Phil, You asked about the French forts that were part of
the French Maginot (sp?) line of defense facing Italy. You sent a picture
of one to Ben along with the ones of Scrappy Stewart and me. The way the
paper was folded this one came through. Inked at the bottom is
"Boyer and Russ". Chuck Boyer was one of my S-2 men and Russ
Miller from Iowa U was in B Co., first Bn. They are standing in one
of the openings to a huge complex for troops and artillery in a shaft that ran
all the way through the mountain. I took this picture after we had taken
the forts and surrounding ridges and mountains from the French or west (safe
from enemy artillery fire) side of the mountain.
Trust you had a pleasant and safe trip back to Denver.
Best regards, Howard Hensleigh
Phil McSpadden
am typing this with nly one ey, so forgive any
mistakes.
after four doctors became concerned with a
sty-like growth that had been on the lright lower eye lid right next to my
nose, I had it removed today.....went in a 7:45, had my friend Rick McIntyre
pick me up at 10:30.
By 12:30 I can remove the bandages from my eye
and start putting cold compresses on the eye for 20 minutes, then freezing the
eye patch for 40 minutes, then repeating the process for the next 3 days all t
he time I'm awake. The pain in starting to come into the eye, so
fortunately they gave me some pain pills as well as some
antibiotics.
The doctor said everything went well, but I was
asleep ()but didn't know it!!) while this was done, and felt nothing.....until
now!
So, all is well that ends well, and I'll get to
start golfing again a week from today.!!
Visited with my WWII airborne buddies all day
yesterday before I picked up my daughter Maya at 10PM....leaving the reunion,
got lost, drove about 20 miles toward Miami before I could turn around and get
back, and Maya's plane came in early and she was fraantic that I wasn't there,
but we finally met up at the baggage claim. Got home about 11:30 and she
was pooped, having left Calif afternnon on Friday, spending the night in Reno,
driving to Park City, UT on Saturday, unpacking, repacking and grabbing a plane
on Sunday to get here.
After dropping me off at the surgery center, she
went on to start her 5-week internship with a Dr Cai here in the villages, and I
won't see her until tonight to see how she fared.
All for now...just to up[-date you
all.
love, phil
Irma and Arnold
Targnion
Church of St Jacques - Maria GASPAR is welcoming
the Assembly. The flowers on the altar come from the gift of Mrs Barbara FEY -
JOHNSON;
Le message est prêt à être envoyé avec le fichier suivant ou
les liens joints :
janvier 2010 005
Bob
Dalrymple
Dear Ben : For Matt Akers; I am the former Commander
of the 596th Engrs . What is your connection with the 596th ? What do you
plan to "enact " ? Thanks . R W Dalrymple
AMITIE JEAN MICHEL ET ERIC
Have a break, WWII was also the good time of the Andrews Sisters..
Enjoy It!
Warmest regards
Mickael and Eric. le MUY Airborne Museum France
FAITES UNE PAUSE, LA LIBERATION
C'ETAIS AUSSI LE BON TEMPS DES ANDREWS SISTERS.. REGALEZ
VOUS!
AMITIE JEAN MICHEL ET
ERIC
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