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| Iraqi Freedom Troops Get Full Thanksgiving Feast |
| 2003-11-26 |
| 145,000 pounds of turkey. 71,000 pounds of smoked hams. 71,000 pounds of prime rib. 38,000 pounds of shrimp. 576,000 servings of stuffing. 270,000 servings of corn on the cob. 150,000 servings of cranberry jelly. 41,000 pies - apple, pumpkin, cherry, pecan and sweet potato. And don’t forget the decorations, eggnog, candies, nuts, ice cream and sparkling non-alcoholic wine. When the Coalition Forces Land Component Command goes grocery shopping for Thanksgiving supper for its family, it does it big time. And it starts its shopping early. More at the link |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #2 Invite a couple of thousand kids, especially any orphans. Give them a full GI Thanksgiving dinner. They MAY stop talking about in in fifteen, twenty years - but then, may not. My wife and I invited a German family we knew to Thanskgiving dinner. They couldn't believe the amount of food had been prepared for just TWO FAMILIES. From then on, we were "rich Americans". Boy, were they fooled - I was a SSgt (E-5) at the time. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-26 6:54:36 PM |
| #1 Sounds like Holiday Press Release I(a). Let's invite some locals. Show the yut of Iraq the quivering mass that is canned cranberry sauce. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-26 4:29:44 PM |