I try to keep all the "Tucker, you've changed my life!" bullshit off of here, but every now and then I get an email that really gets to me. This is one, posted verbatim:
"hey tucker,
im a platoon leader of forty rough and tough infantrymen here in the great country of iraq. a friend of mine (a girl) back home sent me your book and i loved every page, so much so that i passed it on to my men with the understanding that as each soldier finished it he'd have to pass it on. so what, right? well the last soldier who read it, Spc. [name removed], a goofy little guy who is not even a US citizen yet, finished it two days ago, one day ago an insurgent rocket crashed through the gym he was working out in, severly injuring both arms and causing small wounds all over the rest of his body. his thumb on his left hand was practically ripped off. as he was being stabilized, the morphine was getting to him so he was mostly worried about his ability to play halo in the future but he also wanted me to make sure the book got passed on. that was my last conversation before we took him on a stretcher to a waiting blackhawk that carried him out of our lives.
Hes on his way to germany now then the States where he will recieve his citizen ship (automatic after being wounded) and learn to use his hands again. im not trying to sell a sob story but i want you to know u've got fans over here and some of us are gettin messed up. anyways, keep writin the great stories and maybe we'll catch you in austin some day
[Name Removed]
[Unit details removed]
Fort Hood TX"
Posted by Tucker Max at 11:46 AM