David Letterman's Ride

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by truckster

I have a cool Letterman story. I was in Iraq in 2004. On Christmas Eve we were told that everyone was to gather at a particular place on our base. David Letterman had flown in to perform a show for us. He also gave every one of us a t-shirt.

The only way in and out of our base, aside from land convoys, was a C-130 ride. From there, you would have to go to Arifjan, Kuwait, and fly 22 hours to get to the US. That means he was away from his family on Christmas Eve and Christmas so he could come to bring some cheer to us.

This is one of my treasures:

Cool story about him. Cool memory for you too.