The following report was at post 288 but I asked the moderator to remove it as I had inadventently left the name of one of the soldiers some of the packages were mailed to in the body of the report.
So, here are reposted the contents of the packages mailed out June 13, 2005.
Mailed June 13, 2005, 7 boxes to a Battery at Kirkuk.
Box 1, value 20.85, postage 7.70
3 boxes of 12 packs of Chips Ahoy cookies
DVD: Sudden Impact (Clint Eastwood)
Box 2, value 24.96, postage 7.70
3 boxes of 12 packs of Chips Ahoy cookies
DVD: Alien versus Predator (AVP)
Box 3, value 23.94, postage 7.70
3 boxes of 12 packs of Chips Ahoy cookies
DVD: Team America world police
Box 4, value 28.41, postage 7.70
1 large can 32 qts sugared Country Time pink lemonade mix
6 cans Gold Bond body powder (5 cans green extra medicated) in ziplock bags
pkg 20 small flag napkins
Box 5, value 31.41, postage 7.70
1 can 32 qts pink lemonade mix
6 cans Gold Bond body powder in ziplock bags
pkg 20 small flag napkins
Box 6, value 28.69, postage 7.70
Can 32 qts. pink Lemonade mix
6 Gold Bond body powder in ziplock bags
2 long foil streamer ribbons, aqua blue and light red
Box 7, insured 81.00, postage 9.90
2 cotton half circle flag swags (bunting)
3 bags medium size mobiles (3D eagle, flat foil eagles, flags trailing 3D stacked foil disks)
3 loose large mobile stars (red, silver, blue foil) has hanging ribbons with foil stars
1 pkg of 2 flag star 12’’ plastic cutouts
2 rolls of crepe red, white blue ribbon
2 pkg of 4 American flags 3x5” on sticks
2 red, white and blue cut out banners GOD BLESS AMERICA and flags
5 DVD’s
50 First Dates (Adam Sandler)
Chronicles of Riddick (vin Diesel)
XXX (vin Diesel)
Troy (Brad Pitt)
National Treasure (Nicolas Cage)-
Mailed June 13, 2005, 3 more boxes to MI at Kirkuk
Box 5, value 14.97, postage 7.70
3 boxes cookies @12 pkgs Chips Ahoy
old book for padding: Theories of Everything (John D. Brown)
Box 6, value 14.97, postage 7.70
3 boxes cookies @ 12 pkgs Chips Ahoy
old book for padding: With Lawrence in Arabia (Lowell Thomas)
Box 7, value 14.97, postage 7.70
3 boxes cookies @ 12 pkgs Chips Ahoy
1 large pack Carefree sugarless gum Bubblegum flavor for bracing
Mailed June 13, 2005, 9 more boxes to Bagram, Afghanistan
Box 2, insured $43, postage 7.70
4 pks 25 flag paper plates
pkg 8 small flag paper plates
4 DVD’s
The Day After Tomorrow (Dennis Quaid)
XXX (vin Diesel)
Shaft (Samuel Jackson)
2005 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Laura Bush)—recorded by MJY1288
Box 3, value 8.19, postage 7.70
28 bags Act II microwave popcorn, Kettle Corn
2 packs of travel tissues.
Box 4, value 8.19, postage 7.70
28 bags Act II microwave popcorn, Butter Lovers
2 packs of travel tissues.
Box 5, value 8.19, postage 7.70
28 bags Act II microwave popcorn, Butter
2 packs of travel tissues.
Box 6, value 8.19, postage 7.70
28 bags Act II microwave popcorn, Butter
2 packs of travel tissues.
Box 7, value 25.68, postage 7.70
1 can sugared Country Time pink lemonade mix, 32 qts
1 bag 10 oz. Hawaiian Vanilla Macadamia Nut ground coffee
4 books:
Comstock Lode (Louis L’Amour)
Hard Eight (Janet Evanovich)
Blind Side (Catherine Coulter)
The Kill Clause (Gregg Hurwitz)
Magazines:
Weekly Standard issue on Pope Benedict
NRA Women’s Outlook on holster handbags
2 packs travel tissue
Box 8, value 29.16, postage 7.70
1 can sugared Country Time pink lemonade mix, 32 qts.
2 bags 10 oz. Hawaiian Kona Sunrise ground coffee
book:
To the Nines (Janet Evanovich)
Magazines:
People issue on Tsunami victims
Nature Conservancy issue on finding the Ivory Bill Woodpecker thought to be extinct
Decision magazine on Columbia
1 pkg 20 pantiliners
Box 9, insured $45, postage 32.50
3 straw Baskets with red and blue stripes
110 large plastic cups, 1 pkg 50 red, and 3 packs of 20 blue
6 boxes cookies @ with 12 pkgs (4 Chips Ahoy, 4 Oreos, and 4 Nutter Butter)
2 pkgs 20 pantiliners
Box 10, value 14.97, postage 7.70
36 pkgs of cookies from 3 boxes: 12 Chips Ahoy, 12 Oreos, 12 Nutter Butter
Mailed June 13, 2005, to psyop bn at Baghdad, one more box
Box 3, insured $40, postage 9.00
32 qt can sugared Country Time lemonade mix
1 bag Hawaiian brand Kona Vanilla Macadamia Nut ground coffee (10 oz)
3 DVD’s
Frequency (Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel)
Fatal Attraction (Michael Douglas, Glen Close)
White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 2005 (Laura Bush)—recorded by MJY1288
2 books
Teeth of the Tiger (Tom Clancy)
Mitigating Circumstances (Nancy Rosenberg)
2 Magazines:
NRA Women’s Outlook on camping
Decision in New York City
Large 6.2 oz Crest extra whitening toothpaste
1 toothbrush
1 travel floss
2 travel Kleenex
Card from Mr. and Mrs. Swat Team
Mailed June 13, 2005, first 2 boxes to Engineers at Baghdad
Box 1, insured $108, postage 10.90
Note from me, introducing us, as this is a new unit
3 bags of 3D eagle mobiles
1 bag flag mobile
1 bag 3 mobile foil stars with hanging ribbon and little stars attached
14 DVD movies
Waterboy (Adam Sandler)
White Chicks
Enemy at the Gates (Joseph Finnes)
Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan)
Day After Tomorrow (Dennis Quaid)
Eraser (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Beverly Hills Cop (Eddie Murphy)
Double Jeopardy (Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd)
Panic Room (Jodie Foster)
Hamlet (Mel Gibson, Glenn Close)
Under Seige (Steven Seagal)
Black Stallion (Mickey Rooney)
Action Jackson (Carl Weather)
3 Stooges 4 shorts (a freebie)
Box 2, insured $108, postage 10.90
4th of July decorations:
12 pkgs of 4 American flags (3x5”) on sticks
1 pkg 3 cutout American flag stars
1 door flag plastic covering
1 red, white and blue cutout banner GOD BLESS AMERICA with flags
4 flat foil eagle mobiles
2 cotton half circle American flag swags (bunting)
4 red and blue pinwheels with light
1 pk 8 AA batteries
288 cheap American flag pins
5 DVD’s
National Treasure (Nicolas Cage)
Without a Paddle
Troy (Brad Pitt)
Spanglish (Adam Sandler)
Alien versus Predator (AVP)
Mailed June 13, 2005, to our adopted Stryker company at Mosul, 6 1/2 more boxes for the 4th of July.
Box 9, value 15.90, postage 7.70
4 boxes of Chips Ahoy, 2 indiv. packs Famous Amos
DVD: The Quick and the Dead (Sam Elliott)
Box 10 (? Mislabled 8), value 20.20, postage 7.70
4 boxes of Chips Ahoy, 2 indiv. packs of Famous Amos
DVD: Chisum (John Wayne)
Box 11, value 10.45, postage 7.70
4 boxes of Chips Ahoy, 2 ind. Pks of Famous Amos
Box 12, value 8.00, postage 7.70
23 indiv. packs of Famous Amos
Box 13, value 7.00, postage 7.70
Famous Amos 23 individual packs of chocolate chip cookies
Box 13 ½ small priority box, value 3.50, postage 5.75
With 13 famous Amos indiv pks cookies
ping.