The FReeper Foxhole Revisits the USS SAMUEL CHASE at Omaha Beach(6/6/1944) - June 7th, 2007

Exerpted from The U. S. Coast Guard at Normandy ^ | Scott T. Price

[Soaring Feather]

Hi PE, man I guess you are busy!

[Professional Engineer]

Two years worth.

Now the dirt starts flying.

[Soaring Feather]

That is a lovely structure, you’ve a lot to be proud of. ;)

[Peanut Gallery]

A couple of weeks ago everyone was deathly ill except for me. Now, we're all healthy and happy. Spiderboy is heading out to Webelos Summer Camp tomorrow ~ it is his first overnight camp. I have been working hard on our homeschool group's yearbook. What an undertaking! We have four or five of our scrapbooking mom's who know how to use Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro designing the pages of a 120 page yearbook. I am going to buy 2 of the books, one for each child. It doesn't matter now, but when the kids are grown, they will appreciate having separate books. One of the things that makes it unique, aside from being a homeschool yearbook, is that it will picture the babies ~ not just the school-aged children.

Here are the kids' individual photos:

These photos were taken by one of our moms. She is so talented. We all think she should open a studio! BittyGirl was being impossible and was having world class a melt down just moments before her photo was taken.

[Peanut Gallery]

Oh and I forgot to add that Spiderboy got glasses! It was all very sudden. I had no idea he was even having trouble. We went to the doctor for his follow up appointment (from when he was so sick) and I had asked the doctor to do a physical for camp. They did a vision and hearing screening and said that we needed to see an optometrist. I found an eye doctor for him and we went in for a visit. Sure enough, he is farsighted: +1.0 in one eye and +1.25 in the other. He picked out a great pair of glasses and loves wearing them.

[Soaring Feather]

Aww, the kids are so precious.

Wonderful idea on the scrapbooks albums, the kids will appreciate them later on in life. We always go back to seek who we are and photos always help us to learn.

Great you have these talented ladies in your midst. I was trying out PaintShop Pro, it works a lot like Adobe Illustrator. I did not buy the software yet. I don’t have a huge hard drive.

Glad to hear the family is well now. Summer illness can be worse than anything in winter months.

I wonder if Spiderboy is going to be homesick??

[Soaring Feather]

One of my girls had trouble seeing as a kid, I did not know it until a school eye exam. Poor kid I felt so bad for her.

Good Spiderboy likes his glasses.

[Peanut Gallery]

I’m not sure how much space you’ll need on the hard drive, but I have found that I need more RAM for working with the imaging software. That was part of why I got a new computer a few months ago. My system would freeze up whenever I tried to use my software. The other reason was that my puny hard drive was full.

[snippy_about_it]

We are thankful for your dad and you. Thanks for the information. How goes the re-enacting business?

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks. I forgot to post that we ran this waaaaay back in 2003 I think. You must have been absent from your foxhole that day. :-)

[snippy_about_it]

...for all I do. It’s nothing. It’s people like you and Sam and the others here and in so many other places that served our country so well that deserve the thanks...and so much more.

So you had seen pictures before you went in as a replacement? That had to make going even more frightening, though I know how we all feel when we are that young, like we are invincible. Of course you saw and felt it all close up and we are so very thankful to have someone from WWII as a part of our Foxhole family, it truly is special sharing with you.

As for the future, I think we’re ready but I surely worry that the kids today that are 19 aren’t. Those in the military now, yes, but for those many who seem to have no concept of country, of nation, I’m afraid they’ll lose what we had and you had.

Can we save this country from the evil within?

[snippy_about_it]

Don’t you ever rest?!

[snippy_about_it]

Nice project. What city?

[snippy_about_it]

Tell your friend we are grateful for his father’s service. The stories of the landings are amazing.

[snippy_about_it]

That will certainly get attention!

[snippy_about_it]

Looks kind of like it from the side however, it is a landing craft, probably a Higgins boat or same design.

Higgins

[snippy_about_it]

Sam sends his regards.

[NY Attitude]

What an interesting picture. Certainly is an eyecatcher and a source of conversation to those that have never seen it before.

[Soaring Feather]

Yupper that’s me, I like to get ‘em talking. ;)

[alfa6]

Don’t you ever rest?!

I just had a two week vacation at the end of May :-)

Wil try to have some pics Monday

Regards

alfa6 ;>}