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May 20, 2006

Happy Mother's Day . . . from Iraq

Captain Ty Phipps, 1st Marine Logistics Group, couldn't be in Oregon to give his mom a hug on Mother's Day this year. He's currently deployed for at least a year. But he made sure his mom knew he was thinking about her anyway.

When she came home on Saturday, she found a vase of roses on her front doorstep. He called her Sunday morning while she was enjoying a Mother's Day breakfast at the local community College. And when she got home, there was an e-mail waiting with a unique picture - "Happy Mother's Day" written on the tail section of a non-functional bomber - part of the detritus of war, now transormed into a one-of-a-kind Mother's Day message. This is, after all, the Marine Corps way - doing more with less and winning hearts and minds. This time, from halfway around the world.

Posted by Deb at May 20, 2006 11:23 PM