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Updated: 7:04 PM Dec 24, 2009
Today Show In Duplin County To Surprise Military Families
The Today Show teamed up with Walmart and "Operation Homefront to surprise military families in eastern Carolina and across the country with a shopping spree.
Posted: 8:45 AM Dec 24, 2009 |
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The Today Show teamed up with Walmart and "Operation Homefront to surprise military families in eastern Carolina and across the country with a shopping spree.
The Today Show was live in Wallace, Duplin County; Mustang, Oklahoma; and Dayton, Ohio.
Military families gathered at all three locations and were given $1,000 gift cards and immediately went inside Walmart to start shopping.
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Posted by: Me
Location: NC
on Dec 31, 2009 at 01:34 AM
Some of you really make me sick. Thank you to all of our service members! You are the reason why we are allowed to get on a website like this and voice our opinions. No matter if people agree with this war or not, you should still support the troops. There are some that go over and fight this war and they don't believe in it, but they do it. I am proud of my fiancee who is deploying for the second time. God bless all of our troops!!!
Posted by: Irritated
Location: Jacksonville, NC
on Dec 28, 2009 at 06:40 PM
Gator and the Voice, you guys need to get a life. There are jobs everywhere. Even if it is McDonald's. Don't give me your bleeding heart story about people who can't find jobs. What about all the immigrants in this country that get free everything?? Who can we thank for that? That's right, our MILITARY!! Because of them we live in the land of the FREE and people come here for that reason, legally or not. There are enough agencies in the US that help out our jobless and homeless families. My husband has been out of the Marines for over a year, to be honest, we have more income now than we did when he was in, so as far as your "figures" on military pay, shove them up your ---. There's more to pay then money. Military families "pay" the ultimate price when their loved ones are away so much. AMEN to WalMart and NBC for their show of support to our military! Has everyone forgotten 9/11?? I am a FF/paramedic and I see the gratitude to our military and public service fading. Shame on you!!!!
Posted by: The Voice
on Dec 26, 2009 at 05:13 PM
Gator, I don't support the military the way that every flag waving patriot in this state expects me to, but I agree 100% with your comments. There are agencies within the armed services that help families out. A noble thing to do would have been to donate the gift card to a needy family elsewhere. That would have shown everyone the true meaning of CHRISTmas (are you happy now, "Concerned"?), but that doesn't happen in our society.
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