[geodeticman.5]

Capt. Matt Lennox writes very well - and I don't mean anything as trivial as punctuation and sentence structure, etc. I've read the posts from him and I find his imagery in straightforward words to be very poignant. I can feel both his pride in service to Canada, and his vivid contrasts - such as the children playing on concrete in front of a bullet-riddled wall. If his demeanor in person is as it reads in letters, he is a very compassionate and self-disciplined man, with extremely good values.

I think most Americans such as I do not automatically think of Canadians in the War, and of course, as you folks know better, - they most certainly are; right in the maw of it. I'll answer his request for reflection on all he describes as an American ought to for his service as well. While he understandably speaks of hometown nostalgia; Gord; and Tim Horton's, I think the call for reflection by him on Liberty et al comes from a humble and self-sacrificing, admirable man. The forces' restoration and improvement of basic and essential life needs there for the local population is a very humanistic and admirable endeavour. I am humbled by the men and women who serve - we think we have it hard at times, I'm quite sure most of the time we don't even know the meaning of hard times, duty, and danger.

My personal thanks for his service and the good his unit is doing, in the midst of such a difficult maelstrom.

- geo Steve