Hattie is with me at the moment. I will try something later. Hand and heart
Arthur.
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From: "Sue Scalf" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:51 PM
Subject: This would be a good subject for a poem.
> Facts from the past
> Over one-and-a-half million US airmen, soldiers and sailors were stationed
in
> the United Kingdom by May 1944, according to Realm magazine. Over 6,700
young
> Americans died flying from bases in Essex, Cambridge and Suffolk. In a
D-Day
> practice in Devon, German boats sank two landing crafts with the loss of
749
> men. Thousands of Americans are buried in Britain, graves marked with
white
> marble memorials. Cambridge cemetery contains 3,812 American dead. And
there
> are records of 5,126 whose remains were never found. In Surrey there are
468
> American graves.
> This same article in Realm points out that"the alliance forged between
> Britain and United States in that dark age of the Nazi and Japanese
tyranny,
> stands firm to this day. . ." As an American, I wondering now, is that
> really true? I think this would be a wonderful topic for a poem. I may
try
> to write it myself. In the meantime, I would like to challenge you to
write
> it. Sue
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