Operation Paperback

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read
--Groucho Marx

The mere brute pleasure of reading --
the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing
--Lord Chesterfield
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Ranger does not normally endorse groups even nominally affiliated with the Phony War on Terror (PWOT ©), but give a nod to the non-profit Operation Paperback, which collects "gently used" reading materials and sends them to troops overseas. Gary Calloway, an RVN combat veteran, is the Tallahassee Regional Coordinator. He can be reached at gary - at - operationpaperback - dot - org.

The national contact is Operation Paperback, P. O. Box 65572, Lubbock, TX 79464,

websit: www.operationpaperback.org.