4233 - Copperas Cove, Texas, United States

Copperas Cove is a city in central Texas of about 37 000 people. Nearby Fort Hood is Copperas Cove's biggest employer with serving members of the military and civilian employees of the military.

Fort Hood is a United States Army post. It was named after Confederate General John Bell Hood. In 2023 it was renamed Fort Cavazos in honour of General Richard E Cavazos, a native Texan and the first Hispanic four-star general. In 2025, it was changed back to Fort Hood, but in honour of Colonel Robert B Hood, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I.

Fort Hood is home to III Armored Corps and the First Army Division West, which includes the following:

1st Cavalry Division
36th Engineer Brigade
13th Sustainment Command
3rd Cavalry Regiment
504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
89th Military Police Brigade
1st Medical Brigade
Operational Test Comman
407th Army Field Support Brigade
48th Chemical Brigade
69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
11th Signal Brigade
3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

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