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ALPHARETTA, Ga. â With a virus and a border situation drawing most of their attention, many Americans may forget the troops serving overseas.
For Roger Wise, a U.S. Army veteran who served in the 1960s, says receiving a letter while in the platoon was a big deal. A lot of his platoon mates were not so lucky receiving handwritten letters.
Wise took the initiative to send the addresses of those not receiving mail to his mother, who had her Sunday school class write letters expressing their appreciation. Wise said it lifted the morale considerably.
Heather Stanley and her daughter
Caroline stand with officials from American Legion Post 201 in Alpharetta to deliver handwritten letters to U.S. service members overseas. Legion member Steve Olesnevich, third from left, helped ramrod the program, along with