Christoph!
Another Oh Wow! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
What a perfect photo! I am looking at the results of Steve printing it out on the laser printer on regular printer paper and it is Terrific!
I am sending several copies of the laser printer version to Norton. My hope is that he can draw on one of the copies and then send it back to me.
I want to have Steve print at least one on photo paper for Norton, but will not delay sending the package for it.
I am including an aerial view of the Abbey and the barracks area is visible just perfectly to match your photo. I will send an extra copy ( they are large) and hopefully it will help him and me with some perspective. Fortunately Steve made these maps for me several months ago when things were hectic but not as hectic as now.
Also have a couple of other things to send - more about those later.
It was interesting to hear Norton's reaction to Dad's letter to the Dad of the gentleman that died at the Camp. It was quite touching.. I figured out the sequence of events on the letter and why fortunately for us it was in that gentleman's file. I must send you some photos of him - this man was as beautiful on the inside as the outside. People that see his photo basically gasp, at his 'movie star' looks. And I will explain the sequence at a later time.
I am also including a VMAIL Dad wrote home on Jan. 3rd, 1945, the day this gentleman died (He was buried Jan. 6th, 1945). I am not sure without rereading this enormous thread if I wrote this. Dad writes 'Fortunately I am so busy time flies by and this all is just a little easier to take. Have all the boys writing there (yep he mispelled it) letters home - and this gives them something to do. For them laying in bed time goes by so slowly. I have most of my one legged boys up and around now doing odd jobs, making bandages, etc....'
THANK YOU as always!!!
I will work on package to Norton. Then out, and then maybe tomorrow I can start to put little notes together from each man. I am so eager to do so.
Jean J