This Belongs to Everyone Here at Cigar Asylum

[brigey57]

Originally Posted by No1der

Hey guys,
As some of you may remember over a year ago I asked all the Gorillas at CS if they could contribute some cigars for the Polish Troops serving in the U.S. Coalition forces. In true Gorilla fashion I was overwhelmed by the generous packages that came from the jungle.

Anyway, I had some legal back and forths with the Polish Embasy and several months later the cigars were shipped off to Afghanistan. Why not Iraq I don't know but maybe they know.

In any case, last September I was invited to the Polish Embassy as an honored guest. Shortly after I was visited by the Polish Army liaison for Washington D.C. and was presented with the following "Certificate"...

Now I made it clear that Club Stogie were the ones who deserved a majority of the credit but seeing as what's happened to CS I think it may be just as well that the site wasn't mentioned.

In any case, this certificate belongs as much to everyone of you who made this possible as it does to me.

Sorry for the delay in posting this but It's been a very rough half year for me and my family and I just hadn't been visiting any forums. I guess in a way that also worked out for the best as CS is dead and I'm glad to be able to post this for the first time here at Cigar Asylum.

This is one post that will not become property of someone who had nothing to do with creating it.

Cheers to you my BOTL brothers, you made this possible and cheered up some Soldiers a very long way from home.

Cheers,
Rob


EDIT: Below is the translated text added at the request of No1der. ~pnoon


Now I want to warn everyone that my Polish to English translation skills aren't very good.

I speak the language quite well but reading and writing are my weakpoints.

I think I did the text justice but I'm sure it could have been done better.

Below is a translation of the text:
"Mr. Robert W. Korczak-Sielicki (Me)

In the name of myself and all the soldiers of the Polish Contingency of the Army in Afghanistan I thirst to give in your hands the most sincere thanks for this warm gift that gave us such great joy.

Putting together the gesture of great respect I would like to give (you) the most sincere soldiers salute (my translation) and best wishes, lots of health and good tidings in your personal and professional life.

Signed.
Commander of Polish Contingent of the Army in Afghanistan.

Brigadier General Grzegorz Buszka"

Thank you for sharing this with us, as it is truly a result of your effort to initiate the collection and distribution of the cigars. You are recognized for your efforts and thoughts for the brave soldiers who sacrificially give of themselves for the good fight. To those BOTL I give my salute.

Originally Posted by brigey57

Thank you for sharing this with us, as it is truly a result of your effort to initiate the collection and distribution of the cigars. You are recognized for your efforts and thoughts for the brave soldiers who sacrificially give of themselves for the good fight. To those BOTL I give my salute.

Well I appreciate that very much. I guess inspite of having a big mouth I tend to be rather humble and sometimes I have a hard time accepting compliments. Thank you and everyone else for your kind words.

Now, I said that I thought I had a couple of pictures of me sorting cigars and I was right, I found it and sized it for the web.

The first two pictures are of me sorting all the singles that I recieved from the Jungle. I think I may have a picture of the bundles and boxes but I need to search through my documents.

So what you see in the first two pics are just the assorted singles that were sent to me for the troops.

The last picture is of myself and the Major who was also involved in helping me get those cigars to the troops.







Cheers,
Rob

Update:
For some reason I am unable to find any pics of the box's and bundled cigars. It might be on an old HDD that I'll look through later today when I hook it up.

Cheers,
Rob