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<DIV>Hi Stuart, Did you ever visit the area where your father was killed? I did
not realize it was that close to Steimbke. I had not pin pointed it on a
German map. I had a very detailed map of that area, but Mandy dear borrowed it
last year when she went to Berlin and that is the last I will ever see of it. I
guess I'll go to Border's and buy another one. </DIV>
<DIV> I was also thinking of Ed Gathman who went into France a few days
after D-Day to work as a postal worker with the army. His German that he had
learned at his grandparents farm was so good that the prisoners thought he
was from Hannover. </DIV>
<DIV> Will say an extra prayer when we go down to the cemetery tomorrow or
Monday. Yes, your dad gave the ultimate, and so many young men 18-20 gave so
much of their youth to keep us free. I often think that Dick was 18 and had
never been away from home before.</DIV>
<DIV> Peg's husband is a Canadian citizen and he has interviewed for a job
owed by a German company. He can't go there for a face to face interview unless
he gets an "early parole" from the Immigration Service. How our world has
changed. Love from Aunt Grace and Uncle Dick</DIV>
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