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ruthabagah
05-05-2011, 09:22
This is a sad day…. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42910238/ns/world_news-asiapacific/http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42910238/ns/world_news-asiapacific/
 
I was in contact with his publisher in 2009 to get a copy of his book send to me as it is almost impossible to find here in the US. I did receive my copy in January this year….. amazing story.
 
I am taking a group of college kids and 2  WW2 veterans with their family to France in June, to visit Normandy and some WW1 sites in the Somme and Champagne area.  The last time I did this, in 2004 it was really emotional for all of us, including  a lady who never met her father who died in 1944 and was only identified in 1999….
 
OneGuy67
05-05-2011, 09:52
This is a sad day…. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42910238/ns/world_news-asiapacific/http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42910238/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

I was in contact with his publisher in 2009 to get a copy of his book send to me as it is almost impossible to find here in the US. I did receive my copy in January this year….. amazing story.

I am taking a group of college kids and 2 WW2 veterans with their family to France in June, to visit Normandy and some WW1 sites in the Somme and Champagne area. The last time I did this, in 2004 it was really emotional for all of us, including a lady who never met her father who died in 1944 and was only identified in 1999….


When I was stationed in Germany in '86-'87, I visited a number of the sites in France and Germany, but as an 18-year old, I didn't really appreciate the magnitude of what I was observing before me. I really want to go back and see them again, to see it through my much older, much wiser eyes and REALLY understand just how significant those sites are.
ruthabagah
05-05-2011, 10:10
When I was stationed in Germany in '86-'87, I visited a number of the sites in France and Germany, but as an 18-year old, I didn't really appreciate the magnitude of what I was observing before me. I really want to go back and see them again, to see it through my much older, much wiser eyes and REALLY understand just how significant those sites are.

Next trip is scheduled for 2014. Start saving I'll take you with me.
OneGuy67
05-05-2011, 10:17
I might take you up on that! 2014 gives me enough time to save. Thanks for the offer!
Elhuero
05-05-2011, 11:41
RIP to The Last of the Last.