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11:12 18-06-2021Cor Aalbregt
Name of your own website
www.zoekhonden.com- still looking for them and starting up operations again after corona slowed it down. If you have information, please let me know.
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16:18 02-08-2020Cor Aalbregt
Name of your own website
www.zoekhonden.com- just informing you that we are still searching for soldiers Sandoval en Gentzel as we are convinced that they must still be there in the direct vincinity of Thorensche Molen and that they are not forgotten.
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11:36 14-03-2020Frans Meijers
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Beste Gerda / Dennis,
Ik kan jullie niet meer bereiken onder [email protected]
is je adres gewijzigd? Ik heb nog vragen!
Mail mij eens terug a.u.b.
M.vr.gr
Frans
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05:20 28-11-2018Marcia
- I am interested in information on a Kenneth A. BOYD, Pilot in the 491st BG. Looking for crew, photos, anything to learn more about his service. Thank you. God Bless all who serve!
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21:17 27-08-2018denise
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ik vindt het heel erg mooi wat jullie doen en heb heel erg veel respect voor jullie want ik heb zelf ook een soldaat geadopteerd op ardenne
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16:04 26-06-2018JIM HIXSON
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Gerda and Dennis,
A small note from the William Sandoval Family to tell you we are very thankful for your continued work and efforts to keep the memories of the War's Dead in the public eye and to maintain the grounds of the Cemetery in so beautiful a manner.
William came from a little dirt road in Silvis, Illinois that was called 2nd Street. 7 other Soldiers were killed from that little street so today it is known as Hero Street, USA and they have a web site = http://www.herostreetusa.org/
Thank you for your dedication to all the Families buried in Margraten. It is a comfort to us to know you will never forget - Jim Hixson
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07:38 13-02-2018Michael Battaglia
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I stumbled across your site while in the process of working on my family tree -- my grandfather was the brother of Joseph A. Battaglia. On behalf of my family, I would like to thank each of you for honoring Joseph’s sacrifice, as well as the sacrifice of the other brave soldiers, through the creation of this site and the adoption of their graves. I was deeply moved by the pictures of Joseph’s gravesite from your visit to the Henri-Chappelle cemetery and I hope to someday visit Belgium to see his grave in person.
Michael Battaglia
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19:42 09-11-2017Jan Bos
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Great website, hope I Can assist you.
Jan Bos
Nijmegen
Author “Circle and the Fields of Little America” - 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division (on DVD)
Author “They stayed behind” about the temporary American cemetery at Gela, Sicily 1943-1948 (on DVD)
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01:47 12-08-2017Michael Lyons
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Hello Dennis, It has been quite some time since I have tried to contact you, most likely because my wife Mary Beth shows me everything you do on facebook. . Just let me say once again, thank you for all you do regarding the upkeep of the graves of everyone, not just my fathers crew. You and your family are truly remarkable, and we are most grateful. I tell pretty much everyone I can about your efforts to remember these poor young men. Let me ad this, they were brave and scared to death in my mind, but still did their duty as they saw it. Not sure I would have been so brave, my father woke up screaming in his sleep for years. To this day brings rears to my eyes just to think about their sacrifice and those who did not return. I have often see your name on line regarding skype and never picked up, sorry, but just not sure about talking about a lot of sadness.
Mike Lyons
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17:00 30-03-2016Fadir
- Retail/Drugstore should be cheaper
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21:24 01-10-2014Michiel
Name of your own website
http://www.airborne-devils.nl/- Goed bezig!
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18:30 10-10-2013Curtis Shepard
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http://www.ulongbeach.com/78th_MCAR_Homepage.html-
Hi Dennis & Gerda.
I just located this in the Turley Family newsletter for October. They found the crash site for Lt. Grant Turley in Germany. Thought you would like to know.
Curt
This is a 3-part series written by Grant Olsen and published on KSL.com in July 2013.
Part 1:
www.ksl.com/?nid=1010&sid=25795589
Part 2:
www.ksl.com/?nid=1010&sid=25796129
Part 3:
www.ksl.com/?nid=1010&sid=25783379
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15:45 27-05-2013Karen L. Dugan
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Happy Memorial Day Dennis and Gerda!!
Thank you once again for your dedication and honor of all the soldiers listed here. Our journey began with my Uncle Richard "Dick" Gentzel, and has grown into the amazing tribute's listed here. All these families are humbled by the kindness and love you have shown us, and continue to show. There's a wonderful sentiment from a recent book and film that, I think, describe's your dedication and love. It's from Cloud Atlas:
"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others.
By our crimes and every kindness....we birth our future."
Your future's are very bright....Dennis and Gerda, and the world needs more people like you!!
In sincere gratitude,
Karen Dugan and the entire Gentzel family.
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15:41 27-05-2013Thomas J. Smith
- On this Memorial Day 2013 I just want to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who cares for the graves of our fallen. Words can not describe what this means to us. In memory of my uncle Frank Kayden, T/Sgt KIA August 15, 1944.
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18:49 15-05-2013Jim Rice
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http://home.comcast.net/~jimrice85/rice.htm-
Thank you for creating and maintaining the Brown Crew memorial page on your site. My dad, 2LT Richard P. Rice, a pilot in the 853 Bomb Squadron, 491 Bomb Group, was roommates with James Brown, William Wais and Edward Levack at North Pickenham, home of the 853BS/491BG. He was close with all three, but especially so with Brown and Levack. My name is James Edward Rice...for James Brown and Edward Levack.
Dad related seeing Brown's B-24 being hit and calling him on the radio to tell him he was on fire. Brown's simply acknowledgement "Roger" hid the seriousness of the situation they faced. Dad watched them go down and crash. I have a photo in dad's photo album simply labeled, "Brown down". Relating the story of their being shot down was one of the few times I saw my dad cry.
Dad's crew took some flak damage the same day but made an uneventful landing back in England despite loss of hydraulic pressure. After they got out, a British Lancaster ended up crashing into their plane for that mission, "The Flying Jackass."
Over the years, dad donated to the restoration of the Collings Foundation B-24 in the name of the Brown crew. They were listed on the "Honor Crew" listing on one of the bombay doors when the plane was originally restored.
Here's a link to a page I put together for my dad's crew.
http://home.comcast.net/~jimrice85/rice.htm
Dad remained an active pilot the rest of his life and died in his sleep September 22, 2000.
Regards,
Jim Rice
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), US Army
Collierville, Tennessee, USA