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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Sgt. Olga Silberman, Co. F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, displays two of her favorite pieces from a package of artwork and letters sent from Miami Central Senior High School students for Memorial Day. "I appre...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Florida natives Pfc. Michael Romanello (left) and Capt. Christopher Green, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, look through letters and artwork sent from Miami high-school students. The artwork and letters were a pro...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Soldiers from the 229th Military Intelligence Battalion read through the letters and artwork of Miami high schoolers. Miami Central Senior High School students sent the messages of support to Defense Language Institute ...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Spc. Michael Romanello, Co. E, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, holds a letter from a Miami high schooler. "These letters just make our day," said Romanello, who is also a native of Orlando, Fla. "They make the wo...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Spc. Marcel Rivero, Co. D, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, holds a letter sent from Miami high-school students. "It's a reminder of the goodness I left behind," said the Miami native. "I am grateful for the praye...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Sgt. 1st Class Marcus Tyler, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, holds two of his favorite pieces sent by Miami high schoolers. Tyler said he admired the fact that the students, who are studying English as a second l...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Pvt. Mindy Johnston, Co. F, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, displays her favorite piece sent by Miami high-school students. "We really appreciate the time and work the students put in for us," Johnston said. "It ...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Pfc. Charles Carlisle, Co. D, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, holds a letter that a Miami high-schooler wrote to show support to Presidio of Monterey Soldiers. "Getting these is really uplifting," Carlisle said. ...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Presidio of Monterey Soldiers look through the letters and artwork sent from Miami high-school students. The students, who are taking English as a second language, wrote in English, Creole, French and Spanish to the stu...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Spc. John Duff, Co. A, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, displays two of his favorite letters from Miami high-school students. "It's nice to know that people remember us from time to time," Duff said. Duff also had...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Spc. David Marcus, Co. A, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, displays two letters that caught his eye from Miami high-school students. Marcus admitted that he did not fully understand the students' letters completel...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Spc. Micky Curtis, Co. A, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, displays one of her favorite letters from Miami high-school students. "Thank you for all the letters, especially the ones with return addresses," Curtis s...
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - High-school students from the opposite side of the country showed gratitude and support for Soldiers in the form of artwork and letters at the end of their school year.
Miami, Fla. teacher Amy Garcia used a Memorial Day lesson to motivate her students to send their messages to Soldiers in appreciation of their service.
Garcia, a Monterey Institute of International Studies graduate, was familiar with the Soldiers' mission of learning foreign languages and thought they would match well with her students who were learning English as a second language at Miami Central Senior High School.
"These letters are in different languages, but I know that there are people there who can understand (most of) them," Garcia said.
"The students were so excited that their letters were going to real American Soldiers," she added.
After recognizing battalion Soldiers for meritorious service during a ceremony June 11, Lt. Col. David Jewell, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion commander, invited his Soldiers to look at the students' letters of support and gratitute.
Pfc. Michael Romanello, Co. E, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, was excited to see letters for his home state.
"It's like a little something from home," said Romanello, an Orlando, Fla., native. "These kinds of things just make even the worst of days feel so much better."
Miami native Spc. Marcel Rivero, Co. D, 229th Military Intelligence Battalion, agreed with Romanello.
"It's a reminder of the goodness I left behind -- my beautiful city," Rivero said. "It is their prayers that make me continue to serve my country."
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