Clothing items needed for wounded troops

These is a pressing need for clothing items for wounded troops at Camp Anaconda Hospital, Balad Iraq. When wounded are brought to the hospital from the field the first process is to cut off all of their clothes so they can be examined. Once they have been treated they are moved to the recovery wards. Since all of their clothes are destroyed, they only have a gown to wear around the hospital.

Depending on their wounds, they are able to move around and go to the chow hall. This is not a fun thing to do wearing only a hospital gown. If their wounds are severe enough to be moved to Germany, they would like something more to wear than a gown.

Clothing items most needed are tee shirts, shorts, and flip flops (please do not send pink, Marines do not react well to wearing pink flip flops. :). When the temperature gets colder sweatshirts and sweat bottoms are also great to help keep the patients warm.

Please send donations to:
Flight Commander
332 EMDG/EMDOS/ICW
APO AE 09315-9997

The word "Donations" should be clearly written on the outside of the box to help speed its delivery to the hospital.

I cannot begin to express how much a small clothing donation like a tee shirt can mean to an injured service member. Shortly after a large donation from a Kansas American Legion post arrived the chow hall was full of smiling people all wearing matching Legion Post tee shirts and shorts. It made everyones day!