Applington, Iowa, native U.S. Army Sgt. Derrick Wygle, a mortarman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment Task Force Ironman, part of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, stands beside an Afghan boy at the Quala e’ Najil School School in Najil, eastern Afghanistan, Jan. 3. Wygle asked his wife for a couple of boxes of school supplied for Christmas. The people of Waverly and Bremer County, Iowa, responded with about 100.