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.
Hmmmm......there were some 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 the Marine Moms 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 'female care packa ge' 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!
Let us pray... Prayer chain for our Military... Don't break it!
Please send this on after a short prayer. Prayer for our soldiers
Don't break it!
Prayer:
'Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they
protect us.
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us
in our time of need. Amen.'
Prayer Request: When you receive this, please stop for a moment
and say a prayer for our troops around the world
There is nothing attached. Just send this to people in your
address book. Do not let it stop with you. Of all the gifts you could give a Marine, Soldier,
Sailor, Airman, & others deployed in harm's way, prayer is the very best one.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR PASSING IT ON!
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This is such a great story!When I was in boot camp I was in an integrated company(both male and females) Well,our female CC gave us all our shopping list and on EVERYONE'S list was tampons...The guys asked about this and was told that it was the best thing she had ever found to shine boondockers...they shine well and don't leave lint.Well,us ladies were nice and would take the money from the guys to buy their tampons for them so they wouldn't be seen buying them.You could always tell which guys had pissed off one of us females because he would be the lone guy standing in line at the comisarey(fogot how to spell it...now how to say it! lol)...with a box of tamons! lol
