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 Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:59 pm Post subject: U.S. soldier shares pen pal letters from 2003 with Larry Nance Jr |
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| Quote: | U.S. soldier shares pen pal letters from 2003 with Larry Nance Jr.
Larry Nance Jr. is now a professional athlete for the Los Angeles Lakers, but back in 2003 Nance was just a 10-year-old kid with a dream of playing in the NBA.
During that time, Nance was apparently a pen pal with a U.S. soldier named Bianca Snow. Snow recently posted old letters from Nance to social media that shows the interaction between the two.
It’s pretty cool to see a moment in time like this.
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@Larrydn22 many moons ago u were my pen pal during my tour overseas. It always meant alot, still have the letters. Glad your dreams came tru
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The letters read as follows (transcription via SB Nation):
March 19, 2003
Dear U.S. Soldier,
My name is Larry Nance. I have 1 sister, 1 brother that annoy me all the time. My dad played in the NBA.
Thank you for fighting for us in the war. You must be brave and miss your family.
I hope you get home soon and see your family soon. Good luck.
Sincerely,
Larry Nance
Dear U.S. Soldier is the war almost over? Where is Saddam? How are you? I’m fine. Thank you for writing back. Where are you?
Are you good at basketball? I like the Lakers too they are wining there series with the Timberwolves. Who is your favorite player? Mine is Shaq. Who do you want to get LeBron James? I want the Cavs to get LeBron, that is because my dad played for the Cavs. His number is retired in the Gund Arena.
And again Thank you!!
from,
Larry Nance
Nance saw the post on social media and responded to Snow, inviting her to a future game.
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WOW! That's awesome! So cool you kept these... Please by my guest to a game this year. I would love to meet you! https://twitter.com/yonkbz/status/888314630782590976 …
12:02 AM - 23 Jul 2017
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Pretty neat stuff. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Good for Larry, no better feeling than to help someone through a tough time. |
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levon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| touching, but "Where is Saddam?" lmao |
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| LNJ is nowhere near a true untouchable, but I'm 99.9% sure most Laker fans will agree that we need this man in purple and gold for his entire career. |
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splashmtn
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| levon wrote: | | touching, but "Where is Saddam?" lmao |
exactly. where is he  ? or was he asking where are those WMD's  |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Kind of eerie reading this now talking about how he liked the Lakers how he wanted the Cavs to get LeBron and these things happened. |
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Dladi Vidac
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just having a hard time picturing a 10 year old boy named "Larry".
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levon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Dladi Vidac wrote: | | I'm just having a hard time picturing a 10 year old boy named "Larry". |
formally Larold |
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LandsbergerRules
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool to see this.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Those are private. She shouldn't be sharing them. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| quartzcharm wrote: | | Those are private. She shouldn't be sharing them. |
I would agree. She clearly put them out there to get some Social Media cred. Also, the timing is a bit odd... did she only just realize Larry is on the Lakers? |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| ibitegirls wrote: | | quartzcharm wrote: | | Those are private. She shouldn't be sharing them. |
I would agree. She clearly put them out there to get some Social Media cred. Also, the timing is a bit odd... did she only just realize Larry is on the Lakers? |
If she's been on duty I can believe that its not as if Larry is a big star or anything. |
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