Socks For Heroes Golf Tournament

San Clemente Marine Corp Support Group Golf Tournament to raise funds for Socks For Heroes - Socks for Heroes has sent over 390,000 pairs of socks since May of 2011 While many have been reading about the recent Troop Drawdowns, the United States still has Troops deployed in harm’s way in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East. These men and women live under conditions that would make the average American Citizen cringe. They do it without complaint regardless of the discomfort and danger. And while we don’t see a lot of coverage in the media talking about it, they are standing between the American People and a ruthless enemy, who if left unchecked, would bring their brand of terrorism to our shores. Why Socks? Well the infantry spends all of their time on their feet. They have no laundry facilities, so they have to wash their socks in the canals and air dry them. While in California, this would be no problem, but where they are located, the sand and grit gets into them and make them unusable within a couple of days. Speaking to over 100 field Marines, the answer was uniform: “Send us Socks