December 8, 2007:
The U.S.
Army no longer accepts mail sent to "Any Wounded Soldier." In the United
States, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where most wounded soldiers are
cared for, has long accepted letters or parcels addressed to "Any Wounded
Soldier." No longer, mainly because of the huge amount of it. Over a million
pieces a year, most of it during the holiday season, are sent just to the
Walter Reed hospital.
Instead, the American Red
Cross, and the Pitney Bowes Corporation, will accept such mail for the
Christmas season, assign a name to it, and get it delivered. Such mail should
be sent (and arrive no later than December 27th) to;
We Support You During Your
Recovery!
c/o American Red Cross
P.O. Box 419
Savage, MD 20763-0419
No packages, just cards and
letters. But something can be arranged via www.usocares.org,
www4.army.mil/ocpa/tooursoldiers, or http://www.redcross.org.