[potlatch]

Thanks for telling me about the book, TEXOKIE. I haven't read it, but the Title is well known to me. I didn't even notice the difference in the two mens names till you pointed it out!

The poem is so touching, is IS like a prayer, I think!

[TEXOKIE]

You are welcome for the book recommendation, potlatch! I think I have become irrational on the subject. I have been going out of my way trying to get people to read it. Maybe it isnt as good as I think it is, but it really struck a chord in me at the time I was reading it. I truly believe it is worth the time if it is a subject that interests you at all.

I had to bend my head around that name coincidence also, potlatch. It turns out that Stevenson, the author, worked for Stephenson, Intrepid. Stevenson was given unprecedented access to all of Intrepid's papers. He also had the benfit of being there himself, plus if he had a question, he could ring up Intrepid and get clarification.

I had the same experience, potlatch, wrt to the title. I have a memory of it being in my parent's bookcase next to their bed for years. I had never read it.

I agree with you about the poem. I think it is a very powerful statement and prayer of which people in a free nation must be cognizant when they are in a time of war and someone is out there putting their life on the line.