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Subject: Re: [AQUITAINE] Lagrave/Labrucherie/Arnautou/Eysus, France
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 18:54:13 -0000
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Author: CoconutQueen
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What a wonderful story about your father and mother and the engagement ring from the Arnautou's jewlery store!
No, I don't know what the name means in Bearnese.
I have lived in Hawaii for many years and have read that Biarritz (not sure if I spelled that correctly) is a popular surfing spot and that the people who surf there know who Hawaii-born surfer Duke Kahanamoku is.
Also, Bruyeres is one of Honolulu's sister cities. Duringn World War II, Bruyeres was under German occupation, and it was the American Soldiers of Japanese ancestry from Hawaii who liberated Bruyeres from the German occupation. They were the soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. I understand that those soldiers who so bravely became sons of Hawaii are still regarded as heros in Bruyeres.
I feel so many ties to the area of France where my family came from.
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