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Thursday, November 25, 2004
Our Wounded GI's Need Some Help
Hello everyone:
I got the e-Mail below my signature from a retired USMC Brigadier General. It sounds as if our GI's need a little help. So, I did a little research, and came up with the following URL:
http://www.iraqwarveterans.org/landstuhl_needs.htm
Check it out. They are asking for cash, new clothing, ruck sacks, gym bags, DVD's, etc.
Regards, Gunner
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Hello all,
During our Thanksgiving talk with D. in Germany, we mentioned that we have read about the overload of injured at Landstuhl Hospital. She confirmed this, and added that there is such a shortage of clothing for the injured that the poor guys are left in their battle-soiled uniforms--stained with blood and other body fluids--sometimes for days.
They desperately need sweatshirts and sweat pants, as well as underwear, T-shirts and sox for both males and females. She stressed that the Red Cross insists that they can only accept NEW clothing, not even neatly washed slightly used items. D. tried to donate 2 very good winter ski jackets, which she had washed, but the Red Cross insisted that they were tired of having to deal with stuff left in pockets, etc.
D. is kind of disgusted with some of the rigid rules of operation the Red Cross is using. Several of her friends have offered to volunteer at the hospital, perhaps reading to patients or helping just by visiting and holding a hand, but the RC has a 2 month mandatory training period for volunteers before they can help!
I am spreading the word, hoping that each of you can make some contacts to encourage others to help. D. will be sending me an APO address, which means that you will only have to pay postage to New York.
If anyone has any suggestions of where we might get the best prices, please share them with me and I will pass them on. Any contacts with WalMart, Kmart, or other sources who might donate? These are not Xmas gifts; these things are needed NOW!
Maybe we can find a bargain on Eagles sweatshirts!
Happy Thanksgiving to all, in our safe, cozy homes, wearing our clean, comfortable clothes.
P.
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I got the e-Mail below my signature from a retired USMC Brigadier General. It sounds as if our GI's need a little help. So, I did a little research, and came up with the following URL:
http://www.iraqwarveterans.org/landstuhl_needs.htm
Check it out. They are asking for cash, new clothing, ruck sacks, gym bags, DVD's, etc.
Regards, Gunner
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello all,
During our Thanksgiving talk with D. in Germany, we mentioned that we have read about the overload of injured at Landstuhl Hospital. She confirmed this, and added that there is such a shortage of clothing for the injured that the poor guys are left in their battle-soiled uniforms--stained with blood and other body fluids--sometimes for days.
They desperately need sweatshirts and sweat pants, as well as underwear, T-shirts and sox for both males and females. She stressed that the Red Cross insists that they can only accept NEW clothing, not even neatly washed slightly used items. D. tried to donate 2 very good winter ski jackets, which she had washed, but the Red Cross insisted that they were tired of having to deal with stuff left in pockets, etc.
D. is kind of disgusted with some of the rigid rules of operation the Red Cross is using. Several of her friends have offered to volunteer at the hospital, perhaps reading to patients or helping just by visiting and holding a hand, but the RC has a 2 month mandatory training period for volunteers before they can help!
I am spreading the word, hoping that each of you can make some contacts to encourage others to help. D. will be sending me an APO address, which means that you will only have to pay postage to New York.
If anyone has any suggestions of where we might get the best prices, please share them with me and I will pass them on. Any contacts with WalMart, Kmart, or other sources who might donate? These are not Xmas gifts; these things are needed NOW!
Maybe we can find a bargain on Eagles sweatshirts!
Happy Thanksgiving to all, in our safe, cozy homes, wearing our clean, comfortable clothes.
P.
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