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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bob:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I was born in July 1939; this makes me 66 and change
today.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm up to episode 10 on the first disk. I must say
that I find the video quality substandard, and the audio level is way way
too low. But I'm enjoying VICTORY AT SEA again anyway. I did
see it on TV in Portland back in the 1950's, and The History Channel runs a
bunch of them now and then. FYI: The 16mm film versions I've seen (30
years ago) were crystal clear.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I love the music and Leonard Graves naration.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Our parents would park Doug and me in the Roxy Theater
when they went into Sweet Home on the week </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>ends. I know I saw a lot of propaganda
films during the war years. This is an empty lot now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sweet Home in the 1950's: <A
href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/14/">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/14/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 23, 2005 2:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Memories of
WWII</DIV>
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<DIV>Cecil: We must be of the same generation. I, too, remember
the War years, and I have Victory at Sea also. Really worth it. I also
managed to get a Special Set from Disney called "Victory Through Air Power" by
Alexander De Severski. it's animated by Disney, also has a bunch of War time
Disney Cartoons, and some propaganda shorts about conserving for the
War.</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Bob Goodman <BR>USAF Retired
<BR>University Place, Washington</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There are many things that I remember about WWII, but
today my letter flipper (mail man), dropped the 2 DVD, 26 epasodes (12 hours
total), of "Victory At Sea" through my mail slot. A very great
buy!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I remember rationing, and the day I spilled a new 5
pound bad of sugar in the wood shed. Yikes!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I remember the really bad synthetic rubber ballons
produced near the end of WWII. We didn't have to pay for them until
you inflated them and they didn't break (Foster, Or, general
store).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I remember the GI's who took a rest break in our
barn.... That I almost burned down a few years later.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.<BR>PO Box 530833<BR>San Diego
CA 92153<BR>FAX 619-428-6434<BR><A
href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">mailto:cchouk@cox.net</A><BR>ANDERSON - BLAKELY
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