Saturday, December 5, 2009

Band of Brothers Adventure

Paul and I went to the Strategic Air Command Museum this morning to meet and get autographs of some of the original members of the World War II saga "Band of Brothers". There were over 900 people there to do the exact same thing! In the one hour and 15 minutes they alloted for signing we were able to get two signatures! But they were really cool.

This is TSgt Donald Malarkey signing our book "Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose who, by the way, was not there to sign autographs. Seems he passed away in 2002 unbeknownst to me. That is another emabarrasing story best not told here...


Here is Edward Heffron signing our book.

In an interesting side note to the autographs, Mr. Malarkey explained that in this book there is a page quoting Shakesphere that says, "From this day to the ending of the World, ...we in it shall be remembered...we ban of brothers" which is from the play Henry V. He and Mr. Heffron always sign that page in honor of the seargant who suggested the quote to Stephen Ambrose as the title of the book.

We hope the recipient of this autographed book enjoys having this memento in their collection. These gentlemen were a pleasure to meet and their efforts during World War II in behalf of our Nation and freedoms are very much appreciated.

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