Yes, please post whatever comments you wish--and I am no
longer anonymous anyplace, so please include my name, title, website,
whatever fits! "Funny" because when I went to buy the little soldiers I
just cringed. Here I am with a big peace necklace I wear all the time
buying combat soldiers! But, when I got them home and put the "Bring Me
Home" sticker on, suddenly these little soldiers became my "peace
soldiers". Something just happens when you put that label on and place
them wherever. I have put them in some "interesting" places and will
try to take some pictures soon.

Thanks for getting this wonderful project started. All of us, no matter
how little we think we do, it all "counts"...

Peace to all of us,
Lorraine Krofchok
Grandmothers for Peace
Elk Grove, CA, 12/29/2005

A member in good standing of the Sixties Generation and passionate all my life about peace and justice, I’ve always found the green soldiers to be irresistible.  Compelling icons, they stand for every soldier (and every cowboy and every Indian) and we still and always would like them all to come home, please, and help with the laundry and the children and the cooking and the cleaning.

The green soldiers were out in force at a Christmas cocktail party last Saturday night.  Yesterday, I found one out on patrol, posted at the low-key gym on the corner of Broadway and 106th Street. 

Together, we will blanket the country with them – and then we will welcome them home.
Meg Fidler, Executive Director, Petra Foundation  www.petrafoundation.org New York, NY 12/24/2005

This will put one huge smile on your face: my executive director was just in Russia at a meeting, and she brought her soldiers (Army Men) with her. (She adores the concept.) One woman in particular, from Tula, Russia, really liked the idea as a form of protest to the on-going Russian war in Chechnya. They are going to move on this. But, of course, with the BRING ME HOME in Russian!!! I'll fill you in with more as I learn it.
Sally Gratch, Evanston, Illinois 12/20/2005

A friend of mine made me aware of your website just in the knick of time. My son is the president of the Amnesty International chapter at his college and he was in the process of planning a three-day peace meeting which included the Illinois portion of the Eyes Wide Open boot exhibit. As soon as we found out about your organization, we ordered 5,000 soldiers from Oriental Trading Company. We bought Avery stickers and used your PDF file to produce enough labels to place stickers on 3,000 of the soldiers for distribution on his campus. The remaining 2,000 soldiers were placed in an overflowing glass bowl to help students visualize the number of U.S. soldiers who have died in this senseless war. I always carry labeled soldiers wherever I go. Yesterday I left soldiers at Barnes & Noble and at California Pizza Kitchen. Yesterday I also followed a woman who was driving a car with a peace bumper sticker, waited until she parked her car, and surprised her with a handful of her own little soldiers. Your project is the perfect way to spread little nagging reminders all over my community. Congratulations on a well-conceived idea!
Deb Hamilton, Batavia, Illinois 12/19/2005

Hello,

Just a note to tell you how much I love the "Bring Me Home" soldiers action. In the Raleigh, NC area, the local chapter of Code Pink - Women for Peace has adopted this action, and we are all "armed" with properly-labeled soldiers that are appearing in all sorts of public places. One great venue available to everyone is Post Office facilities: most of them have an outer area that is accessible after the normal business hours, and the army men fit quite comfortably in little niches in front of people's PO boxes. They then HAVE to encounter the message in order to get to their mail!
It's a little late for this idea to get distributed, but I plan to label and bag bunches of soldiers as Holiday presents for select friends and family: I know many people who will get as much satisfaction as I do from leaving these guys in visible places. And I can't wait to run into one or two that someone else has placed!

Thanks for the brilliant idea! It makes me feel like there's a little something I can do every day on a human level.

Best,
Christina, Raleigh, N.C., 12/16/2005

I've reunited with a friend of mine after a 10 year lapse. She's here
for Xmas and we are going to make up 50 packages of soldiers,
labels, and a printout of your website page with instructions.
These are to give out at this year's Canada Disc/DVD masters Xmas
staff party on December 18th.

There will be about 70 people including spouses, and we have offices
in Saskatoon, Edmonton, Victoria and Calgary. Just so I don't offend
anybody, I've asked those who are not interested to pass the gift on
to a friend or acquaintance who would appreciate it.
I'm happy you used my e-mail. If there's anything I can say or do to
help, I'm there.
Tona Ohama, Alberta, Canada 12/11/2005

Hi,

Here is an Army Man on the Staten Island Ferry, NY
Will get you European pictures soon.
Keep up the good work. Monkeys belong in trees, not in the white house.

Best Regards,
Serge K., The Netherlands 12/08/2005

Hi,

I've only done 50 few soldiers, not this 20 gross thing....holy cow!
As far as I am concerned the army men of the early 21st century are
equivalent to the rise of the peace symbol in the 60's.
I've been trying to recruit people to help, in my "pushy" Canadian way...
I say to people your (Army Men) project is great because:

A) people like the soldiers (well at least all the guys I know do)
B) they are cheap enough that anyone can participate
C) they are easy to transport
D) toy soldiers are not easily damaged –they withstand the freezing snow, and that's important here.
E) people are so apathetic that it is hard to get them to participate unless it is simple, and this is simple.
F) Any action or personal energy expended against the war is positive.This is great. Keep on.

We are behind you 100%
Tona Ohama, Alberta, Canada 12/07/2005

Could you add us as a link to your "Peace Soldiers" (as we call them, once the "Bring Me Home" stickers go on). Grandmothers for Peace across the country are buying little green soldiers in record numbers!

We also have a chapter in Superior, WI that has a very well known, respected "No War Toys" drive each Christmas. Our website also includes an "opt out" booklet, as well as contacts for CO and help with anti-recruitment.

Peace to all of us,
Lorraine Krofchok, Director
Grandmothers for Peace International
Elk Grove, CA 12/06/2005

Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply to my questions about the project. I respect all of the consideration that you put into choosing "Bring Me Home" as the message, and will probably keep with that. (Also keeping in mind that my area might be more responsive to this message.)

Incidentally, this war has recently become more personal to me. A childhood friend of mine returned from service in Iraq and Louisiana, and killed himself over the holidays. As I reflect on his life and try to understand what must have happened to bring such a joyful person such agony, the importance of ending this war becomes that much more clear.

Thanks again for your work. In peace,
Susanna, Westminster, MD 12/06/2005

Our family activity for Thanksgiving was to sticker 1100 plastic soldiers
with your Bring Me Home stickers.....they are now out far and wide as our
family dispersed. Somehow the stickering helped us feel like we were 'doing something' and gave us a way to talk about this among all the generations there.

Keep up the great work.
DB, Massachusetts 12/06/2005

The idea of the army men is profound, stirring, whimsical, unforgettable, loving, poignant. It's not only about the immediate urgency of bringing them home alive right now out of the Iraq war, but the very notion of young boys becoming soldiers in the first place in any war.

Long Live Mouths Wide Open. It's about living.
Helene A., New York City 12/02/2005

I received my package of Army Men about ten days ago…and made up some packets to carry with me. I try to keep one of the little guys in my pocket, plus a few more in my pocket book. So far I have managed to leave them at the Post Office and at my bank as I have been doing errands for my business. I have also passed a couple of packets on to a Vietnam Veteran for Peace friend of mine who is also a counter-recruiter. I am glad this project is becoming so wide spread.

Take care,
Peace,
Anne M., Albuquerque 11/26/05

My Little Green Army Men Story
Betwixt my e-mail about your Army Men Project and Nov 2nd, I found two 40-packs of little green army men in town. Alas, my printer is toast, but I went ahead and hand-wrote Avery labels, using a public library PC to print inserts. As I only had 80 men, I made 2-packs. Next, I marched me and my 40 bags of Army dudes to the World Can’t Wait protest downtown. 11/11/05
click here for complete story

The Army Man Project is great! I just found my first army man in the Ballston area of Arlington, VA. I'll pass him on and plan to help the cause!
Maureen R., Arlington 10/16/2005

I was reading an account of the Washington march (Sept. 25th) this past weekend and found the link to your website. What a brilliant idea – to leave little toy soldiers with messages all over the place. I would love to do that in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I can't promise to take photos – I still haven't mastered my digital camera – but that could be an incentive. Please let me know how to get the soldiers. I could go to a local toy store I suppose (and it worries me that the mini-troops may have been made in China).

Keep up the great work.
Peace, Anne M., Albuquerque 9/26/05

I participated in the DC march before we entered Iraq and also the one held Saturday, September 25th. Although I didn’t see you (there), I read about your movement on Truthout.org. It’s a great way to increase our nation’s level of consciousness. With that in mind, I just bought 8 gross of army men and intend on distributing them wherever I go.

Thanks for giving me another way to make people think. Simply talking and marching don’t seem to be enough. I need to do more.

Sincerely,
Peter Moran 9/26/05

While placing stickers on my Army Men, I noticed that 4 crawling soldiers out of 4 gross seemed to be amputees.Then, I wondered, are our Chinese buddies (where the army men are made) sending us a message here?

There are about 300 amputees out of 170,000 troops serving in Iraq (0.2%). There are about 1 amputee army men in a bag of 144 (0.7%).
Coincidence? Hmm.
Jim H., Ogden, Utah 9/10/05

I am a cop downtown and found one of your soldiers on the front steps of Supreme Court one recent morning. I just want to say that I and a few of my fellow officers were impressed with your message delivery. I even agree with some of your thinking conveyed on your web.
Well, good luck and I believe you contribute to balance in politics.

All The Best,
Bobby G., Law Enforcement Officer, New York City
Remember we are in this all together. 3/17/05

I was waiting for a subway train in New York last week and spotted this little guy on top of a pay phone booth. I didn’t realize that he had a label on him until I got home. I like your website and will spread the word. I’ll be buying a bag of soldiers and printing labels to send my own little troops into society.

Thank you! T., New York City 2/18/2005