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   stoker65@hotmail.com to Gerry   
   Re: Return to Cornwallis   
   10 Nov 13 02:41:37   
   
   On Saturday, 8 July 2000 01:00:00 UTC-6, Gerry  wrote:   
   > My memories of Cornwallis are still vivid, even after all these years. I   
   > went through in the late summer/early fall of '72 (7235). My first encounter   
   > with the Platoon Sgt was at 0230 in a hangar in Greenwood. I considered him   
   > the gnarliest, most foul-mouthed life-form I had ever encountered. Surely   
   > this bastard wasn't married and if he owned dogs, they had run away. It   
   > wasn't until I had the pleasure of making coffee for the Staff one morning   
   > that I realized he was like any one else. Pleasant, talkative, and   
   > interested in how I was doing on the course.   
   >     Those were the days of the five mile run in combats with rifle, full   
   > canteen, etc. I still don't miss Heartbreak Hill or the inevitable runs   
   > through the sand.   
   >   
   > Gerry   
      
   Hi Gerry;   
      
   Names Gary. I was in your course. I'm stoker65@hotmail.com   
      
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