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08/13/2003 Archived Entry: "NOTES FROM KRISTOPHER THOMPSON"

NOTES FROM KRISTOPHER THOMPSON

"Just have a minute to write. Got the package with all the canned "goodies" today. Thanks a lot. I peel the lables off the soup cans and put them on my roof. They are hot enough to eat in about ten minutes. After about 20 minutes they are too hot to handle! It was 134 degrees here today. My soldiers are having a hard time staying cool and not getting heat injuries.

I'd tell you where I live, but you wouldn't be able to find it on the map anyway. I live on an air base north of Tikrit. Things are still a bit dicey around here, but The base I live on is very safe."

(P.S. I've read where summer temperatures in the desert can reach 146 degrees. 134 isn't far from it. Kris isn't due to return home until April. Kris is the son of Cindy McAtee)