A 73-year-old great grandmother has returned from a
volunteer deployment to the Middle East. Mrs. Lena
Haddix served the first six months in Kuwait, then
went to Camp Liberty in Baghdad for six months as a
supervisor at the 30,000-square-foot PX. “My proudest
time was seeing the soldiers smile when they saw
somebody from home,” she said. “And some of them
recognized me from home,” she added. They called her
“Mom,” and made a point to tell her they were OK when
they stopped into the exchange. What does she think
of the troops over there? “They’re doing their job.
Their morale is good. They know they’re there for a
reason. They’re willing, and want to get the job
done.” An exchange worker for more than 30 years,
she’s back at the Fort Sill, Okla., PX from where the
odyssey began.
