This year, the tradition of Americans mailing letters to men and women serving in the U.S. military overseas for the holidays has fallen victim to the war on terrorism and the fear of anthrax. But anyone with Internet access still can send good wishes to service members.

        The U.S. Navy has set up a Web site called AnyServiceMember.Navy.mil where Americans can send messages to those in all branches of the military.

        On Monday at Erpenbeck Elementary School in Union, U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas, D-Ky., joined fourth-grade students to send messages to those overseas.

        The AnyServiceMember.Navy.mil Web site replaces a program in operation since the Persian Gulf War in which people in the United States wrote letters distributed to service members. The mail program was shut down this year, Department of Defense officials say, because of the fear of letters containing anthrax reaching troops serving overseas.

        On the Navy Web site, people are invited to send general messages to servicemen and servicewomen that can be directed to those from a particular state or a specific branch of the service.

        The service members — most of whom have easy Internet access, even in the war zone — can scroll the Web site and look at the messages. The service members can reply if an e-mail address is included.

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