Days of Our Lives # 77 - July 19, 2002. (Condensed edition)
e-mail changes
From: Buzz Gamble, Det 27, 66-67, gamble@pocketmail.com
Please change my email address to - bgamble@saturn.caps.maine.edu
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NEWLY FOUND VET'S
ANDRONACO, Mike, E5, Special Services, Det 27, JL65-JA67,
(Lorraine), 60 Catella Rd., Essex Junction, VT., 05452,
802-878-5911, landronaco@msn.com . Mike is 59 and has been on the
Master Roster for a long time and just recently his email address
became known and am waiting for his BIO.
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OBERBROECKLING, Robert G. (OB). See below for details from LTC,
Ret Vannoy: From: Claude E. Vannoy, 03-04, Det 27, JN65-JN68,
(Ginny), North Wildesboro, NC., vace@charter.net Cc:
Robert G Oberbroeckling Hey
Elder, Here is a new one for you. Major
"OB" Robert G. Oberbroeckling, Commander, Det 4-2,
Adana, Turkey, 1965-1967. This was the ASA Det that manned the
Navy Acft. His address is: 14341 W. Patrick Henry Rd. Doswell, VA
23047-2058, (804) 883-5751, c21ob@aol.com
OB was also CO of Det-4 around 72-73 time frame. He
would like information on the Hershey Reunion and would like for
you to mail him a copy of your Master Roster. He would like to
establish contact with Lt. Clifford Faith that was at Det 4-2 and
he thinks may be in Calif??? There was also WO
Stewart ( ? first name) at Det 4-2. If anyone has contacts
with either, ask them to contact OB. Claude
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IN SICK BAY I talked with Toni Rissi the other nite and she told
me that her husbands, Bill Risse, health is
not too good. Bill Risse was a Captain, then was promoted to
Major as the Company Commander of Co A, Det 27, 64-66. Toni is
now his caretaker and breaks her
heart to see his dimentia turn slowly to the A word. I'm
Sure that they would enjoy hearing from any of their old friends
from Manzarali. Send get well cards to: Bill and Toni
Risse, 4045 Salem Square Court, Palm Harbor, FL 34685 or call
727-789-0661
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TAPS
MISSEY - From Bonnie Cooper came word that Joseph Missey had died
of cancer 11 March 2002. According to Burt
Slesinger files Joe had served in the following ASA
organizations (in chronological order starting in 1955):126th ASA
Det 4, Okinawa; 126th ASA Co, Japan; 12th FS, Japan;
Fort Devens (4x); TUSLOG Det 27, Turkey; 319th USASA Bn, Germany;
8th RRFS,Thailand; 3rd FS, Okinawa; and, Fort Leonard Wood,
MO. MULLIN - I learned at FASAF 2002 that COL George
Robert Mullin had passed away in October 1989. He had a
long and distinguished 22-year career in ASA with assignments in:
Monterey, CA; Arlington Hall Station, VA; Fort Devens, MA;
Bamberg, Herzogenaurach & Frankfurt, Germany; NSA; Fort
Clayton, Panama; and Sinop, Turkey. [It was LTC Mullin who
presided over my promotion to E-8 at Ft. Devens.- - -gH]
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BIO's
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES Q. NOLAN
BORN 24 NOV 1925 IN SOUTHWEST, PA Raised and educated
through high school in Greensburg, Pa. Drafted into the Army on
28 Dec 1943 and ended up staying for over 25 years.
Received my basic training at Fort Lee, Va. After basic and a
short leave(during which time I got married) I was shipped to the
European Theater and was assigned to the 117th General
Hospital. Returned stateside in Aug 1945 and was assigned
to Fort Dix, N. J. During this period I was promoted to
T/Sgt and became a new Father to a great little boy. At
this point I decided along with my wife Rita to make the Army my
career. Received orders in 1947 for shipment to Alaska
where I was assigned to the Quartermaster Section, Hq's US Army,
Alaska as the Quartermaster Sgt Major. I was promoted to
M/Sgt in 1948. In June 1950 while rotating back
stateside all military personnel where extended for 12
months. Reassigned to Fort Dix and promoted to Warrant
Officer. I was the Chief of the Food Processing Division,
which included the Central Meat Cutting Plant, Bread and Pastry
Bakeries and Ration Breakdown providing food to 57 individual
Mess Halls feeding in excess of 58,000 troops. My time to
go to Korea came up in 1952 and I was assigned as the Cl II &
IV Officer, Quartermaster Section, Korean Base Section. Nov 1953
I was transfered to Japan and assigned to the Japan Petroleum
Depot in Yokahama as the Depot Property Officer with additional
duty of Civilian Personnel Officer. My family, wife and two
childern, joined me in Japan in June 1954. In June
1955 returned stateside and was assigned to the Petroleum
Department, Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Va. as a student in
the
Officer's Petroleum Supply and Analysis Course. Upon completion
of the course and because I was the Honor Graduate I was selected
to go on industry training for four months with the
Plantation Pipeline Company in the Southeastern United States.
After industry training, back to the QM School for duty as a
Petroleum Instructor with additional duties as Department Supply
Officer and Project Officer for a training film (Maintenance of
Petroleum Pipeline). The films was shot at Fort Lee and Craney
Island, Va and put together at the Army Pictorial Center in Long
Island, N. Y. In Jan 1958 I received an alert that I
was to get orders for an assignment in
Germany. I was assigned to the Quartermaster Section,
Hq's Seventh Army as Chief of and was briefed the Personnel and
Administrave Division and was responsible for the assignment of
QM Officers and Warrant Officers coming to Germany from the USA.
I was promoted to CW3 in June 1958. Upon completion of my
tour in Germany I was once again reassigned back to Fort Lee wher
I became the S-4 of the QM School Troop Command, with additional
duty of Food Advisor.
MY LONE ASA ASSIGNMENT WAS AT MANZARALI STATION Finally in
Mid 1963 I was notified that I would be getting an ASA assignment
in Turkey in Jan 1964. Upon arrival in Turkey complete with three
childern I spent the first couple of days renting a
apartment. Reported into Det 27 and was briefed by Col
Barton and Butler. Col Butler stated that I would assist
him in conducting inspections of all the troops and facilities in
a pre IG inspection. I was supposed to be the Property Book
Officer, but Col Butler talked Col Barton into keeping me in S-4
as the assistant. The assignment ended up being great, really
enjoyed it, never worked harder and enjoyed it more. Lt Col
Dooley was a great person to work for and as far as he was
concerned I could do no wrong. I conducted every S-4 briefing
that was given during the time I was there. Then too I along with
Lt Col Jim Hunt and Whitlock did the first study on the closing
of Det 27. The project was so highly classified that the
need to know was between the three of us and Col Barton and
Butler. I remember Col Barton telling Dooley that he was
not to ask me what I was working on. During my assignment I had
additional duties of Food Service Advisor and Laundry &
Dry Cleaning Officer. At one time for a couple of months I
was the Post Signal Officer and the Engineer Accountable
Officer. I did not get to know many people in operations
but knew all the support personnel. I will enjoy seeing and
talking to all that come to the reunion. We, my wife and
children lived in Ankara and in spite of the living
conditions we enjoyed our tour. My wife was an avid
golfer and bowler. Promoted to CW4 in Sep 1964. Upon
completion of my Turkey tour I was returned to the USA, for
assignment to the Continential Army Command Fort Monroe,
Va. I was the assistant Post S-4, primarily concerns were
the Commissary Operations and the Property Book. I applied
for retirement in Sep but the Army disapproved it saying the
needs of the service made it necessary to retain me for another
12 months. The disapproval came back in December and I had orders
for Vietnam in January. I actually went to Vietnam in May
l967. While inVietnam I was the Stock Control and Budget Advisor
to
the Vietnamese Engineer Depot. I was a member of MACV
Advisory Team 101. In May 68 I was reassigned back to the
Quartermaster School, Subsistence Department as the Budget and
Supply Officer. I applied for retirement again in
February 1969 to be retired in August 1969. This time it
was approved and my retirement date was 1 Aug 1969.
Awards and Decorations Bronze star with 2 oak leaf clusters, Army
Commendation Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Good Conduct Medal,
American and European Medals, WWII Victory Medal, Army Occupation
Medal, Reserve Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Korea Service
Ribbon with 2 battle stars, Vietnam Service Ribbon with 3 battle
stars, United Nations Ribbon, Vietnam Honor Medal, Vietnam Army
Engineer Badge. Korean Presidential Medal.
In Oct 1970 I went to work for Philip Morris in Richmond. I
worked in the Controllers Department until April 1984. A great
job, good salary,excellent benefits and a great company. I then
decided that I still had some good years left so I decided to do
volunteer work. I worked as a counselor for The Service Corp of
Retired Executives (SCORE), Director and Vice President of the
Southside Virginia Retired Officers Association, Financial
Advisor with the Army Community Service and the local
Catholic Church. In 1997 I decided to give it all up in
order that my wife and I could do some more traveling.
Traveling we have done, Europe, South America, numerous Cruises
and a trip cross country to Seattle, then from Vancover, B. C. we
drove across Canada, a good eight week trip. Many shorter
trips within the states and
were still planning on more.
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From: "Nelson Murray" SP5, 058, Det 27, SE60-JL62,
(Sandy), Houston, TX., nmurraymx@hotmail.com
I was hoping that things would slow down a bit, but it looks like
I will be unable to make the reunion in Hershey this
September. We have just moved from Mexico to Houston and
are still recovering and settling in. I regret that I will
be unable to attend and would definitely be interested in
attending next year, however, if the group decides to do
that. Are you or someone compiling data to include in some
kind of reunion book or something like that? I've seen a
couple of items referring to BIO's, but somehow I seem to have
missed the details on that. I would be happy to send any
information if I know what you're looking for. Also, I
would really like to get a copy of anything that you put
together, especially contact names and info.
Hope to see you in the future. Thank you for all that you
are doing to make this happen.
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From: "Don Salcido", SP5, 05H, Det 27, 66-67, Chula
Vista, CA., dsalcido2@cox.net Here is my REUNION
schedule. I will be renting a full size car
from Enterprise. If anyone requires a ride to or from the
Hotel I would be happy to assist them.
Outbound:
NorthWest 936K 12SEP TH LAXDTW 200A 921A
NorthWest 5892K 12SEP TH DTWMDT 1020A 1155A
Arriving in Harrisburg 1155A
Return:
NorthWest 1461K 15SEP SU MDTDTW 915A 1044A
NorthWest 933K 15SEP SU DTWLAX 1210P 212P
Leaving Harrisburg 9:15A [Don is from the San Diego area
and attended the 2001 Ft Devens reunion. He stayed in the
San Diego Airport and caught the 1st east bound flight to depart
that airport after the 9/11 shutdown. He flew into
Pittsburgh, then caught a flight to Hartford, CT where he rented
a car and drove to Fort Devens. Don is a dedicated veteran-
- -gH]
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From: Philip W Kelly Subject: Turf Club
dinner, Elder, - Somewhere along the line I may have missed
out on some information. For awhile (not anymore) I didn't get
email from you and was wondering if you covered the subject of
the dinner cost at the Turf club. I don't think I made any
reservations there. Do you require an advance on that? Is there a
choice of food? Sorry if this is something that you've been
over and over, but, like I said, I missed out on some of the
mailings. Regards,Phil
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From: WDDCBENDER@comcast.net
Dear Elder: As I now know, I already have my reservations at
the Holiday Inn! The check is in the mail today, and I'll be out
of the country until July 28th. I'm off to the UK tomorrow, get
back Thursday 19th and then leave 10 hours later for the Cayman
Islands! I come back tanned, relaxed, and ready for my sons
wedding on the 10th of August. I like being the father of the
groom. I don't have any responsibilities!!!!! Best Regards
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From: Ralph Richter, SP5, 05K, Det 27, 66-67, Columbus, OHRicRalph@aol.com>
What activities at the reunion do you think are OK for Lee to
attend, Top. She's five. Thinking about the
Saturday evening dinner at Penn National Race Track-- some
of those establishments don't allow children, and that's OK with
us. Just trying to put together our agenda before I send
you the money.
Thanks.[Ralph-It's okay for Lee to be at the Turf Club for the
meal and there is no charge for her meal- - -gH]
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From: Don Tarr, SP5, Det 66, 66-67, dtarr@njea.org.
Merhaba Elder: I may be able to attend, or at least drop
by, but my work schedule is such that I’m not certain at
this point.My daughter-in-law is from Carlisle, (although my son
and daughter-in-law live near Pittsburgh) they sometimes visit
her folks in Carlisle, which is just a hop, skip, and jump from
Hershey. I live in Edison, New Jersey – about 2 ½ hrs. from
Hershey by car. I may be able to take off a day and drop by. I
wish a few guys from Det 66 were coming. Although I knew a
number of guys from Det 27, my closest friends were from my
outfit, 66. I’ve tried to reach out through the internet
and locate some of them, but they haven’t jumped into Days
of Our Lives like you guys from Det 27. Thanks for calling,
friend. I truly enjoy reading from “Days of our Lives.”
It brings back memories that seem like just yesterday, even
though for me it’s been 35 years since that sunny day on
October 15, 1967 that I walked off Site 23, took the carry all to
Esenboga and boarded Pan Am – first to Paris for 5 days and
then Ft. Hamilton for discharge. Good luck. Good Health.
Talk to U soon….....dt kkkkkkkk
From: "Dave Althouse" Sp5, Supply, Det 27, 66-68,
(Rose), Reading, PA., DAlthouse@TRSINC.ORG
I PLAN ON DRIVING TO HERSHEY FOR THE DAY WITH A COUPLE LOCAL
FELLOWS FROM DET 27 & DET 4 THEN RETURN HOME
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From: "james q nolan", CW4, S4, Det 27, JA64-JN66,
(Rita), Hopewell, VA., jimmy1905@juno.com
Hi Elder - Talked to Col Homer Butler the other night
and he told me they could not make the reunion. They are in
the process of selling there home in Pileups, NC
and moving to Silver Springs, MD. Hope all
is going well, I can imagine that your really working hard
to insure the success of the reunion. I sponsored two
of our WI reunions but would not do it again.
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From: Preston White, E5, MP, Det 27, 66-68, (Louise),
Cheshire, CT., PLWhite570@aol.com
Elder, - I plan to attend the Hershey reunion in September
but haven't made hotel reservations because I work for a company
located in the general area. They have a guest house so I
plan to stay there. I plan to attend with my wife, also a
former resident of Site 23. Regards, [Note: Louise was a
Manzarali brat as her father was CT1 (E6) Louis Cordeiro who
was with Det 115 at Manzarali 1966-68. Louis died in 1989 and his
widow, Tina, lives in Somerset, MA- - -gH]
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From: Julian Hargus,
SP4, 711/059, Det 27, 60-62, (Linda), Jefferson City, MO., ziphargus@yahoo.com
Subject: Ted Nelson Elder, Navato is just a few miles from SF. I
was stationed at Two Rock (Petaluma) and my son was born at
Hamilton Air Force base (Navato) which was half way between
Petaluma and San Francisco.
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From: Norman Mau, SP4, Det 27, JA65-JN66, (Theresa),
Potomac, MD., maun@yahoo.com ER, Sorry
to bother you again. Per the instructions, I am planning to
go up Friday morning with the
intention of golfing in afternoon, if I can walk on at a
local course. Theresa is not planning on attending. I
mailed the Dinner check this AM. I am interested in Golf for
Saturday too. Thanks,
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From: Allan J. Bagnall, SP5, 058, Det 27, MR-OC61 and Det 4,
OC61-JN62, New Freedom, PA., AllanCCCC@aol.com>
Hi.. We have just returned from a trip to England and would like
more information on the Hershey reunion.. As it stands now I/we
will attend but because we live in New Freedom/Shrewsbury we will
not
need any rooms. Please give me a web address of a place where I
can get the activity schedule..Is there a Stan Dilly coming from
Michigan. Thanks
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From: "Daryl Waite", SP4, Det 66, DE63-JA65, (Hope),
Carthage, IL., k9jpq@hotmail.com Elder: Received a
suspicious message recently. It was from a
"Mauler" and was apx 127K in length. Opened
message, and noted that the header did not mention an
attachement, no message was downloading, so immediately hit
the "sign out" to stop the download.
(Some advantages to slow connections) Phoned the
"sender" who denied sending the message. OK,
have read that spammers (and virus freaks) often
"borrow" legitimate addresses to send out their
messages. This way, they don't have their mailboxes clogged
with responses and are free to go about their
business. Since then, the following have appeared on the
inbox: JRKOVIC A
IE 6.0 patch Jul
11 127K
wdhartranft1
Cellspacing
Jul 6 126K
schnappsy1 please try
again Jul
3 127K
Telephone calls to two of the above have confirmed that
they did NOT send these messages. So, if anyone
can shed any light on this puzzle, let me know. Also,
beware of any messages you may receive in the 125K to 130K
catagory. Has anyone else received these? [Daryl- Yes,
I've received them, but the Declude Virus software of my ISP
(yourinter.net) scans and quarantines them before they reach my
in-box which is protected by Norton.- - -gH]
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From: Bill Hartranft
Merhaba - We plan on being to the Hershey reunion, but
haven't yet reserved a room. We're traveling to Rome the
following month then to Phoenix in November so...naturally, we're
counting dimes. New address: 69 Manor Ave., Oaklyn, NJ 08107, 856
858 6756 Daryl Waite called me yesterday about a msg I sent him
in early July.... Must be a scum bag who is
virusing us. The person obviously has carnal knowledge of
his mother and great grand mother. I was off line from late
June until the day before yesterday. Nasty pieces
of fecal matter!!!!Be well.......and have some fun...
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"Buzz Osswald" buzzman66@hotmail.com>
Elder... Tks for the reunion info. My wife & I are
planning to be there, but we'll prob. stay with a buddy of mine
in Carlisle. If you have any sort of sched. of events
for Fri., Sat., & Sun. Pls e-mail me. I was with John
Owen at Sinop. He was my "Yeni" in ops. Best
regards and tks. in advance for sending me further info. Buzz (
Ozzie ) Osswald
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From: Larry Camp, SP5, 05H, Det 27, JA67-NO67 & Det 4-4,
NO67-JL68, (Diane), Coldwater, MI., campdc@cbpu.com
(Diane was in Turkey) We will be attending the ASA
TUSLOG Reunion. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: John Kerns, Det 4, JL60-JL61, (Sherry), 105 Hillside
Dr., West, Oelwein, IA 50662, 319-283-2117, skerns@trxinc.com
Elder: I was stationed at Det 4 July 60-July 61. I
would appreciate info about reunion. Do you have anyone attending
from Sinop that was stationed there at that time? I would be
interested in attending if there would be anyone I was stationed
with. Best regards Thank you for quick response. I got your
address from the ASA website.There was a listing of pending
reunions. in 1999 my wife and I attended a reunion at Bad
Aibling. Approx 30 attended with spouses.It was a great time. I
have had contact with Bill Simons.In your e-mail you mentioned
Larry Heese of Cedar Rapids,Iowa.That is only about a hour
away. Vance Brehm and Jack Barberi we at Sinop ,same time as I
was there.I am quite sure they were from Carlisle,Pa.Have you
ever had any contact ? I would be interested in your newsletter.
Please excuse my ignorance,but wasn"t familiar with Det 4-4.
Best regards, John Kerns
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From: Vic Pryor I'm going to have to pass
again this time - should be in France for the month of Sept. -
Keep the cards and letters coming, its great to hear from the
others that experienced the 'good' times. Thanks
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From: "Stanley T. Winarski", SP5-1LT, Spook, Det 27,
62-65, (Carol), Hampton, VA., winarski@cox.net Sorry
we will not be able to attend.
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From: "Tom Finley3rd", 1LT, Det 4, 72-73, (Mary),
Ballwin, MO., tfranklinfinley3rd@worldnet.att.net Thanks
for the update on the Hershey reunion. Sounds like it will be
much fun, but unfortunately I will not be able to attend
this year. Best wishes for a successful meeting.
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From: Gene Cram About
to leave for GA-NC-TN-VA for couple of weeks. Will fwd
dools soon as I get back regards --gene
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From: Joe Elsberry, SP5, 058/059, Det 27, 63-64, Columbus, MS., GPE42@aol.com
Good morning Elder, Darby and I are relaxing on St. Pete
Beach so I will not be able to send you
"the list" until next week when we return to Columbus.
We have a wedding conflict with the reunion so we will not be
able to attend. The sun and sand is calling and maybe a cold
beer.
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From: Gary J. Anderson
Will not be attending the reunion this year. The events that
screwed up last's years reunion have totally bummed me out.
I figure if I don't go....insures the U.S. will be safe.
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From: Kelly Jelacic Chuck, Harlow Lawson,
my uncle, unfortunately will not be able to the reunion but
appreciates all of the information that you have sent
to him and would appreciate your continued
correspondences in the future.Thanks, Kelly Jelacic ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Ray Melchiorre, SP5, Medic, Det 27, 63-65, Houston,
TX., RaymondJoe@aol.com
Subject: ABC TV PROGRAMMING
Jim Neugent is a coach in Childress, Texas. Jim
writes: My name is Jim Neugent. I wrote to ABC
(on-line) concerning a program called "The
Practice." In last nights episode, one of the lawyer's
mother's decided she is gay and wanted her son to go to court and
help her get a marriage license so she could marry her 'partner.'
I sent the following letter to ABC yesterday and really did
not expect a reply, but I did get one. My original message
was: ABC is obsessed (or should I say abscessed) with the subject
of homosexuality. I will no longer watch any of your attempts to
convince the world that homosexuality is OK. THE PRACTICE
can be a fairly good show, but last night's program was so
typical of your agenda. You picked the dufus' of the office
to be the one who was against the idea of his mother being gay
and made him look like a whiner because he had convictions.
This type of mentality calls people like me a "gay
basher." Read the first chapter of Romans (that's in
the Bible) and see what the apostle Paul had to say about it....
He, God and Jesus were all 'gay bashers'. What if she'd
fallen in love with her cocker spaniel? Is that an
alternative lifestyle? (By the way, the Bible speaks against
that, too.) --Jim Neugent. Here is ABC's reply from the ABC
on-line webmaster:
How about getting your nose out of the Bible (which is ONLY a
book of stories compiled by MANY different writers hundreds of
years ago) and read the declaration of independence (what our
nation is built on) where it says "All Men are Created
equal" --and try treating them that way for a change! Or
better yet, try thinking for yourself and stop using an archaic
book of stories as your lame crutch for your existence. You are
in minority in this country and your boycott will not affect us
or our freedom of statement. Letter Jim Neugent's second response
to ABC: Thanks for your reply. >From your harsh
reply,evidently I hit a nerve. I will share it with all with whom
I come in contact. Hopefully, the Arkansas Democrat Newspaper
will include it in one of their columns and I will be
praying for you Jim Neugent I wonder if the person
from ABC considered how many people would read this
e-mail! This is one we should definitely pass on.
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From: Bill Schulz, SP5, S-2, Spook, Det 27, JL63-DE64, (Maureen),
Leesburg, FL., schulznotee@yahoo.com
By: American Airlines Pilot - Captain John Maniscalco
"You worry me. I wish
you didn't. I wish when I walked down the streets of this country
that I love, that your color and culture still blended with the
beautiful human landscape we enjoy in this country. But you don't
blend in anymore. I notice you, and it worries me. I notice you
because I can't help it anymore. People from your homelands,
professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my
fellow citizens and our friends for more than 20 years now. I
don't fully understand their grievances and hate but I know that
nothing can justify the inhumanity of their attacks.
On September 11, nineteen
ARAB-MUSLIMS hijacked four jetliners in my country. They cut the
throats of women in front of children and brutally stabbed to
death others. They took control of those planes and crashed them
into buildings killing thousands of proud fathers, loving sons,
wise grandparents, elegant daughters, best friends, favorite
coaches, fearless public servants, and children's mothers. So I
notice you now. I don't want to be worried. I don't want to be
consumed by the same rage and hate and prejudice that has
destroyed the soul of these terrorists. But I need your help. As
a rational American, trying to protect my country and family in
an irrational and unsafe world, I must know how to tell the
difference between you, and the Arab / Muslim terrorist. How do I
differentiate between the true Arab-Muslim-Americans and the
Arab-Muslims in our communities who are attending our schools,
enjoying our parks, and living in OUR communities under the
protection of OUR constitution, while they plot the next attack
that will slaughter those very same good neighbors and children?
The events of September 11th changed the answer. It is not my
responsibility to determine which of you embraces our great
country, with ALL of it's religions, with ALL of it's different
citizens, with all of it's faults. It is time for every
Arab-Muslim in this country to determine it for me.
I want to know, I demand to
know, and I have a right to know whether or not you love America.
Do you pledge allegiance to it's flag? Do you proudly display it
in front of your house, or on your car? Do you pray in your many
daily prayers that Allah will bless this nation, that He will
protect and prosper it? Or do you pray that Allah with destroy it
in one of your "Jihads"? Are you thankful for the
freedom that only this nation affords? A freedom that was paid
for by the blood of hundreds of thousands of patriots who gave
their lives for this country? Are you willing to preserve this
freedom by paying the ultimate sacrifice? Do you love America? If
this is your commitment, then I need YOU to start letting ME know
about it. Your Muslim leaders in this nation should be flooding
the media at this time with hard facts on your faith, and what
hard actions you are taking as a community and as a religion to
protect the United States of America.
Please, no more benign
overtures of regret for the death of the innocent because I worry
about who you regard as innocent. And no more benign overtures of
condemnation for the unprovoked attacks because I worry about
what is unprovoked to you. I am not interested in any more
sympathy, I am only interested in action. What will you do for
America -- our great country -- at this time of crisis, at this
time of war? I want to see Arab-Muslims waving the AMERICAN flag
in the streets. I want to hear you chanting "Allah Bless
America." I want to see young Arab-Muslim men enlisting in
the military. I want to see a commitment of money, time, and
emotion to the victims of this butchering and to this nation as a
whole.
The FBI has a list of over
400 people they want to talk to regarding the WTC attack. Many of
these people live and socialize in Muslim communities. You know
them. You know where they are. Hand them over to us, now! But I
have seen little even approaching this sort of action. Instead I
have seen an already closed and secretive community close even
tighter. You have disappeared from the streets. You have posted
armed security guards at your facilities. You have threatened
lawsuits. You have screamed for protection from reprisals. The
very few Arab-Muslim representatives that HAVE appeared in the
media were defensive and equivocating. They seemed more concerned
with making sure that the United States prove who was responsible
before taking action. They seemed more concerned with protecting
their fellow Muslims from violence directed towards them in the
United States and abroad than they did with supporting our
country and denouncing "leaders" like Khadafi, Hussein,
and Farrakhan. If the true teachings of Islam proclaim
tolerance and peace and love for all people, then I want chapter
and verse from the Koran and statements from popular Muslim
leaders to back it up.
What good is it if the
teachings in the Koran are good and pure and true when your
"leaders" are teaching fanatical interpretations,
terrorism, and intolerance. It matters little how good Islam
SHOULD BE if large numbers of the world's Muslims interpret the
teachings of Mohammed incorrectly and adhere to a degenerative
form of the religion. A form that has been demonstrated to us
over and over again. A form whose structure is built upon a
foundation of violence, death, and suicide. A form whose members
are recruited from the prisons around the world. A form whose
members defended Johnny Cochran and O. J. Simpson after the
latter butchered his wife and murdered an innocent friend. A form
whose members (some as young as five years old) are seen day
after day, week in and week out, year after year, marching in the
streets around the world, burning effigies of our presidents,
burning the American flag, shooting weapons into the air. A form
whose members convert from a peaceful religion, only to take up
arms against the great United States of America. A form whose
rules are so twisted, that their traveling members refuse to show
their faces at airport security checkpoints, in the name of
Islam.
Do you and your fellow
Muslims hate us because our women proudly show their faces in
public rather than cover up like a shameful whore? Do you and
your fellow Muslims hate us because we drink wine with dinner, or
celebrate Christmas? Do you and you fellow Muslims hate us
because we have befriended Israel, the ONLY civilized nation in
the entire middle-east? And if you and your fellow Muslims hate
us, then why in the world are you even here? Are you here to take
our money? Are you here to undermine our peace and stability? Are
you here to destroy us? If so, I want you to leave. I want you to
go back to your desert sandpit where women are treated like rats
and dogs. I want you to take your religion, your friends, and
your family back to your Islamic extremists, and STAY THERE! We
will NEVER give in to your influence, your retarded mentality,
your twisted, violent, intolerant religion. We will NEVER allow
the attacks of September 11, or any others for that matter, to
take away that which is so precious to us: Our rights under the
greatest constitution in the world.
I want to know where every
Arab-Muslim in this country stands and I think it is my right and
the right of every true citizen of this country to demand it. A
right paid for by the blood of thousands of my brothers and
sisters who died protecting the very constitution that is
protecting you and your family. I am pleading with you to let me
know. I want you here as my brother, my neighbor, my friend, as a
fellow American. But there can be no gray areas or ambivalence
regarding your allegiance and it is up to YOU, to show ME, where
YOU stand.
Until then. You worry
me."
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From: Joe Schafer ,SP5, 98C, Det 27,
MY65-SE66, (Margaret Mary),Tinley Park, IL., jschafer@core.com
Subject: Investment Advice = Some sensible investment advice: If
you had bought $1000.00 worth of Nortel stock one year ago,
it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have
$16.50 of the original $1,000.00. With Worldcom, you would have
less than $5.00 left. If you had bought $1,000.00 worth of
Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all
the beer, then turned in the cans for the 10 cent
deposit, you would have $214.00. Based on the above, my current
investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.