Oct. 11, 2009 Hello Mr. Hirsch, Greetings from Camp Bucca! Thank you so much for the generous care packages you all sent from Operation Shoebox New Jersey. They really meant a lot and were a perfect reminder of home. You might not know this, but I was actually a volunteer at one of the packings in Somerset back in 2006. It was great to be a part of your effort and three years later it is even more incredible to me to be on the receiving end. I will enclose my cell phone number at the bottom of this letter so that hopefully, if you are doing another mailing in December, I can be a part of it and say thank you in person. By the time you get this letter I should already be back in the U.S.; however, some good friends of mine who I grew up with will be heading north of Baghdad, so I'm sure they could use a few care packages. Again, thank you so much for keeping me and my unit in your thoughts. We finished our mission well and will be returning with honor. You played a big part in that. Sincerely, Sgt. James Miervaldis 306th MP BN Camp Bucca, Iraq