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(**A NOTE FROM YARN AND STITCHERY ALCOVE) When I discovered this Web site, I envisioned many ways that we who love to knit or crochet can help others in need. Stars and Stripes advertises ways you can help both here and abroad. So, Here's your chance to put your wonderful talents to use. ************************************************************************** This article is provided courtesy of Stars & Stripes, which got its start as a newspaper for Union troops during the Civil War, and has been published continuously since 1942 in Europe and 1945 in the Pacific. Stripes reporters have been in the field with American soldiers, sailors and airmen in World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Bosnia and Kosovo, and are now on assignment in the Middle East.
Stars and Stripes has one of the widest distribution ranges of any newspaper in the world. Between the Pacific and European editions, Stars & Stripes services over 50 countries where there are bases, posts, service members, ships, or embassies.
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