Charles Plemons' Blog

Received the following letter:

Hi Mr. Charles,

Hope things are good with you and your family.

Things here are good. Thank you for your letter, info & recipe.

It is always good to hear from people at home & the funny things they do.

Thank you for your support. It is really good to hear that not everyone is against us or opt to support us even though you may not like the war they still support us. Well let me run. Time for bed & another long day.

Thanks again.

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Received the following card, signed by several soldiers:

Charles,
Thanks for sharing in the letter. We appreciate your support and may you and your family be blessed.

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Mr. Plemons,
Thank you very much for your box of goodies. Your letter was very touching. Enjoy every moment with your son. I’m eager to get home to my own daughter.

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Charles,
Thank you for thinking of us. It is very kind of you to take time and energy out of an already busy day to remember us. Thank you.

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Hello Mr. Plemons.
Thank you so much for the goodies! By the way, my best friend is from Auburn. I am originally from Louisville.

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Go Hilltoppers!

Charles,
Thanks for the gifts and food items, they offer a welcomed change of pace to the daily grind. I trust you will continue to be blessed.

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Sir-
Thanks for your continued support!

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Sir,
Hope you enjoy your new car as much as we enjoyed the goodies.

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Received the following letter:

Hi Charles,
I wrote just to thank you for sending the care package. I really appreciate what you have done. It really means a lot to me and the rest of the guys. We thank you and salute you in your efforts to enrich our lives in our duty serving abroad. Thank you and God bless.

Sincerely,

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Received the following card:

Thank you! Your kindness is most appreciated. Everything you sent is most welcome and will be used. We are well here just working hard and dealing with the weather.

Thanks again,
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Received the following letter:

Hi Charles!

I pray that this letter finds you blessed. I am writing on behalf of the —–, for the AnySoldier.com program. I enrolled the unit in the program because we have limited necessities here and also to help with morale. I know this letter isn’t much and cannot express how appreciative we are. Your care packages helped with having just what we needed. Everyone was happy and unbelievably surprised! You’ve warmed hearts and brought smiles on a hard-working day. There are those less fortunate and do not receive packages from family and loved ones. With your support, it has made a big difference. We thank you so much. Many blessings to you and your family.

Sincerely,
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U.S. Army

Received the following card:

Mr. Charles Plemons –

It was nice reading your letter. My roommate is —–. I want to say thank you for writing to us and keeping us up to date on some of the country’s news. Hope you’re having a nice summer. Ours is okay with it being 117-129 degrees and being in Iraq.

Thank you again,

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Air Force

Received the following letter:

Dear Mr. Plemons,

My name is —–, and I am the Garrison Commander here at —–. I am also the AnySoldier sponsor for the U.S. Army personnel both here and at the outlying Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) that are based here. On behalf of the soldiers that you are supporting, I would like to personally thank you for the letter that you sent.

The vast majority of the soldiers that participate in this program work and live at the outlying FOBs, so they may not immediately receive your letter. Although they may not personally make it here to Apache in the immediate future, it is my responsibility to ensure that all AnySoldier correspondence gets to the participants, via their leadership, as quickly as possible. Please know that I will ensure that this happens.

Once again, thank you very much for your involvement in the AnySoldier program. Your support means a great deal to all of us.

Sincerely,

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U.S. Navy

Received the following card:

Dear Black Falcon,

Thank you so much for the care package. Your time and generosity are truly appreciated. We are especially enjoying the toiletries in these hot summer months! We hope your son had fun at his Water Babies class and that your sermon went well. Surely Kentucky is a beautiful part of the country this time of year. As for us, we are in the third month of our fifteen-month deployment. Luckily, the time is flying by. We keep ourselves busy by working hard, taking online classes, and going to the gym. The big news around camp is the highly-anticipated opening of a Burger King. Out here, anything serves to break up the monotony! Thank you again for your kindness! May God bless you and yours.

With kind regards.
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Received the following email:

Mr. Plemons,

Thank you so much for responding to our post on AnyMarine. I hope this note finds you and your family well. Please give your family my best and thank your family’s veterans for their faithful service to our country as well.

The Marines here always look forward to mail call, thanks to generous supporters such as you. Whether we receive letters of encouragement or “goodies”; the spirits of every one of us are lifted. We share everything and keep any items not immediately claimed in a locker for later use.

About half of the Marines in my shop are deployed here for one year; the remainder is on 6-7 month rotations. The former are stationed at —– and the latter are drawn from all over the Marine Corps. Our unit is an aviation maintenance/support squadron, which means that we are responsible for keeping all of the different aircraft from the multi-national forces, west available for flying. It can sometimes be a daunting task with so many different aircraft types and the sheer volume of work, but the Marines are performing brilliantly thus far.

As I’m sure you’ve heard from others, the long hours of hard work, and separation from our families can be difficult at times. Most of the Marines are on their first deployment, but a few of us “old guys” have deployed a bit more. But despite the hardships, the Marines here remain highly dedicated to the mission and attack every challenge that comes their way.

The Marines here are all very well, we have had no casualties or even any significant injury (knock on wood).

I too am a Kentucky native, I was born and raised in Louisville and only migrated in 1992 when I began my career as a Marine. Since then I’ve gotten married and have two children (my son is —– and my daughter is —–). My mother, brother and sister still live in Louisville, my family and I make a couple of trips a year back “home” to see them.

Thank you again, and God bless,

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Received the following email:

Hello Mr. Plemons,

It was wonderful to get your package. I am getting ready to go to the night shift so I am sure that so many of the items that you sent will come in handy. I have never seen hamburger helper individual servings for the microwave. I found that to be very interesting.

I thank you so much for your letter. I actually live in Western Kentucky at the moment near Paducah. However, my unit is from Nashville TN and I will most likely be moving there when I return. Your letter was very enlightening. I appreciate your words of inspiration. We need all the support we can get and appreciate letters and packages. Mail time is like Christmas around here. Thank you again.

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U.S. Army