# http://anysoldier.us/...Help our troops

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-anysoldier-us-help-our-troops/252809>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 30, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-anysoldier-us-help-our-troops/252809 "2004-06-30T01:47:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-anysoldier-us-help-our-troops/252809/1 "2004-06-30T01:47:44Z")

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This is not in the least bit useless and it sure ain’t mundane. But where the hell else can I put it??

[http://anysoldier.us/](http://anysoldier.us/)

Help our troops out. When mine goes out it’s going to have the dopes url in it. Maybe a few will drop in.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-anysoldier-us-help-our-troops/252809/2 "2004-06-30T01:49:47Z")

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Who’s “our”? Last time I checked, there were a couple of non-Americans around these parts :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-anysoldier-us-help-our-troops/252809/3 "2004-06-30T01:56:40Z")

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> [@GorillaMan](#):
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> Who’s “our”? Last time I checked, there were a couple of non-Americans around these parts :dubious:

You too have troops in the war zones.

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**Author:** ![Astacey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Astacey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astacey)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-anysoldier-us-help-our-troops/252809/4 "2004-06-30T02:24:29Z")

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Interesting site; I wish I would have known about the ‘wonder wash’. I sent my husband a washboard and a bucket that I found in an antique store. He has been there 11 months and told me not to send any more packages this time around because he is supposed to be coming home in about 3 months.

Before he told me not to send any more, I was sending a package per week to him. He said every time he got a package, a crowd of soldiers would gather around to see what he had (to share).

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-anysoldier-us-help-our-troops/252809/5 "2004-06-30T06:05:19Z")

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> [@Reeder](#):
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> You too have troops in the war zones.

There’s no mention of them on the site linked to.

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**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-anysoldier-us-help-our-troops/252809/6 "2004-06-30T16:00:03Z")

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Thanks for the link, **Reeder**. Having served a tour in Viet Nam, I know first hand how much mail and care packages mean. I also have a daughter serving in the US Navy who is currently deployed in the Far East. She e-mails me her requests and I send her a care package every month.

> [@GorillaMan](#):
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> There’s no mention of them on the site linked to.

**G-Man** , it looks like you have an opportunity knocking on your door.