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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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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