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Posted on 11/10/2005 9:22:39 PM PST by snippy_about_it
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Afternoon PE.
I sent you a freepmail with an email address to send it to. We'll take care of it.
Thanks Iris, those are good instructions. :-)
I would imagine Father Falabella has already contacted the 25th id but just in case, here is their website.
http://www.25thida.com/
I'll see what else I can find.
Here's a website from a guy in that unit.
http://www.bobcat.ws/jjflash/
A 1st/5th Mech "Bobcat's" page Bobcat - 1969 Prologue to MECH, By: Theodore T. Jagosz, Cpt Inf (USA).
I see the FR. name listed here with other members and their email addresses. Has the chaplain been in touch with some of these other members to see if they know Mr. Nelson?
http://www.bobcat.ws/current.htm
That guy appears to have been there after Fr., but he has a link to the Bobcats main site and the battle descriptions match what Fr. told us (he came over and showed my family some of his slides from Vietnam).
This is a good start.
Thank you so much!!!
Reunion info might help??
http://www.bobcat.ws/reunion.htm
This guy wrote their Vietnam history.
http://www.bobcat.ws/history2.htm
Some of the email addresses might be old but I'd give it a try, someone there might be able to help. Perhaps at their reunion if the Father can't go he could ask them to announce his search for this fellow at the reunion?
Good luck and be sure and thank the chaplain for his service to our country and our men.
Thank you very much.
Fr. is very busy and I really haven't had time to find out what lengths they have gone to (and what means) to find this guy. There is another guy he's looking for, but he'll get back to me with his real name (he could only remember a nickname this morning).
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on November 13
0354 St Augustine of Hippo Numidia, Algeria, convert/Christian philosopher
1312 Edward III king of England (1327-77)
1504 Philip the Generous count of Hessen
1804 Theophilus Hunter Holmes Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1809 John AB Dahlgren US Union lt adm/inventor (Civil war Dahlgren-cannon)
1831 James Maxwell Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity)
1833 Edwin Thomas Booth US, US Hall of Fame/actor (Hamlet)
1838 Joseph F Smith 6th President of Mormon church
1850 Robert Louis Stevenson Scotland, author (Treasure Island)
1856 Louis D Brandeis Massachusetts, Supreme Court Justice (1916-39)
1882 John Lowry Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall)
1898 Earl Sande jockey (Hall of Famer)
1906 Hermione Baddeley England, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life)
1915 Howard Cooke Jamaica, (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award)
1916 Jack Elam Miami AZ, actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo)
1917 Robert Sterling Newcastle PA, actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper)
1922 Jack Narz Louisville KY, TV gameshow host (Dotto, Video Village)
1922 Oskar Werner film actor/director (Shoes of the Fisherman)
1923 Linda Christian Tampico, Mexico, actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone)
1932 Richard Mulligan Bronx NY, actor (Soap, Empty's Nest, The Pueblo Affair)
1938 Jean Seberg Marshaltown Iowa, actress (Breathless, Paint Your Wagon)
1941 Dack Rambo Delano CA, actor (Guns of Will Sonnett, Dallas)
1941 Mel Stottlemyre Wash, pitcher (NY Yankee)/pitching coach (NY Met)
1943 John Paul Hammond NYC, blues singer (So Many Roads)
1949 Whoopi Goldberg [Caryn Johnson], NYC, actress/big mouth idiot (Color Purple, Burglar)
1963 Vinny Testaverde (football: Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, NY Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: quarterback; Heisman Trophy winner: University of Miami [1986])
| November 13, 2005
Try A Little Kindness
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Cornelius, a first-century Roman military official, was assigned the task of maintaining order in turbulent Judea. Most Romans of that time believed in many gods—but not Cornelius. He feared the one true God, gave generously to the needy, and prayed regularly (Acts 10:2). Even though the Jewish people didn't accept him as one of their own, God recognized him as one of His. Cornelius agreed with God about what was good and he acted accordingly.
Because of Cornelius' kindness and prayers, God chose him for a special assignment and sent an angel to tell him what to do. The angel didn't explain why, and he didn't say what the outcome would be, but Cornelius followed the instructions. Because he obeyed, he and his household became the first Gentile believers to receive the Holy Spirit.
The example of Cornelius reminds us that God not only sees the good we do but is on the lookout for people who share His values. He wants to make them His partners in changing the world.
Today is World Kindness Day. If we follow the example of Cornelius, perhaps God will use our simple acts of kindness to change our world. —Julie Ackerman Link
Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life.
Good morning, Mayor. Thank You for today's spiritual food.
Have a wonderful Sunday.
You too... Supposed to be a cool rainy day.
Yes, maybe snow for you?? Nice here right now. Rain is forecast though.
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