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|    Bob to Tony    |
|    Re: Surprise Concert at Walter Reed    |
|    17 Dec 05 08:47:55    |
   
   From: luna5nospam@earthlink.net   
      
   "Tony" wrote in message   
   news:gLOdnWXVG-xcET7enZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@comcast.com...   
   >I want to say a warm and heartfelt thank you to Mike Love and his touring   
   >Beach Boys for accepting the invitation to play for the wounded soldiers   
   >recovering at WRAMC in DC. I cannot tell you what it meant to us. I saw   
   >the band back in the day when Carl was vital and alive when Brian was   
   >coherant and lucid and Blondie C. was saili ng on...   
   >   
   > This incarnation of the group was vocally wonderful and put on a   
   > tremendous Christmas Show...when a soldier brought up a flag during Surfin   
   > USA, the keyboard player waved it enthusiastically which made us feel like   
   > we knew what we were fighting for...We fight for a place where the Beach   
   > Boys take us. May it always be there.   
   >   
   > Sincerely,   
   >   
   > --   
   > MAJ Anthony F. DeStefano   
   > Walter Reed Army Medical Center(WRAMC)   
   > Medical Holding Company (MEDHOLD)   
      
   My thanks go out to you and your fellow soldiers for sacrificing so much to   
   keep freedom alive so we can all enjoy the Beach Boys on these cold winter   
   days!   
   Please wish everyone there a Merry Christmas for me!   
   Bob   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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