In an email to Wayde Dudley
FINALLY, WE HEAR FROM BAHGDAD!!! THEY GOT THE 2ND SHIPMENT OF FISHING GEAR AND OTHER FUN STUFF. HERE'S THE LETTER I GOT THIS MORNING.
Mr. Schuler,
Hello I hope all is well. My name is Spc Jennifer Roux from the 1st CAV PAO. SFC Lewis is on leave so I was here when all the gear came in. Once again your station and your listeners came threw for us. I cannot even begin to tell you how happy you all made our soldiers. Its not every day that we get to see smiles on soldier’s faces. You all brought a little bit of home to a place so far away. The gear went to all diff units including ones that are from the 1st Inf Div out of Germany and the 2nd Inf Div out of Ft Lewis, WA as well as soldiers from the CAV. Lately we have been taking a lot of casualties and what you have done is give our guys an escape even if it’s only for a few mins. We recently open Warrior Park. It’s a place where all soldiers can come and relax fish, play volleyball, or have a picnic. Some of the things you sent went to the park. The command that set up the park was amazed at the stuff, up until me bringing in the stuff you sent they really didn’t have much to stock the gear closet. It is nice to feel people back home still think of us, I wish you could see how you turn harden soldiers in to little boys all excited about looking through stuff and the smile it brings when they find that one particular thing. Here is a cute story: when everything came in I didn’t have anyway to go pick it up. (Our vehicle was tide up on missions) I was on the phone with a guy talking to him about doing an interview and he asked if we had ever gotten the second shipment of fishing stuff, I laughed and said yep but it is currently in the mailroom until our vehicle was free. He told me to hang tight and he would be right over. He brought not only a truck but three other soldiers to help load and unload the boxes. It was like Christmas morning to them the cute thing was that they made sure they only took the bare minim. They wanted to make sure there was enough to go around. There was once a time when you would see one or 2 soldiers ever other day fishing on Z Lake now at any given time of the day there are half a dozen or so if not more.
Thanks again from all of us,
Spc Roux
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