Posted on 10/31/2001 12:22:34 PM PST by Jean S
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:30 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON -- Americans who want to show support for the troops overseas should consider doing a good deed in a soldier's name or volunteering in their community to replace someone who was called up, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
With the anthrax scare and the possibility of more terrorist attacks, Pentagon officials already had announced the suspension of two long-standing morale-boosting programs for troops -- the Operation Dear Abby holiday greetings program and the "AnyServicemember" letter-writing campaign.
"It's unfortunate but ... these days we have new concerns," Lt. Col. Jim Cassella, a Pentagon spokesman, said Wednesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
The GI overseas daily newspaper Stars and Stripes is printing Messages of Support to replace the void left by the cancellation of the Any Servicemember program. Stripes is also planning a message board that people can post messages to, on its website www.estripes.com.
Visit www.patriotzone.net -- "The zone for patriots on the 'net" for more details.
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