Sue, I'm taping every hour - in fact signed up for cable tv simply to do so. The last hour brought me to tears. I was in high school during those years, had a boy friend flying in bombing missions over Germany. Carol S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue M" <starshine166@home.com> To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:42 PM Subject: [PITTSBURGH] Security issues > This is a little off of the topic at hand, but is anyone watching Band of > Brothers on HBO? What a moving and gut wrenching mini series. > Sue* > > -------Original Message------- > > I don't know if the training is different now but when I was sent to Korea > in > the fifties we were told it is better to wound the enemy than kill him. An > army could be totally crippled by a lot of wounded because the logistics to > provide the care takes an incredible amount of people and resources as > opposed to just leaving the dead laying around. > I don't think I am a trained killer. I have fired 30 and 50 caliber machine > guns, M1 and Carbine rifles, 45 caliber side arms. Also some artillery and > B.A.R. weapons. > I am home for almost 50 years and have yet to find a need to purchase a > weapon or gun of any kind. Having said that I am absolutely opposed to gun > control of almost any kind. I am for nutso control though. > Best regards, Walt > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > > ============================== > Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online--FREE for 14 Days > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1238 >