From my ex-marine penpal

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

At 6:00 PM -0500 3/27/03, BrownBingb at aol.com wrote:
>From my posts on the AOL boards I picked up a gungho, pro-war , 
>ex-marine email/penpal named  "Ann", even though we disagree on the 
>war , of course. She sent me the below.
>
>CB
>
>******
<snip>
>He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He 
>keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.

Apparently, the British troops are having trouble getting more than 
one fatigue each and keeping their feet shod: 
<http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/msg27529.html>.


>He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and 
>still find ironic humor in it all.
><snip>
>He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.

I look forward to the day when he gets fed up and asks for 
everything, beginning with his liberty.  Then, we have the world to 
win!
-- 
Yoshie

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