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Marine Staff Sgt. Joshua Krueger And Family To Be Recognized Sunday For 'Operation Fan Mail'
posted 10/07/2007
Marine Staff Sgt. Joshua Krueger and his family are guests of the Packers and Festival Foods at Sunday's game vs. the Chicago Bears for 'Operation Fan Mail.'
Krueger, a resident of Milwaukee, previously was deployed with the II Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., to Fallujah, Iraq, where he successfully led a highly trained team in protecting the Commanding General of the Marine Corps in Iraq.
He is the recipient of the Combat Action Ribbon, Humanitarian Aid Medal, National Defense Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraqi Liberation Medal and the Purple Heart for extensive wounds received in combat action on Feb. 27, 2005, when his Humvee was hit by an IED in Iraq. He subsequently retired from the Marine Corps due to his injuries and returned home to Wisconsin to be with his family, which includes 2-year-old twin daughters.
Joshua will be accompanied Sunday by his wife, Jill; mother, Karen; and father, Michael, a retired Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant.
New this season, 'Operation Fan Mail' is a program in which the Green Bay Packers and Festival Foods recognize a military family at each home game.
To choose families, the Packers and Festival Foods are asking interested families, or friends of eligible families, to submit an essay, 500 words or less, on why a particular family should be saluted. Essays can be sent to: Operation Fan Mail, P.O. Box 10628, Green Bay, WI, 54307-0628. Essays also can be submitted online.
Families intended for recognition are those that have a member serving on active duty away from home. The family member can be a mother, father, son, daughter or sibling.
In addition to being recognized on-field prior to the game, selected families will receive four tickets to the game, a $100 gift certificate to Festival Foods and a care package from the Packers and Festival Foods.
Another feature of the program invites the public to write letters of the support to the troops. The letters can be dropped off at any Festival Foods location and then will be sent to members of the military on active duty. |
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