On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:07:47 -0500, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: >On 02-12-2011 22:17, Charles Ellson wrote: >> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:41:47 -0800, Otis Willie PIO The American War >> Library<themilitarytoday@pacbell.net> wrote: >> >>> Announcing The PFC Luis Cortinas Military Family Wing >>> http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/milfam/cortinas.htm >>> >>> Among the distinguished military veterans dedicated in this Honored Wing, The >>> PFC LUIS CORTINAS Military Family Wing is today, 07 February 2011, installed on >>> The American War Library. >>> >>> PFC Cortinas is one of fewer than most Americans who served in the European >>> Theater of War from start to finish... landing on the invasion beaches on June >>> 6th, 1944 and ending the war on September 9th, 1945 among the Occupation Forces >>> having survived the arduous trek from Normandy to Germany, including service >>> during the largest combat campaign in Europe, the Battle of the Bulge. >>> >> No disrespect to him but he wasn't in at the start if 1944 was his >> first action. A lot of US troops had already been busy in Sicily since >> 1943, or was that lost in translation somewhere ? > >And what is the meaning of "one of fewer than most" ? > It is the phraseing of what comes after that makes it read like the start and finish for him were in 1944 and 1945. Consequentially it tends to understate his service.

On 02-13-2011 17:36, Charles Ellson wrote: > <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: >> And what is the meaning of "one of fewer than most" ? >> > It is the phraseing of what comes after that makes it read like the > start and finish for him were in 1944 and 1945. Consequentially it > tends to understate his service. OK. So what is the meaning of "one of fewer than most" ? -- Wes Groleau There are more Baroque musicians than any other kind.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:32:59 -0500, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: >On 02-13-2011 17:36, Charles Ellson wrote: >> <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: >>> And what is the meaning of "one of fewer than most" ? >>> >> It is the phraseing of what comes after that makes it read like the >> start and finish for him were in 1944 and 1945. Consequentially it >> tends to understate his service. > >OK. So what is the meaning of "one of fewer than most" ? > I refer the honourable gentleman to the first eight words of my previous reply.