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Soldiers' Web postings show life in war zone

Oct-16-2005 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By TATABOLINE BRANT, Anchorage Daily News

Dozens of Alaska soldiers serving in Iraq have posted hasty messages on a popular soldier-support Web site, asking well-wishers for everything from golf balls to flip flops in a series of posts that reveal as much about their daily lives in the desert as it does about their needs.

AnySoldier.com, a nonprofit, is designed to gather things for soldiers who are serving in remote locations around the world. Soldiers sign up voluntarily, listing their needs, and volunteers around the country respond with packages and letters.

While there is no way to verify each posting a soldier makes to the site, read as a group the 50-plus postings this month by Alaska soldiers offer a credible glimpse into life in the war zone with the writers addressing in gritty detail the most basic of questions: Where do you sleep? Where do you eat? What keeps your spirits up? [...]


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