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significant error. The author states, in his description of the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville, that “The cemetery contains the white cross markers of 9,387 Americans who died in World War II.” While the figure of those who are buried at Colleville is cor- rect as a total, it is incorrect in that not all of them were of the Chris- tian faith. Among the 9,387 graves, 149 of them bear a marble Star of David (and not a white cross), rep- resenting the Jewish faith. And, as the author notes, many of the fallen — about 60 percent — were returned to the U.S. for burial, and this applied to the Jewish de- ceased as well as to those of other faiths, perhaps even a higher per- centage, since stringent adherence to Jewish law requires burial in a Jewish cemetery. Let us not forget that soldiers,

sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen of all faiths fought and died not only in World War II but in all of our conflicts. — Col. Irwin M. Jacobs, USA (Ret) Life Member via email

I was gratified to read in the De- cember 2014 issue of Military Of- ficer about the warm welcome given to [retired Army] Lt. Col. [John] Wessmiller by the French. In 1999, my wife and I visited Normandy. I needed some cash, so I went to an ATM. After I inserted my card, I was greeted by the message, “Wel- come to our liberators.” We hear about anti-U.S. feeling in France. There are some, at least, who haven’t forgotten. — Cmdr. Bart Rice, USN (Ret), Life Member via email

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A World Away Memory Editor’s note: MOAA’s photo essay “A World Away” in the December 2014 issue asked readers to respond via MOAA Connect (connect.moaa.org) about the most memorable places they were deployed over the holidays. The following is one of the responses. As a young field grade Air Force

officer, I was deployed supporting the U.S. Army at Taszar air base, Hungary, in 1999. We had a big contractor-operated dining tent, but it failed to get us in the Thanksgiving spirit. My squad- ron commander elected to take our Thanksgiving show on the road. He had his service’s NCO order Thanks- giving dinner with all the trimmings and have it airlifted into our base from Germany. He then commandeered the dining room of a downtown hotel and enlisted the support of their staff to prepare and serve our feast. To top off our turkey day, the U.S.

Air Forces [in] Europe commander, Gen. Mike Ryan, flew in to break bread with us as part of his grand Thanksgiving tour of various Air Force operating locations in his area of responsibility. An unexpected snowstorm cut his visit short, to avoid being snowed in, but all-in-all a good and memorable time was had by all. — Col. William Malec, USAF (Ret) via MOAA Connect

Corrections: An incorrect rank was given for Capt. Maurice Gauthier, USN (Ret), in “Never Stop Serving,” Rapid Fire, January 2015. The caption for photo 4, page 37, in

Chapters in Action, December 2014, incorrectly identified Lt. Col. Don Gersh, USA (Ret). We regret the errors.

For submission information, see page 6.