[GreenKeys] RE: War Records Go On-Line

[kf9nz at juno.com]

   Leadville is not only on the map, it is alive and thriving as much as
any town at 7000 ft amsl can.

On Fri, 25 May 2007 07:53:44 -0400 Web Williams <kr4wm at earthlink.net>
writes:
> I used Ancestry.com to trace a Confederate military relative
> of mine to see what I could find out. It was AMAZING the
> number of battles he was in and survived! I have all the letters
> my dad wrote home from Italy during WWII. He was with
> the 10th mountain division, and saw some action. He describes
> being in a foxhole and hearing the Germans walking right past
> him and his buddy at night! They packed in supplies on donkeys
> at one point and saved a group of soldiers who had been cut off
> from the main body of troops. Some general made a comment
> about the soldiers in white who had saved the day! My dad's unit
> wore white snow suits. They trained in Leadville, CO (not on the
> map anymore). I still have a "scenic calendar" from Leadville
> around here somewhere. We had no males in the family of age to
> have fought in Korea or Vietnam, and likewise now with Iraq.
> We're all either too old or too young!
> 
> -Web in Myrtle Beach, SC
> 
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