2005 Biannual Reunion
August 15-19,
2005
Savannah, Ga.
Bob Dalrymple
Dear friends and family, As some of you know,
Garnet has been in and out
of the ER several times over the past two months.
She has endured a
number of various "procedures", the latest of which
is an EGD: has to do
with the esophagus (sp). Brought her home yesterday and
seem to be
improving. Garnet suffers from diabetes, type 2, as well as
congestive
heart failure. However , she is not bedridden and is in good
spirits.
She is not infirm , though she does need her cane most of the time.
As a
consequence of her condition, we have to watch her
weight, bp, glucose, etc
very carefully. I know many of you have similar
problems or worse. Such
are the "Golden Years". Love, Bob
Tom McAvoy
Was George Hartman from Indianapolis Ind.??? This fellow I knew
was a
school teacher after he came back from WW II
If he is from Indpls, I
do recall him, and shall send you some
more information after you tell
me of him, Tom McAvoy
Tom McAvoy
My wife and I were in Paris France a couple of years ago, and we
had
taken a taxi cab some-where and I mentioned to the driver that I
had
Parachuted into Southern France on the Invasion of So France??
The
driver became so excited that here he was hauling a Veteran that
had
helped liberate his country. He nearly wrecked his cab trying to
turn in
his seat to shake hands with me?? Then after I returned home I
mentioned
to a German lady working at our local cleaners, that we had just
returned
from France, and she startled me, by saying ,"You know the French
people
don't like the Americans" I wondered what she thought they
thought of
the Germans??? Tom McAvoy
John Bramswig
Hello Ben,
Can you send out?
My nephew who is 12
years old just finished reading a book about WWII
for a school report.
Since I am such a WWII buff, I asked him If I
could take a look at
it..
The story is of two soldiers, one American, one German in the
Ardennes
1944-45 up to the Siegfried Line & beyond. The American
GI, as it is
mentioned, is in the 17th Airborne Division. Wasn't the
517th in the
17th?
Book is called Soldier Boys, by Dean Hughes.
I have not read it, but
perhaps it is of interest for you to recommend to
your families kids.
Regards,
John Bramswig
son in law of Edmund
Marconi, Co A, 517 PIR, (deceased & deeply missed,
from
Brooklyn)
PS - as always, does anyone out there remember my father in
law? Any
story, good, bad or the other is wanted!!!!!!!!