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SgtJim
01-07-2011, 08:13 PM
General James Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Brings Milestone Package to Afghanistan



Encino, CA--January 6, 2011:
Operation Gratitude today revealed that the organization's 600,000th Care Package,
containing the keys to a Victory Vegas 8-Ball Motorcycle, was personally delivered
on Christmas Day by Marine Corps Commandant, General James Amos, to a
Lance Corporal deployed in the Sangin District of Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
The Lance Corporal, whose name will be revealed upon his return to the United States,
is an infantryman with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5), also known as the "Dark Horse Battalion."






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