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From: "C. Hurley" <>
Subject: Re: [CRF] Re: Mary; 21-gun salute
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 23:59:22 -0500
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That was compared to some a easy reading story.
The stories I was talking about are horrific..and to me not to be
written, unless for only adult eyes.
And I honestly do not belive I could write them or tell them.
I have to wonder if they can and will ever do so .


Connie
~ * In Beautiful Western Kentucky * ~

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----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: August 16, 2001 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CRF] Re: Mary; 21-gun salute


> In a message dated 08/16/2001 9:31:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
>
> > I wish I was there to sit
> > and talk with them!
> >
> -------------------------
> Can you imagine the stories that could be recorded from the
men who
> refused to talk about their WW2 experiences. My brother-in-law was
one of
> those men. The few stories he told included one about General
Patton. My
> b-i-l was an electrician. He recalled that about once a week he
was called
> into the general's office to change his telephone. The general was
paranoid
> and thought his line was being tapped. While sitting on the floor
working on
> the telephone, General Patton would stand and stare at him, never
saying a
> word. You can imagine what an uncomfortable feeling that would be!
> One day, while changing the phone lines, the general asked my
b-i-law
> where his helmet was. He wasn't wearing it. He lost his
sargeant's stripes
> for that. Reduced to a buck private!
> Pat


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