Harv

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Subject: confirmation
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:52:58 -0500
From: Harvey Alexander
To: Jason

The information you wanted to verify that I take was your Grand father, that the ship he was on , was very much the LST333, As far as I know I am the last living member of that ship. The 333 was the very first LST lost in ww2, and the only one that was lost that day, I remember that day very well, as it was my 22nd birthday. Your letter brought back a memory that I had forgotten along with many others. I finally remembered your granddad,,, as we were friends, I also remembered that he and the other cooks were fixing a special birthday dinner for me for later that night and we were going to have it in the engine room( where we always managed to have a few drinks hidden down there) This is one of the few memories I can remember, To this day I have no idea, how I got off the ship or where I went after the explosion, I have lost at least one year out of my life. Your letter to J. Perlowski gave part of that year. I have had it for now, as I have been very much under the weather for a week now, at 84Yrs. I found out it takes a little longer to come back.
I hope to hear from you soon, I may be able to answer questions you may Have.
Harvey Alexander

And from there we have Jason's reply email, and pictures to boot!

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:18:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Jason
Subject: Re: confirmation
To: Harvey Alexander

Mr. Alexander,

Guy Fallow would have been my great uncle. He was my grandmothers brother. I have his picture and his purple heart. I will attach pictures of them so you can see them too. I am glad to hear that you are doing well other than that cold you have. I was able to send those pictures of the ship i got off the internet to my grandmother. I know that she was glad to see them. Thank you for taking the time to get back with me so soon.

Jason Bodie

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