Many private organizations in America donated phone cards to soldiers serving overseas. (Note - if any of your readers would like to donate phone cards, homebaked cookies, cards, letters or other items to soldiers serving overseas, they can visit <a href="http://www.anysoldier.com)">http://www.anysoldier.com)</a> In any case, the phone centers were open 24/7 - except when an American soldier was killed in the country.