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<blockquote data-quote="ajblakejr" data-source="post: 750084" data-attributes="member: 18807"><p>My sister, an Army Specialist at the time, had a coworker, Karl, also an Army Specialist, that volunteered to go to IRAQ as a postmaster.</p><p></p><p>I worked for Coca Cola.</p><p></p><p>This was before email.</p><p></p><p>In 1991, it was all about sitting down and writing a letter.</p><p></p><p>Working for Coke was fun. I took a case of Coca~Cola flying disc's to a grade school and the students all wrote a message inside with a Sharpie along with an addressed postcard. I sent these to Karl and he just passed them out or should I say, tossed them about the desert.</p><p></p><p>Within a month, the postcards came pouring in back to these kids.</p><p></p><p>I sent Karl a tape recorder because I had this new item, a CD player that taped!!!</p><p></p><p>Whitney Houston just finished nailing the Star Spangled Banner at the Superbowl. I went out and purchased the CD and taped it over and over for Karl.</p><p></p><p>I found out in a letter, that they took his taped copy and played it every morning over the PA system.</p><p></p><p>Two very simple things, I did and a bunch of fifth graders from Lakeview School, made a difference for a bunch of guys during the first Gulf War.</p><p></p><p>I still have those letters. Someday I will give them to my sister's son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajblakejr, post: 750084, member: 18807"] My sister, an Army Specialist at the time, had a coworker, Karl, also an Army Specialist, that volunteered to go to IRAQ as a postmaster. I worked for Coca Cola. This was before email. In 1991, it was all about sitting down and writing a letter. Working for Coke was fun. I took a case of Coca~Cola flying disc's to a grade school and the students all wrote a message inside with a Sharpie along with an addressed postcard. I sent these to Karl and he just passed them out or should I say, tossed them about the desert. Within a month, the postcards came pouring in back to these kids. I sent Karl a tape recorder because I had this new item, a CD player that taped!!! Whitney Houston just finished nailing the Star Spangled Banner at the Superbowl. I went out and purchased the CD and taped it over and over for Karl. I found out in a letter, that they took his taped copy and played it every morning over the PA system. Two very simple things, I did and a bunch of fifth graders from Lakeview School, made a difference for a bunch of guys during the first Gulf War. I still have those letters. Someday I will give them to my sister's son. [/QUOTE]
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