For all you military buffs out there.

I was cleaning some things and I stumbled across something I'd forgotten about ages ago. My cousin served in Iraq a while ago, and I roped my English class into writing letters to his unit and assembling care packages. And we had A LOT of packages -- my living room turned into a battlefield of its own. I have some photos of that mess floating around somewhere.

But anyway, when he came home from Iraq, he came down to visit my family and I (he lives in Wyoming with his immediate family, while the rest of us live in Arizona/California). And on behalf of his military unit, he presented me with this medallion:





Here's a perspective shot:



I don't remember exactly what he said about it, but apparently it's one of less than five that were made.

Just a random point of interest. ^_^

-:pirate3:

That's pretty cool Saint! Actually, it's very very cool!

Wow, Saint, that was really nice of you and your class. I'm sure you made the soldiers really happy knowing that somebody cared.

That's awesome!

My cousin was also in the war, and was sent to Iraq and used to email my mom and me about what was going on over there. And I just saw him yesterday! He's one of my favorite cousins. He's retired from the army now, and now he's a professor at a university. He's awesome. <3