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To: The Street who wrote (133417)	3/25/2001 11:00:45 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

My father's division first encountered "the broken end of the bottle" during the legendary "relief of Bastogne". In May, 1945 they liberated the Mauthausen extermination camp in Austria. The sights from Mauthausen were stone-carved in their memories for over 50 years. We cannot even begin to imagine the world in which they lived, even though it has had such a comprehensive impact on all our lives. But it helps to keep our little bear market in at least some worthwhile prospective...

To: The Street who wrote (133417)	3/25/2001 8:41:26 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

That's great. I can trace some relatives (my mother is a geneologist) to Alabama, where they fought in the Civil War. Some interesting stories there; like when one of my relatives (who fought in one of the Alabama regiments) refused to shine the shoes of a Union officer after they were released at the end of the war, and the Union officer won't give him the standard rations to get home. Other Confederate soldiers shared with my relative, and he did make it back home... Did you get any furniture from that relative? Would be neat if some got handed down...