Ma’am
I would like to send my appreciation for the shirts and other gifts Hero to Hero has sent us. I’ve attached a company photo from a battalion volley ball tournament we participated in and showed off the shirts. It was an awesome time and the Soldiers truly enjoyed a change in uniform for the day. We all appreciate what you do for us and I’m extremely thankful for what y’all do. We will send more photos as we collect them.
Once again, we had a blast and the Heroes back home were a part of it.
Thomas ... 63rd Ordnance Company
H2H Salutes the 63d OD for being the first to respond for our Heroes! Thank you all!
******As more arrive, we will post under a separate header******
Here you go!
Below are the officially adopted units who received shirts off the backs of some of our favorite stateside Heroes across North America.
Countless firefighters and police from countless hometowns are paying their respects to our troops via these shirts.
Some departments sent brand new shirts, some sent the very shirts off their backs. And either way was appropriate, as the troops told us that though getting a new shirt was nice, they really liked knowing a hero had actually worn it.
Some of the messages on the shirts told the recipient that if they didn't like the shirt they got, they could come visit and get a different one ... or trade it for dinner with them.
In any event, on February 24th, some amazing people drove many miles, flew in from out of state, gave up their day and evening, donated supplies, and prizes ... and helped us get a touch of love and respect from home to 7,000 (!!!) troops in the desert.
Now the shirts have begun arriving in the desert, and we can all look forward to the messages and smiling faces of the troops who write us. This is the fun part for all of the departments, to get to see their shirts represented by the troops in the desert.
Any messages/photos we receive will be posted ... with high regard for OPSEC. (*If you send directions to smudge sections of photos, we will make that happen. and we will not post your location) The units we listed, do not have the full info for who received the shirts. If your unit is on the list and has not received your shirts, feel free to contact us at HeroShirts@aol.com << this isthe address to send messages, as well.
We thank and salute our heroes, here at home and those so far from home. We'll keep doing this til you are back home with us. This was our 4th PackOut and we are closing in on nearly 20,000 shirts sent!
H2H 2007 Officially Adopted Units ...
108th Quartermaster Co
1MHG MTT1
1st Anglico Det
1st MLG Comm Co
24th Quartermaster Co
45th STB
49th MCB
958th TC Det
63rd OD Company
659th Maint Co (HQ)
774 OD CO (EOD)
790th Chem Corp
864th ECB (H)
325 BSB 25th ID
2 BSB, 2BCT
4-9 CAV
1-16
86th SIG BN
324th ITSB
CLV 2, Main Co. HQ Plt
121st INF (ABN)
326th QM Co
3-25 AVN REGT
1-82 FA
1 ACB
1-5 CAV, 2 BCT, 1 CD
36 CAB
45th STB
57th Signal Battalion
593d CSG
1BCT 1CD K-9 Section
6-9 CAV, 3BCT, 1CD
JLTF 57
NMCB 18 - Main Body
Next up ... The Yellow Ribbon Club has completed their tasking to plan our route, and we hope to post it tomorrow!!!
lj
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