My grandpa's buddy, "Mutt" is having surgery today to remove a kidney. He is an Iwo Jima veteran and a Marine. He and my grandpa have been friends since a few years after the war.

Please remember him in your thoughts and prayers today.

Brooke

I have been given a booklet on the 228th hospital built in 1943 at Haydon Park, nr Sherborne in the county of

Dorset UK.

It started operating from September 18th 1943

The author is a lady who served there as a civillian shorthand typist at the headquarters.

The CO was Col Charles B. Kendall and many other US servicemen are mentioned and pictured in the booklet.

The hospital closed in 1945 and the equipment and medical supplies were distributed to local civillian hospitals.

Colin.

The first American soldier to be killed in Holland has a name.

Roy L. Booher Company K 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th "Old Hickory" Division.

Here is his picture:

We were sure for about 95%. This evening we spoke to another man who was investigating the same. He had some documents we hadn't seen before. While we were talking we all agreed that we finally found out that it was Roy L. Booher who was killed near our village Noorbeek.

I really don't know how to share everything with you. Our search took quite some time. More than a year and many, many hours of research. I really have no idea how to explain everything in English. It will take hours to explain it but we were really serious searching so depend on me that we are sure about it.

Besides, I passed my English test last week very confidential so my English teacher told me that I don't have to make another one .

Regards from a very happy Frank

This book was new in our library August 2008.

Author: Robert Kershaw

Published by: Hodder & Stoughton 2008 Hardback.

ISBN: 978 0 340 92347 4

A very good history of tank warfare and the men who fought in/designed and built them.

Colin.