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Mrs. Story receives a letter from the War Department in WWII that her son, Second Lieutenant John Story Jr. was killed in action 5 November 1944.

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War Department
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington D. C.

10 February 1945

Mr. John Story
401 West End Avenue
Ashburn, Georgia

Dear Mrs. Story:

This letter is being written to confirm the recent telegram in which you were regretfully informed of the death of your son, Second Lieutenant John J. Story, Jr., 0555834, Air Corps who was previously, reported missing in action since 5 November 1944 over Germany.

The report received from the German Government through the International Red Cross contained only the fact that he died on 5 November 1944.  Since it gives the date of his death as the same date he was previously reported missing in action, it has been officially recorded on the records of the War Department that he was killed in action on that date.  I wish that there were more information available to give you, but unfortunately reports of this nature do not contain any details or particulars.

I realize the great suspense you have endured and now, the finality to those hopes which you have cherished for his safety.  Although little at this time may be said or done to alleviate your grief, it is my fervent hope that later the knowledge that he gave his life gloriously for his country may be of sustaining comfort to you.

I extend to you my deep sympathy.

Sincerely yours,

J. A. ULIO
Major General
The Adjutant General

 

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1-18-2009

From the Webmaster:  Here's an excerpt from a letter that I have just sent to a friend who fought in the Falkland Islands War, named Neil Wilkinson.  Neil shot down two planes in the war and has suffered from PTSD ever since.  One plane that he shot down was the A-4 Skyhawk of Mariano Valasco.  Since Neil and I have met, we have been working on a project that you can see here.  The Falkland Islands war.  

Dear Neil,
Thank you for writing.  I thought that one of those guns in the video were yours but I couldn't recognize you in any of the pictures.  On one YouTube video from Argentina is actually a picture of Mariano talking, saying "It serves you right, greengo"  as he dropped the bombs on the HMS Coventry.  It's pretty interesting to see him talk.  Just a couple of days before you shot him down.  In another video I saw an A-4 get hit then disappear over the hill.  Did you hit that plane?  It looks just as you described when you hit Mariano. I finished a long time project last night and after I uploaded it, I realized that I left the two pages out where the war department sent the parents letters that their son was missing in action and then the one where there son was killed in action over Germany.  I've been working on these types of exhibits for twelve years now and I keep wondering why these guys fought and gave their lives when, today, our country is so filthy and filled with crime and violence, all driven by Hollywood and the Music.  Please excuse me, but what did they die for? 
The biggest terrorist in the world are the Hollywood producers and the music producers that are pushing bad ideas on our kids.  Carl Marx said that he can take a democratic country and make them pay for the rope to hang themselves.  How do you do it.  Get the kids on drugs and sex, teach them useless things and break up the family.  America is the prime example.  We keep talking about how great our country is, and our top celebrities are the filthiest things that have ever roamed the earth.  When I look at all of those helmets laying on the ground, in one of your pictures, it hurts.  When I keep writing about the histories of these pilots, seeing them with smiles on their faces and happy to be in such an important job fighting for their countries, then read that they never came back, looking at pictures of their wife and newborn kid that they never saw, it hurts.
We may have a special reason for our project in the Falklands.  I really don't know what it is, but the recent letter from Marino to you kind of says it when he invited you and your family to come and stay at their house.  It's not people that are enemies because we are just doing our jobs.  You didn't even know where the Falklands were, yet you risked your life for your job.  We need to see that people are people everywhere we look.  They have families and friends and dream of better times.  Somehow I would like to work on this theme with our Falklands project. 
It's hard to do this because after watching all of the videos, and even more than are on the site, it's hard to overcome the tragedy that these families and the men went through.  But we need to drop our hate and shake hands with the very people that we are taught to hate because they are people just like you and me.  The real enemy are the people that are producing the hate and the major hate machine is Hollywood California.  I've been there and it's not safe to walk the streets.  It's filled with hate, arrogance and disrespect.
Sorry to talk this way, but I see it over and over again and at the same time, the TV says that our schools aren't doing enough.  But the biggest school is what is pounded into the brains of our kids by the TV and Music.

Thank you and God Bless,
Jeff Dyrek


Read this exhibit about Jack Cody to see how the German's Treated our POW's and you will see exactly how the letter that I have written above fits together with what I said.

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