Editor:
Operation Santa, USMC, began when two Marine moms from Oregon realized that the holiday season would be the hardest time while their sons were away but much harder for their sons who would be gone for their first time during the holidays and in a war.
Operation Santa started out to be Christmas-in-a-box for a platoon of 30 Marines. Within two months it grew to 6,000 Marines receiving packages in the first year.
In…