Hello, Claire,
To your question :
About how long does it take to drive from Draguinan to St.
Cezaire?
Draguignan is 57 kilometers (35 milles) far from Saint-Cézaire sur Siagne
but it is with a little road, sometime straight, but often with lot of
turns ! On ViaMichelin site web, below, they said one hour but I think it may be
more. Probably near 1h15 or 1h30.
To your question :
We may need help with hotel rooms
It is with pleasure ! For that, of course, I can not decide for myself and
must ask with Mrs Playoust and our major, Mr Coullet. I will told you as soon as
possible what we can do.
How many nights do you stay at Saint-Cézaire ? The night Saturday
22 to Sunday 23, the night 23 to 24 or both nights ?
Attending the event, for now :
-You
-Your father, Alan Johnson
-Mr Leo Dean
- Mr Ben barrett
- Mr Barrett's daughter
-Gene Frice
- Mr Frice's daughter
-Mr Hal Beddow
-Mrs Beddow
As you ask for, I had include Mrs Ben Barrett on emails.
Very nice to have you in touch !!!!!
Best regards
Jean-Marc
Subj: 04.01.2003.ceremonies
Date: 1/17/2003
10:25:09 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: arnold.targnion@belgacom.net
To: MMcmor8391@aol.com
CC: Ben517@aol.com
Dear
friends,
We do hope you are well. Here is Maria's
speech on January 4th at the church of St Jacques (Trois-Ponts) in memory of the
paratroopers who fought there in 1944.
It's now 58 years ago that thousands of young
men gave their blood and sleep eternally on the soil that liberated so
courageously and with tenacity. 58 years ago but neverless we cannot forget,
neither can they, the ones, numerous, who came back to pay with us their
respects in front of these monuments dedicated to their heroism. Age has left
its mark on their face, the time who went by, between that terrible period and
that disastrous winter is the same who grows our veterans away from their tragic
odyssey of 1940.
A lot of blood and many more tears were shed
before whole Europe was definitively liberated from the ones who had put thje
whole world under fire and blood. What would be the image that our today's
society could show to God if Hitler had won the war ? Our teenagers would be
SS's and would have lost their soul. It's to that youth, in love with justice
and peace, that we are talking to, even if we repeat ourself, so that that war
would be the last and may they take the lessons from the past mistakes, in order
to help them to build a world of peace. We will never stop to pây homage, with
deep respect and a tremendous gratitude to the Americans and to our veterans. We
owe them our freedom.
"The
gratefulness gets older very fast" (greek proverb)
We dedicate this Mass to the memory of the
victims and to the survivors. Thank you. Maria GASPAR - President of the
CADUSA.
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