Spc. Derron A. Dickinson
28th Public Affairs Detachment
CAMP VICTORY — Victory Base Complex servicemembers brought smiles to Iraqi children by delivering toys as part of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program Jan. 9.
The initiative, lead by Marine Col. Robert Whitters, deputy to the deputy chief of staff for coalition operations, Multi-National Force - Iraq, handed out toys mailed from many people in the United States and distributed them at Radwaniyah Clinic at Camp Stryker.
“Toys for Tots started by a Marine lieutenant colonel in Los Angeles about 30 years ago,” Whitters said. “It was a local thing. Now it’s the highlight of the Marine Corps Reserve year.”
Whitters said he first got involved in Toys for Tots in 1985 when he was a captain.
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(Photo: Marine Col. Robin Whitters hands out toys to Iraqi children as part of the Toys for Tots program. U.S. Army photo.)
28th Public Affairs Detachment
CAMP VICTORY — Victory Base Complex servicemembers brought smiles to Iraqi children by delivering toys as part of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program Jan. 9.
The initiative, lead by Marine Col. Robert Whitters, deputy to the deputy chief of staff for coalition operations, Multi-National Force - Iraq, handed out toys mailed from many people in the United States and distributed them at Radwaniyah Clinic at Camp Stryker.
“Toys for Tots started by a Marine lieutenant colonel in Los Angeles about 30 years ago,” Whitters said. “It was a local thing. Now it’s the highlight of the Marine Corps Reserve year.”
Whitters said he first got involved in Toys for Tots in 1985 when he was a captain.
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(Photo: Marine Col. Robin Whitters hands out toys to Iraqi children as part of the Toys for Tots program. U.S. Army photo.)
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