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Hawkeyes should wear insignia to honor troops
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Dec. 20, 2010 3:33 pm
I'm so very proud of my grandson, Charles C.J. Johnson, who is serving his country in Afghanistan. He told everyone that his unit was to be honored by the Iowa football players, who would wear their Red Bull insignia on their helmets for the game with Ohio State. He called family and friends, as did the other members of his unit, to tell us. The decision not to let the football team wear the insignia was a slap in the face to our troops serving in Afghanistan.
Please let the players wear the Red Bull on their helmets in the Dec. 28 bowl game.
JoLynn Hennessey
Marion
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