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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: Ranger12 on November 19, 2008, 04:43:52 AM
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Yesterday, I got this e-mail from four different people who had no connections (did not know each other), which means this particular e-mail is already making the rounds very quickly this year. The bogus e-mail, though it sounds well intentioned, asks people to send Christmas cards to Walter Reed addressed to "Any Wounded Soldier" or "Any American Soldier".
These cards will not be delivered. For security reasons, the DoD and Walter Reed does not allow letters and packages addressed as such to be delivered to our wounded. They will not even accept them because of the safety issue in handling them. Also, they are trying to keep the wounded soldiers from getting hate mail.
Two of the organizations that I am a member of, The American Legion and the 75th Ranger Regiment Association, sent out notices last year asking us to educate the general public about this. Looks like I will be getting the same notices once again.
Instead of going into details, I am providing at couple of links to explain the misinformation:
Link 1 (http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/anysoldierxmas.html)
Link 2 (http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/soldiercards.asp)
The Red Cross "Holiday Mail for Heros" is a project that the 75th RRA, VFW, and American Legion has worked with in the past and I encourage everybody that wants to participate to use that means to get your cards to our wounded men and women.
Red Cross link (http://www.redcross.org/email/saf/)
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Thanks. I have also seen those emails before.
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Thanks for posting that information and your suggestions. I too get those emails.
I usually make a monetary donation to the VFW and the USO.
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Ranger12, thanks again for posting your suggestions; I got two more of these bogus emails so far today; I hope you don't mind but I'm forwarding to them your posted suggestions.
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Ranger12, thanks again for posting your suggestions; I got two more of these bogus emails so far today; I hope you don't mind but I'm forwarding to them your posted suggestions.
No problem. I actually have a lengthy and more detailed e-mail that I sent out to friends and family about this so they cold forward to their contacts. Like I said, this e-mail is getting around pretty quick again this year. Normally I would not concern myself, but anything concerning our military men/women and veterans, I take the time to make sure they get the props they deserve. Especially those wounded defending us.
Some on this board got the e-mail I sent out, but if you would like it, shoot me your e-mail address through a PM and I will send it to you.
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I aint sending nothing to our troops, all they do is air raid villages and kill civilians.
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I aint sending nothing to our troops, all they do is air raid villages and kill civilians.
You are just still upset that your ASVAB score was so low that they would not even let you join the Marines.
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You are just still upset that your ASVAB score was so low that they would not even let you join the Marines.
Marines hell, I want to join the One's new homeland militia.
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Marines hell, I want to join the One's new homeland militia.
Obviously the Oprah Winfrey Brigade. :poke:
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You are just still upset that your ASVAB score was so low that they would not even let you join the Marines.
Not even qualified to be in the mens department of the Navy. :sad: