Posted on 12/24/2014 9:41:12 PM PST by WhiskeyX
Very interesting, thanks.
Al, I'm sending this to you, not to remind you of something that happened in 1944 just before the march from Metz to the Bulge; but to let you know again how grateful I am for the lasting effect of your service under Patton. You cannot have forgotten the account given here:
http://www.pattonhq.com/prayer.html
The True Story of The Patton Prayer
by Msgr. James H. O'Neill
(From the Review of the News 6 October 1971)
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The above was posted on the Free Republic forum, and here is my note to the person who spotted it:
< snip > (I sent Al my post #7 which was to you)
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Al's response:
"I'm Sending this to all on my mailing list and to the secretary of the YDVA and I'm sure it will be published in the Yankee Doings Magazine. Thanks, I remember the prayer card but I don't remember what happened to mine. Merry Christmas!"
Al B
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It looks like the whole of 26 Div. veterans will get this.
Thanks for your thoughtfulness! God bless you!
For Patton’s prayer cards see:
http://www.generalpatton.com/prayer/
and originals for sale at
http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=Original+WWII+Patton+Christmas+Prayer+Card
For later.
I will send to Al. Thanks!
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