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Inspiration for campaign back from war front

Oct-28-2004 » Filed Under: Homefront

You might remember Christopher Loverro as the soldier behind Operation Pencil, Operation Blanket.

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by JENNIFER JACKSON

PORT TOWNSEND -- It was a reunion Wednesday for an effort that spanned halfway around the world.

Chris Loverro, the Army Reserve staff sergeant whose chance meeting with a Port Townsend woman led to community-wide support for humanitarian aide programs in Iraq, is back in the United States.

En route to his California home, Loverro stopped in Port Townsend to reunite with Carrie Pierce -- and personally remove the yellow ribbons tied around her apple tree.

``I'm feel very relieved, very thankful,'' Pierce said. ``Chris is a very special person.''

Pierce met Loverro and Jason Gamble in a Seattle restaurant last November on the night before the soldiers were shipping out to Iraq with the Fort Lewis Stryker Brigade.

Wanting to thank them for their service, she went up to their table and introduced herself.

They exchanged e-mail addresses, and in February, when Loverro asked her to help collect blankets and warm clothing for Iraqi refugees, she mobilized the North Olympic Peninsula community.


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