Posted by Tina
What a wonderful gift for soldiers who will depart for Afghanistan in January:
“Stephen King to pay for troops’ holiday trip home” – Tampa Bay Online
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays. ** King and his wife, Tabitha, who live in Bangor, are paying $13,000 toward the cost of two bus trips so that members of the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Unit can travel from Camp Atterbury in Indiana to Maine for Christmas.