[Gathnet] Greetings to all you gathnetters this Memorial Day weekend.

[stuart g gathman]

Dear Gathnetters,
First of all, I need to let you that I have changed my cell phone 
number.  It is now:  619 212 3252.  I won't go into the reasons why this 
was done, but it helps a number of people.  I am now in our Beth's 
family plan.  I could quit my old contract because it was over.  Beside 
the new phone has a camera and all that kind of goodies in it.

As we approach the Memorial Day weekend, this 60th anniverserie of the 
end of the wwII in Europe,  I again remember the reason my Dad and the 
others who who gave there lives in that war did it.  It was to preserve 
liberty for those of us here in the US and to liberate those under the 
Nazi and Imperial Japanese thumb.  I am not sure how many of you know 
but my Dad was killed just about 50 miles from the village (Steimke) in 
Germany from where the Gathmans orginated.  He really was liberating the 
German people from the Nazi evil.   I hope we all appreciate what they 
did.  In these days when it seems that our liberties are being curtailed 
by courts and laws we need to remember what was given to us as a gift.  
I wonder if this country has the unity and "guts" to repeat the deeds of 
those whom we remember. 

I think of those gathnetters who are in the service today, especially 
our Jim and Scott and Kurt Glennon.  Thank you guys for all you do for 
us!!!!  It is interesting that we really are a Navy family now.  Jim is 
on deployment with the USS Paul Hamilton. He sent us a number of very 
interesting pictures of a visit they recently made to Okanawa.  While 
they aren't being shot at at this moment, they are ready for any 
contingency.  I am really proud of "my boys"!!!

love to you all,  der alt grossvater.