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Hi, Jim. Thank you - I appreciate the kind words very much. Hope you're doing well and it's nice to hear from you. Best, Bill.

Hi, Leslie. Thank you for your comment. Since you and Chip have each requested to be in touch with the other, I've sent an email to put the two of you in touch. Nice to see these connections happening; it's great that Chip has this letter from your dad. Best, Bill.

Hi Carol: Thanks for this note. I can certainly assist you in researching your father's service in World War 2 and Korea, as well as locate further information on the malaria he contracted. Please send me an inquiry at bill.beigel@ww2research.com and we'll go from there. Sincerely, Bill

Hi Bill. This really got away from me but I just read the above message from Chip Corley. I was amazed he had a letter from my dad, John Wark. I would really like a copy of it. I was thinking about my dad’s war experience and realized we have very little information about. Please let me know if you can forward this to Chip or have a way I can contact him. Thanks so much. Leslie Wark Dunlap

Bro. Bill your research for so many of us who either lost one of our own or whose story of men and women, especially in WWII helped us to learn "the Whole Story". your history of my dad which I really didn't have except some of his records that were partially destroyed in the ST. Louis fire of 72 meant more and actually you gave me some history of my mother who died in 47, two years later that I didn't know. thank you for the extra mile. My father was Pvt Everett Roberts, Co F, 310 Inf, 78th Div who was killed 12 March 1945 at Ohlendorf, Germany across the Bridge at Remagen. the story gave me a lot of insight and I actually talked with his platoon commander, who told me the story along with several of the men who were there. he was a replacement on the morning of 12 Mar 45, up from the fighting in Italy, how I don't know but he was there along with 13 others that fateful morning at 0700 hours. they were briefed and moved out, the lt reported by 12 he had 5 men left the left all being killed or wounded in the counter-attack by 88's, infantry and tanks at this little village. you told me my dad died of concussion which must have devastating to those young men and terrifying. I am a Vietnam veteran, not having seen combat as an AF SSgt at a communication site at Binh Thuy AB, southeast of Saigon by Cantho in the Mekong Delta but my first tour was in Thailand as support comm. however at Binh Thuy we did go through many mortar attacks so I know the sound and explosion which being in a bunker helped shield that but being in a village with the sounds that these men experienced made me admire them all the more. God Bless and Remember Them.

My grandfather was a bombardier for 460bg . He flew 50 flights and was apart of the raid. I have not been able to find his crew though.