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| Posted: Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 11:29 pm |
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Texas Defender Member 
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BHR62- If you wish to learn about A.P. Hill, then an excellent source of information is this website created by the young historian, Jennifer Goellnitz. And Then A.P. Hill Came Up - General Ambrose Powell Hill, CSA (See the extended Biography section). Last edited on Wed Mar 23rd, 2011 11:34 pm by Texas Defender |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 24th, 2011 12:23 am |
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Captain Crow Progressive Southerner 
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this is a decent read as well. http://www.amazon.com/General-P-Hill-Confederate-Warrior/dp/0679738886/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300926177&sr=1-1
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| Posted: Thu Mar 24th, 2011 12:24 am |
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Captain Crow Progressive Southerner
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and Jim Beam will do nicely.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 24th, 2011 05:19 am |
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Hellcat Person 
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Captain Crow wrote: that's pretty cool. sad to think of all those stories that are lost forever. It's going to be the same with our WW2 vets soon. Just became that way with the WWI vets. What was it, earlier this month or late last month that it was announced the last living WWI vet in this country passed on. Personally the thing I think is sad is the stories the vets told to their families but which never got written down. Verbally passed on, those stories could vastly change from what they were when the vets originally told them. How much have the stories originally told a hunaded fifty years ago changed as family members retold them to their own kids, grandkids, etc.? It's absolutely fantastic that folks have stories to pass on about their ancestors who took part in the war, but you kinda have to wonder if those stories are the same as what their ancestors originally told and if not just how much they've changed.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26th, 2011 03:25 am |
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Captain Crow Progressive Southerner
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No doubt getting the veterans stories committed to some form of permanent record is the key to preserving their honest recollections.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26th, 2011 04:08 am |
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Albert Sailhorst Member 
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In the not too distant future, we'll be saying the same of Korean and Viet Nam Vet stories....We need to collect as many of them as possible. Our Irag/Afghan war vets, for the most part, are in their 20's now.....Sure, they're young and still around.....But, in 1950, so were the WWII Vets, and, now, we wish we had more of their stories.....My point is: record as much as we can of the recollections of our brave men & women who have served in Iraq/Afghanistan so that, 50 years from now, we are not sorry that we didn't do that sooner...... Just to brag a little, my 9 year old son has a WWII Vet for a grandfather....How many 9 year-olds, let alone 40 year olds, can say that???!!!!!....Unfortunatley, he passed away when my wife was a little girl (in the '60's), so my son will never hear his stories.....But, me & my son will bond together when we do research......
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27th, 2011 09:59 pm |
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BHR62 Member 
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True Albert...I'm trying to get my dad's recollections down for the family record. I'm 47 and my daughter is asking a lot of questions about dad's experiences in WW 2. She lives in California with her mom so I'm relaying the info to her. My grandfather was in WW 1 so I'm pestering dad for info on him. Luckily dad gave me his and grandpa's uniforms. Grandpa was in the Argonne Offensive and I've been recording his recollections second hand.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27th, 2011 11:48 pm |
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Albert Sailhorst Member
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WOW, BHR, you've got some history there!!....Good luck with it!!
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