Very nice - well done, Esther! Applause....  I wish I were as talented and patient to put together memorials such as yours. I tend to feel the same way as 'Cecil' sometimes: "I can't write anything to make it sound like I want to". ha!     As I read each and every word, I wondered if you happened to have a copy of the poem Cecil mentioned receiving? And - this is not meant to be critical, by any means - just a proof reading catch: Part III, 1st line: Heitmann was spelled Heitmannn.   Those soldiers who long ago reported to St. Peter, are no doubt smiling with genuine appreciation at your heart-felt endeavor,    Kay Clerc-Fakhar, FL       ________________________________ From: Esther M. Ziock Carroll <[email protected]> To: Carl Edgar <[email protected]>; Darryl Lawson <[email protected]>; Gloria Ziock Fong <[email protected]>; J Martin <[email protected]>; MOSTFRAN <[email protected]>; Pat Nixon <[email protected]>; Ralph Green <[email protected]>; WashCoMo <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:58 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] CARNAGE AT THE CROSSROADS This memorial day weekend please remember all of our fallen soldiers.  Below is the url for the true & tragic story of one of those soldiers: CARNAGE AT THE CROSSROADS The true story of Sgt. Cecil J. Cash By: Esther M. Ziock Carroll © 2 May 2012 A III part series   ~   With background sound   PROLOGUE:  17 December marks the anniversary of what was considered to be the worst WAR CRIME committed against American soldiers in the western European Theatre of WWII.  Much has been written & published about this incident but only a very few authors have included mention of my relative.  So I am writing his story & giving him the full recognition he deserves.  This story provides a detailed account of T/4 Sgt.Cecil J.Cash's tragic demise when he along with 80+ other American soldiers were brutally murdered by Nazis on the second day of the Battle of the Bulge 17 December 1944.  This is the TRUE story of  Sgt. Cash of the 197th Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Battalion.  Sgt. Cash of St. Francois County, Missouri, USA, is my step-father by way of being the first husband of my mother Pearl Martin Cash Ziock Foree of Washington County, Missouri.   Sgt.Cash's military history begins at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis & covers his two year tour of duty through five states, two continents, & six countries.  The story includes excerpts from Sgt. Cash's personal correspondence with his wife as he forges his way through France, Belgium & Luxembourg with thousands of other American soldiers liberating Europe from Hitler's evil Nazi Regime & bringing an end to the Holocaust & the Third Reich.  For the complete story please go to:   http://www.carrollscorner.net/CarnageAtTheCrossroads.htm   ****************************************************** 197th AntiAircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion   Esther M. Ziock Carroll Genealogist, Historian, Author, Homemaker Servant to 12 spoiled-rotten cats, 2 lazy dogs, 1 tolerant husband =^.^=               www.carrollscorner.net www.youtube.com/Ziock63664 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message