Don't worry, it's a good story - and worth reading - it's even humorous in
parts. It's from the mother of a Marine in Iraq . She writes:
"My son told me how wonderful the care packages we had sent them were and
wanted me to tell everyone thank you. He said that one guy we'll call Marine
X, got a girl care package and everyone was giving him a hard time. My son
said, 'Marine X got some really nice smelling lotion and everyone really
likes it, so every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him.' I told my
son I was really sorry about the mistake, and if he wanted I would send
Marine X another package. He told me not to worry about Marine X because
every time I send something to him, Marine X thinks it's for him too. He
said when my husband and I sent the last care package, Marine X came over to
his cot picked up the box, started fishing through it, and said, 'What'd we
get this time?' "
"My son said they had the most fun with Marine X's package. He said he
wasn't sure who we were sending the pack to, but the panties were size 20,
and he said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee and jumped off with the
panties over his head and yelled, 'Look at me, I'm an Airborne Ranger!!!'
One of the guys attached the panties to an antenna and it blew in the wind
like a windsock. He said it entertained them for quite awhile. Then of
course, they had the tampons."
"When he brought this up my imagination just went running, but he continued:
My son said they had to go on a m ission and Marine X wanted the Chapstick
and lotion for the trip. He grabbed a bunch of the items from his care
package and got in the Humvee. As luck would have it he grabbed the tampons
too, and my son said everyone was teasing him about, 'not forgetting his
feminine hygiene products.' "
"He said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed and a
Marine was shot. He said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep. He
said they were administering first aid but couldn't get the bleeding to slow
down, and someone said, 'Hey use Marine X's tampons.' My son said they put
the tampon in the wound. At this point my son profoundly told me, 'Mom did
you know that tampons expand?' "
"Well, yeah!"
"They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical
attention. When they went to check on him later the surgeon told them, 'You
guys saved his life. If you hadn't stopped that bleeding he would ha ve bled
to death.' My son said, 'Mom, the tampons sent by the Marine Moms by mistake
saved a Marine's life.' "
"At this point I asked him, 'Well what did you do with the rest of the
tampons?' He said, 'Oh, we divided them up and we all have them in our flak
jackets, and I kept two for our first aid kit.' "