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Archive Home > 2003 > March > 27 > Pentagon overwhelmed by packages for troops

Pentagon overwhelmed by packages for troops

By Ernestine Bousquet / The Bulletin
March 27, 2003

When it comes to supporting U.S. soldiers or providing humanitarian aid for the Iraqi people, there can be too much of a good thing.

The Department of Defense's mail system is being flooded with care packages for troops.

Lt. Cmdr. Donald Sewell, a spokesman for the Defense Department, requested....

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