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 Dear Friends
Hawaii,
George goes well. Sunday afternoon 9 September it has been welcomed
to the airport of Frankfurt (Germany) by my gendre Gilbert (the
husband of my elder girl Pascale). They speak all two the English
as it is necessary. Evenings have us dine to Forbach/France with
Pascale. Evenings George has slept at our place (Cathy and Raymond)
to Schoeneck, in our better reads, well comfortable. George has
slept as an angel.
Monday
10 September: in the morning have us been to collect us to the
Mémorial of airmen while Cathy prepared the meal for all
(Pascale Gilbert and their children). We are passed to table to
12 h and gone out of table towards 16 h (local hour). Dominique
Jansen, a girlfriend and fan of our Airmen as us, come east. She
speaks well the English and George (Always also gallant) was so
good mood evenings, as it has us invited (Cathy, Raymond and Dominique)
to the restaurant, so that Cathy be not always to the cooking
to prepare its small dishes. We are gone to eat Greek to Sarrebrück.
Back to Schoeneck, we have finished the evening with a good bottle
of Mirabelle (specialty Lorraine). Tuesday 11 September: breakfast
with eggs on the dish and Bacon for Georges, stick and growing
for us small French.
At 9 o'clock,
interview in front of the Mémorial by the local Television
of Forbach (TV8). To 9 h 40 reception by the Proviseur, the under-director
and M. Granek professor of English to the high school technological
"Condorcet" of Schoeneck. To 10 h 15 Georges has given
a lecture to the students of the Patent of Superior Technicians
of the high School (they were more 50) to listen attentively the
narrative of the crash of the Ginger to Schoeneck and of its months
as prisoner to the camp Barth. They were really impressed by the
vitality of this Colonel 77 years and admiring for the courage of
all the members of the l'équipage, that were come to give
again liberty and the hope to the France to the peril of their life
the 26 August 1944.
TV8 was present
to film and George Lesko has been chosen as "man of the day"
for the whole region. The students have put many questions to George
and shown their recognition by of long applause. At noon George,
Cathy and Raymond have eaten in the intimacy of their house to the
5 street Balzac to Schoeneck. Cathy in range émérite
had again be a credit to his host and Raymond has unstopped an of
its better bottles of Holy-Emilion (wine Bordeaux). The afternoon
George has wanted to rest a little... but it was to count without
the tragic évènements of New-York, Washington and
Pittsburg. We have followed the reportages of this unbelievable
catastrophe pass CNN on TF1. George was concerned, pale... We were
all stunned. I have at several squeezed returns his arm to console
it, Cathy had the tears to the eyes and Dominique is come to pull
a little our effroi for us. The press is come to know the reaction
George. His confidence in the destiny of the USA was inébranlable.
While we were horrified, this is again him that with his worthy
and courageous attitude, that consoled us the more.
Evenings have
us dine with Pascale Gilbert and the children. The évènements
terrifying New-York were located to the heart of our conversations.
Wednesday 12 September 2001: morning recuperation, calm. Our eyes
were again fastened on the Television. Brigitte and Félix
Graus of germany have telephoned. To 11 h have met Isabelle for
us Receiver the secretary of the district Forbach, girlfriend of
our airmen, always also charming. This was a very happy surprised.
At noon were for us received, George, Cathy and Raymond, by the
Direction and the stewardship of the high School Condorcet, for
a meal gastronomique, watered better white and red wines of France.
George has next visited the installations technologicals of the
high School in company of the Proviseur. Big kisses and very cordially
of Schoeneck/France.
Cathy and Raymond.
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