November
12, 1990
Dear
Doug,
How
are you? I am feeling fine and am doing well in school. I'm in the
third grade class and we are doing a project of writing letters to
troops in Operation Desert Shield. If you have the time, please write
me back. I have some questions to ask you.
What
equipment do you use? Do you eat food out of a can? Do you ever get
to take time off? I sent you a letter and some cookies and I heard
you never got them. Is there anything that I can send you? When will
you get to come back to visit the farm?
My
dad is done with his harvest now. My mom is still teaching handicapped
preschoolers. I have a cookie company called Cole's Cookie Company
and the farthest place I ever sent them was New York. There will be
cookies coming for you.
Love,
Cole
P.S.
Good luck! Thank you for fighting for our country!
November 30, 1990
Dear Cole,
Thank you
for your nice letter and for thinking about me. Like all soldiers I like getting
mail. We have been receiving letters from school kids from all over the U.S.
and we really do appreciate them.
In your letter
you asked me several questions, so I will try to answer them. Some of the
equipment we use include our M16A2 rifle, which almost every American soldier
carries. Also I carry a 9mm Bretta pistol. We also carry our gas mask, which
is called a M17AZ protective mask. We have what's called CPOGs, chemical protective
over garment. They protect us from any dangerous chemicals. Because I'm working
with a foreign country, I use a lot of their equipment, tanks, mortars, machine
guns and anti-tank weapons.
Sometimes
we eat food out of a can, but the Saudi have been feeding us goat, mutton,
camel, and rice. Sometimes we eat what's called MRE's, which stands for Meals
Ready to Eat. They come in foil and plastic packages. They have different
meals such as turkey and rice, meatball and sauce, pork patties and beef stew.
They are the same type that astronauts eat. Next time I come home I'll bring
you some.
You ask me
in your letter if I need anything. The Army gives me about everything I need,
just pray for me and write me if you have the time.
I don't know
when I will be back to visit, but I hope so soon. I don't believe it will
be this Christmas, but maybe this summer.
Thanks for
sending the cookies. I haven't received them yet but I probably will.
Good luck
with your cookie company and in school. Tell your parents and grandparents
I said, "Hello."
Love,
Doug
P.S. Thanks
again for your letter.
