January 24, 2006
          Captain Winchell:
            U.S. Marine Corp
          Dear Captain:
          Attached is a letter from Matthew’s stepson concerning his  character.  You may also be getting one  tomorrow from his former junior high school principal, who Matthew had stopped  by to see last summer, a Ph.D.
          You should also have a letter in hand of character from  Matthew’s fifteen-year friend, and a personal friend of the family, Mr. Bill  Rizzo of New Jersey.
          Finally, I have written a letter that is also prepared in  case I need a press release that you can also use for Matthew’s character.  On top of that, I have our letter to Senator  Dole along with my putting Matthew’s original complaint all processed into a  Word document.  
          I also have the letter from a Staff Sgt. that tells what had  he saw happen to our son while serving in Afghanistan.
          My newly written letter along with the info sent to Senator  Dole’s office is all in Word.  If you  have this software on your computer, please call me with your e-mail address  and I will not have to fax it.
          If that is the case, I will then attach the two documents to  an e-mail, while still faxing the letter from the Staff Sgt., which was a  three-page hand-written document.  I  believe the two documents in Word will make up about 22 pages, which you can  then print out on your own.
          Let me know if I can e-mail you the above-mentioned  attachments.
          Best regards,