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Letters from Iraq
Thought I would share a series of E-Mails I receive from my nephew Justin. He is about ALL AMERICAN as you can get. Great high school athlete attending a collage on a baseball scholarship and a father. He struggled with his decision to join the army, but in the end, his patriotic duty won out. I do not support this war in any way. I do feel that the people that serve are incredibly heroic and deserve our full support. I will start with letters from back in December and add more as we go.
12/17
Hea everone I just wanted to say hi. Things are good and im very bussy. We
have had alot of bad stuff happen latley thats why I havent been in touch.
We have also been going out on extended missions. I have to go but I just
wanted to say the dont belive every thing that you see on TV there are some
real amazing things going on here that are not reported any were. I was part
of saving the lives of dozens of people a few weeks ago and it feels good to
be doing something great. Also thanks for the packages and love
12/23
hello everyone. I guess that you all have herd about what happened. Its
been a little rough but im ok and back out on the streets doing my job. This
is a really different world over here unlike any that anyone of you has ever
seen or experanced, I think. Its very cold and muddy like nothing that I
have ever seen in my life witch makes walking very difficult and your feet
to always be wet. The army is going to award me a purple heart for what
happened the other day, is sort of a really big deal around here everyone is
talking about the two guys who were shot in the head and lived. Im fine the
bullet went through my helmet skiming across my scalp and through my for
head leaving two pieces of shrapnel and blowing my glasses in half and off
of my face. I was very lucky. Well christmas is here and life will not
change here. I may not be able to call anyone on christmas eve or mornig I
think that I will be in one of our OP called South House for a few days. I
hope that everyone out there realizes how much we have and how proud we
should be of our familys, ourselfs and our country. I love all of you very
much and thank you for all of the support. Also I dont want anyone to be
affraid to ask me anything that you want. Also sorry if I cant write
everyone a indivuadale letter that would just take more time than i have.
Ok give emily a huge and kiss and tell her that her daddy loves her.
love Justin
12/30
Hello everyone im doing great and miss all of you very much. It really cold
here so im always bundled up its sort of funny because i never thought that
it got so cold in Iraq. Any way I love you all very much and cant wait to
see you
love justin
1/5
Hello everyone out there. Lots of questions i see. Thats ok i like it. Well
not much has changed here sense Sadam was hung suprising though seeing how
these people love him here, and this is a Sunni dominated area. I doing just
fine keep up with each day and doing my job to the best of my abbility. The
weather is still the same the fighting stays the same as well. Thank you all
so much for giving Emily so much love and always saying nice things about me
to her. I hope that you all had a great holliday and the new year brings you
all much happiness. i love all of you very much and miss the same.
love justin
2/1
Hello everyone how are you? Things are moving along just fine here and the
weather is starting to heat up. We are hard at work opening up police
stations, establishing Iraq Army members and taking the fight to the Enemy.
There is alot in the news about more soldiers coming to Iraq, I know that we
all have different beliefs on the war, but if we are going to be here
sending more troops is going to help out alot. Thank you all so much for the
packages and Emails im sorry that I cant reply or send thank you letters all
the time but I truly am greatful. I hope that you all have had a chance to
see Emily latley, she is so special. I love all of you very much and thank
you all for everything that you have done.
love Justin
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