping me support the troops. I'm sorry I haven't updated the website recently....

Air conditioner airlift delayed By SEAN O'SULLIVAN and ROBIN BROWNStaff reporters08/22/2003 The cool breeze provided to U.S. troops in Iraq through the Delaware-based Operation Air Conditioner has been switched off. Late last week, the U.S. Postal Service told Frankie Mayo of Bear - who has been sending soldiers air conditioners - that she no longer can ship them through the mail because the chemical coolant in the units is considered a hazardous substance. Tad Kelley, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, said international law prohibits hazardous substances from being sent through the mail by any nation or postal service....

Ordinary Americans who see America’s place in the world as being a blessing and who see America’s warriors as our standard-bearers that deserve all we can give. Americans who do the right thing because it is the right thing to do and not because it will get their picture in the paper or a spot on a morning talk show are the true Americans.