U.S. Sailors and Marines on the USS Makin Island.

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UWF women's basketball team sends letters and gifts to U.S. military

The Argonauts wrote 250 letters and sent 500 small UWF footballs to sailors and marines on the USS Makin Island

PENSACOLA, Fla. - The West Florida women's basketball team hand wrote 250 Christmas cards and sent them and 500 small UWF footballs to men and women serving on the USS Makin Island before Christmas of 2014.

Assistant coach Keith Lindahl's son, MC3 Christopher Lindahl, recently returned from deployment and provided photos of sailors and marines posing with the cards and footballs sent by the UWF student-athletes and coaches. Many of those serving on the ship had ties to Pensacola or basketball.

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