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Holiday package for 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan
The following was posted in the Cigar for the Troops thread and I want to be sure that as many CS members as possible see it. Papajohn has been doing a fantastic job getting cigars and other goodies to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and I hope that those of us who can will help him out on this latest request. Many thanks to John and to all of you who support our troops.
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Originally Posted by papajohn67
I was thinking about Christmas and plan on getting a few things off for the troops no later than the 3rd week in November. Besides cigars I was hoping to get snack items off to the guys in Afghanistan. These folks seem to be 2nd on the totem pole when it comes to some of this stuff. What I was hoping for was:
A couple of Otterboxes. New or used would be fine. I'm looking to pick up either a couple 2 stick, 5 stick or 10 stick boxes and may spring for a 32 stick box if I can snag another one on C-bid. I have my old 10 stick box that I am going to also include.
Also stuff like pepperoni, small bags of nuts, ect......the stuff you might see at Wal-Mart or Costco. I've included these things before and the troops all appreciate them.
All of this stuff would go to rucksack humping ground pounders of the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan.
I remember well what our Christmas packages meant to us when they were choppered out to us in Vietnam. The 1st Xmas was a kick but the 2nd tour it seemed the public had soured on the war and it was slim pickings when Xmas arrived again. Would like to make sure that does not happen again, at least for the troops I/we have been supporting.
If anyone is interested in jumping in PM me. I'll handle the mailing costs. Last cigar + goodie box I sent the troops way was pushing $40 in postage....help me empty my wallet.
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10-22-2007, 12:08 AM
Holiday package for 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan
