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200px-3_5_battalion_insigniaHelmand Province, Afghanistan, March 15, 2011 -  "Dear Members of Support Our Troops, On behalf of 3d Battalion, 5th Marines -the Darkhorse- I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generosity and personal efforts to support my Marines and Sailors on our recent deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. To begin with, please accept my apologies for this all-too impersonal letter, but with on-going combat operations and the sheer volume of support from patriots like you, I cannot hope to write a personal note for the thousands of packages we have received from all over America.

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