From the Homefront
Greyhawk
One "luxury item" almost every GI in Iraq has is a portable DVD player, the rechargeable type with the built-in screen that can go anywhere. With boredom often the number one enemy during down-time in the camps you can bet that movies on DVD are very much appreciated.
Holly Aho decided to send some DVDs to the guys at the front:
It all started with my desire to send my soldiers some DVDs and my very flat pocketbook (I think my George Washington is on E-Harmony.com looking for a little company). I have nine adopted soldiers throught Soldiers Angels as well as about 10 others I met through AnySoldier.com that I have become friends with and worry about often. I wanted to send them all some DVDs.
I searched through my own DVDs and found ironically while I have a huge collection of VHS movies in all genres, including many new releases, the only DVD movies I had were war movies. Just great. Like they really want to watch "We Were Soldiers" or "The Sum of All Fears". I considered purchasing a few, but at $20 per DVD this option would allow me to send just one DVD to just one soldier.
She found a better way, and you could probably do the same. The full story is a must-read, and
you can find it here.
Posted by Greyhawk at 03:41 PM |
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