Love to Soldiers from Home

Dozier Elementary students recently sent mail to local soldiers who are deployed. Two local Erath men Brandon Perrin and Trebor LeGros, both stationed in Iraq, excitedly posted news and photos of their “snail mail” from the DES students and teachers on their Facebook pages.  Brandon Perrin is serving as a Sergeant with a squad of eight men. LeGros is serving as a medic in Perrin’s squad. The two Erath men are serving together in a front-line infantry unit.

Message on Facebook by Trebor LeGros about message from Dozier Elementary students and teachers.
“So cool to get some love from the kiddos where I went to elementary school! Always makes my day to know that we’re loved and thought about back home! Even cooler to hear from teachers from when I was there. Thanks so much you guys!”

Message on Facebook by Brandon Perrin about message from Dozier Elementary students and teachers.

“I just want to start off by saying thank you so much to the staff and the students including my own two children at Dozier Elementary School for the letters that I received today. I left the children’s names out for safety precautions but it’s a heartwarming feeling when you receive something from back home especially from your hometown and a school I attended myself so long ago. Being deployed on the other side of the world in what feels like a never-ending war can take a toll on a person, it’s definitely a mental battle as it is physical also. But it’s all worth it to me, for my children, my family, my friends, and my hometown and state. At the end of the day, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else leading my men and doing whatever is needed of us for our country as infantrymen. But packages like these stop time and humbles you deeply reminding you where you are and why you are there. It makes me think of that 12 pm noon siren coming from the police station, or those good plate lunches from Champagne’s, the smell of the fried chicken in Eddie’s, seeing my kids run up to me once they get off the bus from school or the sound coming from our stadium on Friday nights and even our Fourth of July fair that I will sadly miss this year. The point is it’s things like this that brings back so many memories all at once and reminds me of why I am out here and I cannot stress enough how greatly appreciated this is. Don’t take life for granted because it’s the small things that we overlook on a daily basis that mean the most. Thank you all again so much I’ll see you all soon.”