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Subject: Honoring for Veterens Day
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 10:11:06 -0500 (EST)


Cousins,

First, I would like to tip my hat to all of you that are with us that are
veterens of the armed forces. Second, I would like to honor those veterens
in my family tree that are no longer with us.

My great uncle William Stewart Carman, called "Stew" by his family and
friends, served in the army in World War One. Born July 6, 1864 in Michigan,
he served from September 29th, 1917 to Jun 5th, 1919. He left for France on
March 30th, 1918. He was in the Meuse-Argonne offensive from September 26th
to November 11th, 1918 (anyone know details of this offensive?). He moved
toward the Front on September 5th, 1918 and was under fire until the end of
the war. On October 27th, 1918 was slightly gassed and was sent to field
hospital at Charpentry only to evacuate hospital same day for company. He
served under George M. Mott Jr., Captain Engr's and was in the 23rd Reg Engrs
Col.

Also my uncle Robert Leete Carman, born August 14th, 1915, served in World
War Two. He was commissioned an Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve, and given the
command of 28 enlisted men as an Armed Guard Officer aboard a merchant ship.
In this capacity he made several Atlantic crossings. In the Normandy
Invasion of "D" Day, his duty was to scuttle his ship on the beach to help
form a breakwater. For his services in this he was awarded the Navel
Commendation Ribbon by Admiral Stark for outstanding performance of duty. He
later went on a tour of duty in the Asiatic Theater. He came out of the
service with the rank of Lieutenant J.G., U.S.N.R. My cousin is still
looking for a letter he wrote just before the Nomandy Invasion to his wife
telling her that he didn't make it ... just in case he didn't. His older
brother Joseph Adix Carman was also in World War Two in the U.S. Navy in the
Pacific Theater of the war. I don't have any details of his tour of duty at
this time. My father, Philip Sackett Carman served during World War Two for
a short time in the U.S. Army but his asthma caused and early discharge fro
the service. I remember a story that he told me that many of his friends in
his company never returned from the Philippines (I still need to verify
this).

My mother's brother, James Bradford Doan, born November 16, 1916 served in
the U.S. Navy in World War Two in the Pacific Theater. I also don't have the
details of his tour of duty. His daughter said she remembered him saying he
was on a ship in the South Pacific and was under heavy fire and saw many men
die. It is this Uncle that I plan to honor in person, since his grave site
is only a 45 minute drive from me at the Ivylawn cemetary in Ventura, CA. I
am taking my two children to teach them the meaning of Veterens Day.

I may have other ancestors that were veterens of war, but these are the ones
from the wars of this century. I had ancestors on both sides of the war of
1812 and the revolutionary war.

Thank you again,

Matt Carman

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