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I got this email a few days ago:

Hello from Iraq,

I just wanted to write you to say thanks for all the support. The letters and care packages that we received brought us not only items that we needed, but also gaves us a special feeling of Honor. It makes us proud to be able to serve for a country as great as ours. It’s people like you that makes our country the great nation that it is.

From myself and all of the Marines of HMLA-367 “SCARFACE”, I say thank you and God Bless!

GySgt Keller, James R.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS


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DROP A PEBBLE IN THE WATER,
AND ITS RIPPLES REACH OUT FAR;
AND THE SUNBEAMS DANCING ON THEM
MAY REFLECT THEM TO A STAR.

GIVE A SMILE TO SOMEONE PASSING,
THEREBY MAKING HIS MORNING GLAD;
IT MAY GREET YOU IN THE EVENING
WHEN YOUR OWN HEART MAY BE SAD.

DO A DEED OF SIMPLE KINDNESS;
THOUGH ITS END YOU MAY NOT SEE,
IT MAY REACH, LIKE WIDENING RIPPLES,
DOWN A LONG ETERNITY

You and all the Marines from "Scarface" are so very welcome GySgt Keller.

I am eternally grateful.

Semper Fi!