First, I would like to say hi to all of my family and friends in Arkansas. I miss you all and can't wait to come home.
To my girlfriend, Gina, in Hawai'i, I love and miss you more than you could ever imagine. Thank you for sticking with me at a time like this when I need you so much. Last, on behalf of all of us here, I would like to thank everyone back in the U.S. for your support — we couldn't do what we do without a nation full of people like yourselves to back us up. God bless you all.
Spc. Charles Adamson, age 20, Timbo, Ark.; Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment; M-240 gunner Richard Ambor • The Honolulu Advertiser
