People baked cookies for the soldiers from Burbank and shipped them to Vietnam in old film cans from the studios. Being in Z club we baked and packed hundreds of cookies! It was fun.
Here is a 1967 article from Wes Clark/Mike McDaniels website, Burbankia (click to enlarge or click here):
Funny... when I first read the article and saw the word COOKY, I thought, oops, a typo, but COOKY or COOKIE are both right. Also the 1967 article says the price to ship from Burbank to Vietnam was $2 and then reduced to .80 cents. Just a couple of weeks ago I mailed some homemade cookies and banana nut bread to family in Scottsdale, Arizona from Panama City Beach, Florida and it cost $22. My how times have changed!
I remember Operation Cookie Lift. Although I was stationed in Germany and not Viet Nam, I got a huge film can filled with cookies and a couple of letters. The cookies were delicious and I shared them with my team. Thanks to all who sent these to our troops on both sides of the world!!!
ReplyDeleteRandy Cotter BHS 65