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To: SAMWolf
SAM, Thanks for the great tribute. My father is one of the remaining veterans of this unit. He was with them from Helena to Ville Neuve then back to the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, then finally the Princess Pat's. He was close friends with Tommy Prince and often comments that Prince was even more heroic than people knew. Brave men that volunteered for suicidal missions. Great work SAM!
45 posted on 02/03/2003 12:19:56 PM PST by pgobrien
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To: pgobrien
You're Welcome.

Thanks for sharing about your dad with us, pgobrien.

Thank your dad for his service for me. Remember his stories and pass them on, they deserve to be heard and remembered.
46 posted on 02/03/2003 12:30:54 PM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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To: pgobrien
Are you and your dad aware of the Veterans History Project? It's a Library of Congress effort to collect and preserve audio- and video-taped oral histories, along with documentary materials such as letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and home movies, of America's war veterans and those who served in support of them.
49 posted on 02/03/2003 12:44:27 PM PST by Jen (Insert witty tag line here)
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To: pgobrien; singletrack; SAMWolf
My respects to your father for his service, pgobrien & singletrack.

Hey Sam here is another book for ya. The Devils Brigade unfortunately the authors name esapes me at the moment.
It is the book that the 1968 movie was based on.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}
62 posted on 02/03/2003 3:30:11 PM PST by alfa6 (Let us rest our eyes on the friendly skies, And the cool, green hills of Earth RAH)
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To: pgobrien
pg, thank your Dad for me for what he did. He has to be a very brave man.
74 posted on 02/03/2003 5:49:03 PM PST by The Real Deal
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