Marine Comfort Quilts

When 18 Marines in her son's unit,1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, Charlie Company were killed on March 23, 2003 in the town of An Nasiriya, Jan Lang, the mother of one of the surviving Marines, decided that she would make a quilt for each one of the families of the Marines who died that day. She wanted each of the families to know the brotherhood goes on and that their pain was felt by their extended family, and that they were there for them.

Later, she decided to make a quilt for the families of every soldier who died in Iraq. Now that the death toll is at 2000, this is a daunting task. If you've thought about doing something to try to comfort the families of the soldiers, this is one thing you might consider. The quilts are made of 30 squares, each one created by individuals who may decorate them with words of comfort, signatures or images. Right now, they need to make about 700 more quilts just to get to the present total. That's 21,000 squares! And unfortunately we can be sure that this is not the final number. If you want to find out more information about the project and how you can help, go to:

http://www.marinecomfortquilts.us/index.html

Deaths as of 26 October, 2005:
Army: 1358
Navy: 39
Air Force: 21
Marines: 581
Total: 2000