Mr. Karl Stroh
USS Dennis J. Buckley DD/DDR 808
18879 Harrison Road
Navarre, OH 44662

Dear Mr. Stroh:

        On behalf of the Board of Directors, please accept my sincere thanks and appreciation for this thoughtful donation to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society from the Shipmates of the USS Dennis J. Buckley DD/DDR 808. This contribution will be used in its entirety to provide relief services and programs for the tens of thousands of active duty and retired Sailors and Marines, and their families, who seek our assistance each year. During 2003, the Society disbursed $34.1 million in interest-free loans and grants in nearly 44,500 financial relief cases.

        Your donation this year is particularly memorable as the Society begins its year-long Centennial celebration. In its first century of service, the Society has provided more than $1 billion interest-free loans and grants to nearly 4 million clients. Our roots go back to the 1903 Army-Navy football game when President Theodore Roosevelt committed one-third of the gate receipts of that game ($9,000.00) to the Navy for the express purpose of establishing the Navy Relief Society.

        For Internal Revenue Service documentation purposes, this was a 655.00 cash contribution, dated October 29, 2004 and no goods or services were exchanged for the donation.

        Thank you again for your generosity and please convey our sincere appreciation to the crew of the USS Dennis J. Buckley DD/DDR 808 who helped to make this donation possible.

                                                                                                 Sincerely yours.

                                                                                                 Charles S. Abbot
                                                                                                 Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
                                                                                                 President and Chief Executive Officer