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Entry of Apr 03, 2003 at 15:32 [EST]
Name: Brent George
Unit: VF-143 Pukin Dogs
EMail: brent.george@epstechnology.com
How I found the 517th page: Other
Comments: Hey everyone, I am totally amazed at all of our technology being used in Iraq. Can you believe the casualty reports. If anyone gets hurt it is usually an accident. I pray every day for our soldiers who have all volunteered to put themselves into harms way to defend the freedoms our nation has given so many lives to defend in the past. I am still looking for anyone who might have known my grandfather in Battery 'D' of the 460th; Clarence Lee George of St. Louis, MO. He was on the Christmas roster. I can be reached at brent.george@epstechnology.com
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Subj: Thanks 
Date: 4/3/2003 6:19:58 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: e.monfort@belgacom.net

Dear Mr Barrett,
 
Dear Friend,
 
Just a few words !    Thank you so much for your rapid answer.  I'm already write a letter to Mr Webb and Mr Calder.
 
I will inform you about their answer !
 
Sincerely,
 
Eddy
 
P.S. : Are you interesting to obtain the photo of captain James Patrick BIRDER. I/517th.  I received a souvenir (mortuary) of 1945 from John W.Chism who I was in touch in 1991. 
 
Eddy MONFORT
15, Rue de la Gotte
B-6960 MANHAY
BELGIUM
Email: em11@freegates.be
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Subj: FW:  
Date: 4/3/2003 3:09:34 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: rbarrett@alum.mit.edu
To: ben517@aol.com

Have you heard about the new Iraqi air force exercise program?
Each morning you raise your hands above your head and leave them there.

What is the Iraqi air force motto?
I came, I saw, Iran.

What's the five-day forecast for Baghdad?
Two days.

What do Miss Muffet and Saddam Hussein have in common?
They both have Kurds in their way.

What is the best Iraqi job?
Foreign ambassador.

Did you hear that it is twice as easy to train Iraqi fighter pilots?
You only have to teach them to take off.

How do you play Iraqi bingo?
... F-16 ... B-52 ... F-18 .... A-10

What is Iraq's national bird?
Duck.

What do Saddam Hussein and General Custer have in common?
They both want to know where the hell those Tomahawks are coming from!

Why does the Iraqi navy have glass bottom boats?
So they can see their Air Force
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Subj: Battle of Bergstein 
Date: 4/5/2003 2:05:09 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: RCooper663

Ben:
I am not as articulate or have the command of the English language as Gene Brissey or Howard Hensleigh but I remember the night of Battle of Bergstein. I don't remember dates, but I will never forget that night. That slippery muddy climb and the flares every few feet trying to stay in side of the markers that the sappers had marked trying to be as quite as possible. Just before daylight the word came back along the line Lt. Cooper can you lead us back. The first squad of the 3rd Platoon of D company was near the rear of that line. What was left of us The only problem was that Lt. Cooper was wounded the day before. So I being the only Cooper around said to my self I am not Lt. Cooper but I can lead us back.
So Cpl. R. Cooper lead the way and we got off that slippery muddy hill or mountain. 
Bob Cooper
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_Subj: Fwd: Professor De Genova (Columbia Univ) 
Date: 4/4/2003 9:07:50 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Genesir
To: Ben517

Well... !!
     The Pres. of Columbia University responded to my outrage. This related to Professor De Genova's remarks to the effect that "he wished America would lose this war and suffer 100 Somalia's" (where we lost a number of American soldiers).
     Nothing was said concerning disciplinary action of said Professor, however it appears that many took strong exception to the Professors comments.
     I guess the Professor will receive his retribution in hell, and I would be happy to provide that for him. I guess we must be reminded we cannot forget the President (Columbia) represents an important aspect of American freedom and the Constitution provisions that protection even to the Professor.
     So, God Bless American, our Commander in Chief, and the troops in the field.
          Gene Frice
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Forwarded Message:
Subj: Re: Professor De Genova 
Date: 4/4/2003 3:15:12 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: par2106@columbia.edu
Reply-to: 403response@columbia.edu
To: Genesir@aol.com

I want to acknowledge your email message concerning Assistant
Professor De Genova's remarks.  I am appalled by his outrageous
comments. I want to assure you that his comments in no way represent
my views nor anyone with whom I have spoken at the University.  His
comments were not made in a classroom, but rather at a teach-in, an
informal gathering where faculty and students come together to discuss
and debate the pressing and important issues of the moment.  They are
not authorized or officially sanctioned classroom experiences.

Assistant Professor De Genova was exercising his freedom of speech
when he made those remarks.  However, free speech does not insulate
him from criticism.  Our faculty and students, regardless of their
position on the war, have not been silent in their denunciation of his
remarks.

While Nicholas De Genova's words properly invite anger and sharp
rebuke, there are few things more precious on any University campus
than freedom of thought and expression.  That is the teaching of the
First Amendment and I believe it should be the principle we live by at
Columbia University.

I appreciate your adding your voice to those who have expressed their
opinions.  At a time of war, when American troops are in harm's way,
his comments are especially disturbing.  I am particularly saddened
for the families of those whose lives are at risk and who must endure
the pain provoked by his statements.

Sincerely,

Lee C. Bollinger
President
Columbia University
 
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