Transcript: 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION OPERATION SUPPLIES IRAQI SCHOOL CHILDREN

INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
10-17-2003
FORT HOOD, Texas, Oct. 17, 2003 - More than 4,000 pounds of school
supplies reached Iraq recently thanks to the U.S. Army's Task Force Iron
Horse, according to Maj. William Kennedy, 4th Infantry Division.
The division launched Operation Pencil Box to collect, organize and
send school supplies to Iraq. The division's rear detachment ships the
goods to 4th ID units in Iraq, where the infantrymen disperse the goods
to nearly 2,000 schools in their area of operation.
Task Force Iron Horse soldiers have been renovating schools and
playgrounds so that Iraqi children can begin classes. Though the school
buildings may have been ready, ...

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