Received by Soldiers' Angels - they had received a request to assist with obtaining softball equipment for a group of heroes. Soldiers' Angels and a number of other "Angels" helped make it happen...

Hi Patti,
I don't know if you remember but I had a guy B---- request used softball equipment...I wanted to thank you and show you all the dontations I got. One picture is of the ones I got from the radio station WRMF where my friend DJ Steve Young got a local used sports equipment store they gave 15 gloves and 5 bats, some kind of tape for the bats and a bunch of softballs. Then a friend of my boss has a golf tournament every year and got donations and bought us about 40 gloves and 10 bats and a ton of softballs.

Just thought I would share with you the pictures. I can't wait for B---- to get all the equipment. He is going to be suprised.

Thanks
Rebekah

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AMMUNITION RUN — U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donald Wagers, assigned military police duties, radios in his convoy's departure information before delivering ammunition to three local Iraqi Police stations in Najaf, Iraq, April 2, 2005. Wagers is assigned to the 940th Military Police Unit and is part of the 155th Brigade Combat Team forward deployed to Camp Hotel in central Iraq. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Edward Martens

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1809 - Napoleon defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria.
1836 - The Territory of Wisconsin is created.
1861 - Robert E. Lee resigns from the U.S. Army.
1919 - The Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from the Soviets.
1942 - In a radio broadcast, Pierre Laval, premier of Vichy France, establishes a policy of "true reconciliation with Germany."
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