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Citadel
Don't know if you remember the Tucker boys, but their father was prominent in the Bulge. The small museum in La Gleize had his picture prominently displayed when we were there before. Going there again tomorrow

From Blog: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - Antwerp to Maastricht

8th June 2016

Lawrence Weran
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Ossuaries
Buddy, ya'll should check these out if you have time: Verdun Ossuary, Douaumont Ossuary. Sedlec Bone Church Ossuary. This should be required viewing of all world leaders just to remind them of the real cost of a shooting war.

From Blog: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - Caen to Ypres - If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium

8th June 2016

kristine
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significance of coins
I'm sure you know this, but I recently learned the significance of coins on military headstones; A coin left on a headstone is a message to the deceased soldier's family that someone else paid respect. A penny means you visited. A nickel means you and the deceased trained at boot camp together. A dime means you served with him/her in some way. A quarter means you were with the soldier when he/she was killed.

9th June 2016

Thanks
I had seen that somewhere, but had forgotten the hierarchy. Don't know how the Purple Hearts got on the Niland graves

6th June 2016

Larry Wertan
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"Where do we get such men?"
Buddy, looks cold there. We had a silent moment this AM. Jackie just happened to be home and like many today - remained astounded at the courage of wading ashore. Under the heading of small world -- James Rudder junior was my CO and a damn good soldier. He didn't like the army and was getting out as soon as his time was up. He was a Capt.

9th June 2016

Wow.
Did not know his son had gone into the Army

6th June 2016

Weather
It is a little cool, and pretty cloudy and foggy so far.

6th June 2016

Thanks
Thanks. Have fun and thanks for the information and picures.

4th June 2016

Lovelle
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Bienvenue a Paris!
Have a great time! I'm interested to hear if the news agencies here have exaggerated the effects of the flooding. Although from the looks of that photo of the Seine, it appears to be pretty bad. ?

From Blog: Friday, June 3, 2016 - Arrival in Paris

4th June 2016

Flooding
It does not appear to be affecting non-river activities, but river cruises are closed (can't get under the bridges) etc

From Blog: Friday, June 3, 2016 - Arrival in Paris

13th June 2015

Cuisine
Did u eat any of the tree goats?

From Blog: A coastal sojourn, and wrapping up

14th June 2015

No, but they are reputed to have soft meat and soft hair from the oil. Not big on eating goat

From Blog: A coastal sojourn, and wrapping up

13th June 2015

Cuisine
Did u eat any of the tree goats?

From Blog: A coastal sojourn, and wrapping up

31st May 2015

Martha Burger
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Buddy doin' all the work!!
Love the blog entry -- this will make my life so much easier when I make my travel book as I plan to plagiarize shamelessly! Keep 'em comin'!

31st May 2015

Plagiarism and collaboration gratefully appreciated
I love doing these things, and I learn a lot. Unless most trips, where I do al the planning and advance work, this one was out of my hands, and frankly somethings are a little blurred, so I would greatly appreciate all corrections and additions

31st May 2015

Martha Burger
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Buddy doin' all the work!!
Love the blog entry -- this will make my life so much easier when I make my travel book as I plan to plagiarize shamelessly! Keep 'em comin'!

21st July 2014

sean
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Medbery children
Hi there, I live in Riverside a few blocks from Littleneck, and have spent a good deal of time walking the cemetary, particulary in front of the Medbery graves pondering what could have happened to those poor children. How awful that must have been, the parents outlived all six of their kids. If you know any more information about what happened, being a descendant of theirs, please share it with me. I've scoured the internet and books and cannot find any information. It's been some years since I first laid eyes on these graves and still I think about then. Thank you in advance for your time.

21st July 2014

Don't know
I found a list of epidemics in America (http://genealogy-quest.com/glossary-terms/american-epidemics/) that does not list anything there and then, so I suspect it was something like measles or some other relatively common but now mostly eliminated disease. I will keep looking.

14th July 2014

Rollin on the River
I have often wondered about visiting Hannibal. Thanks for "sharing' your visit. Alex

From Blog: Flyover America July 12-16, 2014

14th July 2014