Home for the Holidays Soldier by Hasbro 1996 includes a 12-inch GI Joe with gift-filled duffel bag and an individually wrapped gift box.
Dolls from Vietnam
After my mother's middle son completed his Vietnam tour of duty, his clothing-filled duffel bag accompanied him home along with several months to years of war experience flashbacks in the form of night terrors. Months prior to his final return, he sent a package home which contained the two dolls shown above. Their wooden base is marked "Made in Viet-Nam." A note to my mother instructed her to give the dolls to me.
While many members of the United States Armed Forces currently serving in Iraq will be home by Christmas this year, many others will not. To send some holiday cheer to those still serving our country, I am participating in the 2011 American Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes Program. My 9 x 12- inch clasp envelope or perhaps a flat rate USPS envelope filled with as many signed, glitter-free, and envelope-free Christmas cards that will fit in it will be mailed to:
Holiday Mail For Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456
If you would also like to send holiday cheer to US service members in the form of greeting cards, the deadline to mail these is December 9, 2011. Signed, glitter-free cards without envelopes are part of the guidelines. For complete details and additional program guidelines, visit the sponsoring website: Holiday Mail for Heroes.
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