"Army Man"

Today we had an assembly for our returning member of the army: Lance Corp. W***** He is the son of our main cafeteria lady. He is in the Marines and had been in Iraq since the Spring. Our school has adopted him and throughout his time in Iraq. The students have sent him letters and care packages. This Marine was back in the States for 3 weeks. He came to our school to speak about his time in Iraq. He told us that is was 140 degress where he was. For a time, his unit ran out of water and all they had to drink was Coke. He said they could drink all the coke in the world, but it doesn't quench your thirst. They went quite a while without water. The people in Iraq mostly did not speak English and they did not approach the soldiers. This Corp. thanked the students for everything that they sent. Many of the soldiers over in Iraq did not hardly receive mail. Our adopted soldier got to share his mail from all of our little kids. He said the mail was a great encouragement to everyone over in Iraq. Our soldier will be going through some more army training in a few weeks and does not know his plans after that.

I am excited that our school has adopted a soldier. My uncle is in the airforce and had also been overseas at war. I know it means a lot to anyone serving our country when they get encouragement letters for all the hardwork they do. I can't imagine going through some of those harsh conditions that the soldiers face every day. I wish I could have been more involved with sending the letters to the soldiers. I'm glad that my school is supporting the people serving our country.