Subject: MARINES AND TAMPONS (A GREAT STORY)
>
> 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 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.' x
>
> 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 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!
> Let us pray... Prayer chain for our Military...
> Don't break it!
>
>
> Please send this on after a short prayer. Pray 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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