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material and are usually trimmed
cern, and with black geometric designs or lines
around the brim.
A Moment
uncertainty
about what
—Kathleen Cox Richardson
Bradenton, Fla.
Captured
the future
brings.”
Now & Then
Winning images from
—Lt. Col. Arne
I enjoy receiving Military Offi cer.
MOAA’s fourth annual Erickson, USA-Ret.
A small detail in the July 2008
patriotic photo contest
honor U.S. troops 52
issue was incorrect. In the article
on Col. John Lathrop [“Combat,
COMBAT, THEN AND NOW
Vets share experiences in
Then & Now”] (his picture is on
World War II and Iraq 58
and his ship go to a far- page 62), [you] incorrectly used
HIKE PAY, NOT FEES
The House and Senate side
away place. The picture the [abbreviation] “ANG” for Army
with troops and retirees over
the Pentagon 31
is a powerful and moving National Guard. The correct [abbre-
A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL
Make Panama your next
display of art. As good viation] for Army National Guard
travel destination 64
photography dictates, is “ARNG”; the Air National Guard
the picture tells a story uses the acronym “ANG.”
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and has life. Ella and Eva show love, —Brig. Gen. Michael P. Fleming
[I] noted with interest the “On concern, and uncertainty about Assistant Adjutant General
Duty” photos, which clearly il- what the future brings. Florida Army National Guard
lustrate the hard work, under less When studying [the image] I felt via e-mail
than desirable conditions, that our a shiver run down my spine, because
servicemembers continue to do. it is so compelling and full of life. Reading Charlotte Dimel’s story
Though the judges agreed that the Thank you, Paulette [Junge], for [“Combat, Then & Now”] in the July
photo of the three airmen on the capturing this moment in your life [2008] issue of Military Offi cer took
wing of the U-2 captured trust, it for all to enjoy. me back to October 1944. Going out
also captured total disregard for the —Lt. Col. Arne Erickson, USA-Ret. on my fourth combat mission in Feni,
safety of not only the three airmen, via e-mail India, we crashed with a full load of
but any crew involved in the safe incendiary bombs. Fortunately, all
transport of the airplane, let alone Panama Hats fi ve crewmembers got safely out of
the airplane itself. As a Canal Zone brat, I enjoyed the the burning B-25.
—Cmdr. Irene T. Silverman, USN-Ret. article on Panama [“Hats Off to Pan- About one month later, I received
via e-mail ama,” July 2008]. All those colorful a letter from my sister wanting to
photos took me back to my child- know what happened to me on the
I am moved beyond explanation by hood, growing up with my siblings, exact date of the crash.
the [image that won second place mom, and dad, a Panama Canal “of- —Maj. W. Enchelmayer, USAF-Ret.
in the “Military Family” category fi cial,” in one those “charming, yet Perry, Ga.
in MOAA’s fourth annual patriotic simple” structures that are now part
photo contest, “A Moment Cap- of a resort. No Night Missions
tured,” July 2008]. I do remember going into stores [In reference to] the article you
Sisters Ella and Eva [Junge] stand with my dad where Panama hats printed in the July 2008 edition
on the beach and watch as their were sold. I can still conjure up the concerning Col. James Dimel,
father, Cmdr. Michael Junge, USN, smell of the hats, which are made in USAF-Ret., who says he completed
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