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03-21-2013, 08:30 PM | #23 | |
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You're quite welcome, my friend. (So many snippets, so little time… ) For some time I've had in mind the idea of combining these reports into a book (or maybe several books). I'm sure I could easily sell at least 10 or 15 of them! Seriously, it would be nice to have them all handy in a couple of volumes. Perhaps one of these days. As for the history course, I suspect that the students would all wonder why a modern-day BMW Z4 kept showing up in scenes of the American Revolution, Civil War, etc.! Rick |
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03-21-2013, 08:34 PM | #24 | |
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Aha--when I turn the stories into a book and go to market it, I can get you to write a testimonial for the back cover regarding their therapeutic nature! A guaranteed cure for the flu! For FDA approval, I'll have to explain how the process works. First, one reads several of my reports in a row. Second, they fall asleep. Third, rest and sleep are the best things for treating the flu. Et voila! Seriously, I'm glad you're feeling better, and I hope the Grey Ghost story helped at least a little. Rick |
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03-21-2013, 08:52 PM | #25 | |
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Many thanks! I also post these reports on the Washington, DC BMW motorcycle club forum. One of the members there reminded me that 2013 is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and that there will be a gigantic reenactment--possibly the largest such event ever. I better dust off my lawn chair and my replica Colt 44 Navy Revolver and start planning! Of course, it will also be the anniversary of the Battle of Chicamauga. I'm hoping to get down to Tennessee one of these months to do some touring there. That battlefield will be a mandatory destination. Rick |
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03-21-2013, 08:55 PM | #26 | |
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Glad you enjoyed the story! And many thanks for the interesting information about how Parole got its name. I've been through Parole a number of times over the years, but I'd never heard its connection to the Civil War. And I'm especially glad that your great-grandfather, like Loogey's, made it out alive. Rick |
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It sounds like your Dad was quite a fellow. My father trained as a navigator and weatherman for service in B-29s during WWII. The war ended shortly before he would have shipped out for overseas duty. Most people don't realize that radar was one of the Allies' "secret weapons." I believe it was instrumental in the defense of England during the "Battle of Britain." Is your Dad's book still in print? Rick |
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03-22-2013, 08:11 AM | #29 |
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Wow! What a story! As a history graduate from LSU (who's 1st superintendent was none other that Gen. William T. Sherman when it was a military academy in Pineville, LA) that was truly an enjoyable read. That area of our great country has played such a vital role in the formative years of the US as we know it, and it's always a pleasure reading of your exploits out there.
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03-22-2013, 09:42 AM | #30 | |
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The Brits recruited young electrical engineering students as "Radar Officers" at the beginning of the war. My Father was one...graduating from Queen's University in '41. Several of my classmates were sons of Radar Officers. There was a huge need then. Of course, the war was well under way when he started; he graduated early, without exams, to serve. Now we have radar- like sensor controlled braking in cars with advanced cruise control! My how things have changed. My 530 xi t had that.
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03-22-2013, 07:32 PM | #31 |
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I had no idea how horrible the Civil War really was. Alumnireview states, "The war was the bloodiest in American history. By the time the last shot was fired, more than 750,000 Americans had been killed. By comparison 25,000 died inthe Revolutionary War; 116,000 in WWI, 405,000 in WWII, 36,000 in the Korean War, and 58,000 in the Vietnam conflict)"
www.alumnireview.queensu.ca , "A conflict without end?"
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That is a huge number.... considering that the USA population was about 31 million people at the start of the war. In today's numbers that would amount to about 8.5 million people being killed. Devastating numbers no matter how you look at it.
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