Tampons to the rescue in Iraq!! Don't worry - it's a good story and worth
reading. It's even humorous in parts. It's from the mother of a Marine in Iraq.
My son told me how wonderful the care packages we had sent them were and
wanted me to tell everyone thank you. He said that one guy we'll call Marine X
got a 'girl' care package and everyone was giving him a hard time. My son said,
"Marine X got some really nice smelling lotion and everyone really likes it, so
every time he goes to sleep they steal it from him." I told my son I was really
sorry about the mistake, and if he wanted I would send Marine X another
package. He told me not to worry about Marine X because every time I send
something to him, Marine X thinks it's for him, too.
He said when my husband and I sent the last care package, Marine X came over
to his cot, picked up the box, started fishing through it, and said, "What'd we get
this time?"
My son said they had the most fun with Marine X's package. He said he wasn't
sure who we were sending the pack to, but the panties were size 20, and he
said one of the guys got on top of the Humvee and jumped off with the panties
over his head and yelled, "Look at me, I'm an Airborne Ranger!!!!" One of the
guys attached the panties to an antenna and it blew in the wind like a windsock.
He said it entertained them for quite awhile. Then, of course, they had those
tampons.
When he brought this up, my imagination just went running, but he continued.
My son said they had to go on a mission and Marine X wanted the Chap-Stick
and lotion for the trip. He grabbed a bunch of the items from his care package
and got in the Humvee. As luck would have it, he grabbed the tampons too, and
my son said everyone was teasing him about "not forgetting his feminine
hygiene products."
He said things went well for a while, then the convoy was ambushed and a
Marine was shot. He said the wound was pretty clean, but it was deep. He said
they were administering first aid but couldn't get the bleeding to slow down,
and someone said, "Hey! Use Marine X's tampons!" My son said they put the
tampon in the wound. At this point my son profoundly told me, "Mom, did you
know that tampons expand?" ("Well....yeah!")
They successfully slowed the bleeding until the guy got better medical
attention. When they went to check on him later, the surgeon told them, "You
guys saved his life. If you hadn't stopped that bleeding, he would have bled to
death." My Son said, "Mom, the tampons sent by that Marine's Mom by mistake
saved a Marine's life."
At this point I asked him, "Well, what did you do with the rest of the tampons?"
He said, "Oh, we divided them up and we all have them in our flak jackets, and
I kept two for our first aid kit."
I am absolutely amazed by the ingenuity of our Marines. I can't believe that
something that started out as a mistake, then turned into a joke, ended up
saving someone's life. My sister said she doesn't believe in mistakes. She
believes God had a plan all along. She believes that the "female care package"
was sent to Marine X to save our Marine.
Either way, our efforts have boosted the morale of many Marines, provided
much needed items for our troops, AND saved the life of a Marine! God bless
every one of you for your efforts and hard work, and God bless our Marines,
Army, Navy, Air Force and all our military service personnel. GOD BLESS
AMERICA AND KEEP IT SAFE!
I'm not breaking this one. If I get it a 1000 times, I'll forward it a 1000
times! Please send this on after a short prayer. Pray for our soldiers and
please don't break this prayer chain!
2007-08-28
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