My father during World War II

Two (2) photographs of my father, Paul H. Madden, Jr. taken during his time in Europe during World War II (WWII). There are also his notes on the back of the photos which I transcribe. He was nineteen (19) years old at the time.

1. Saarlautern, Germany Jan. 1945 (Note gas mask and top button of jacket is buttoned. Two means of I.D. for American soldiers during Battle of the the Bulge.

[During the Battle of the Bulge, German infiltrators dressed in American uniforms were a problem. So, gas masks, which had not been needed, were issued to all U.S. soldiers in the area and their were instructed also to button the top button of their tunics/jackets. These two actions would help distinguish the true G.I.s from German imitators.

He is carrying an M-3 submachine gun AKA "grease gun"; it was not his issued weapon, M-1 Garand, but it looked cool.]

2. April 1945 (On Pass from "Reppel-Deppel")

["Reppel-Deppel" was shorthand for Replacement Depot or Repo Depot.]

Pay-For-Delay Phamaceutical Deals

From: jrmaddog@aol.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:12:48 EST
Subject: Pay-For-Delay
To: edit.cen@acs.org


C&EN Editor,

RE: Questioned Deals In Europe, C&ENews, 88(3), January 18, 2010, p6. &
FTC Seeks Ban On Pay-For-Delay Deals, C&ENews, 88(3), January 18, 2010, p22.

When an individual offers to not release information about another individual in exchange for money (e.g., the David Letterman incident), it is called extortion.

When a generic pharmaceutical maker agrees to not release its own, legal product in exchange for money from the original patent holder, it is called business.

What am I missing?

Regards,
J. R. Madden

My thought on The Book of Eli ...

Re: Irony with the Bible

by jrmaddog 4 days ago (Thu Jan 7 2010 13:56:51)

Personally, I think the book was chosen because of its dimensions. It has been hollowed out to hold the trans-dimensional, warp-induction, dislocation projector powered by a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator which will result in a really big kaboom!

The fact that it was a Bible is just a red herring.

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