Archives 1999

	Friday 12/10/1999 8:32:34pm
Name:	Jeff Schramm
E-Mail:	jws7@lehigh.edu
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Link from another page
Location:	Ambler, PA
Comments:	Fantastic site and photos. I am a University professor and may ask my students to access the site to learn more about the World War II era. Nothing quite describes the unity of purpose that was felt as your site. I was especially struck by the young black serviceman who was presented with a birthday cake. Even in a segregated era he was accorded the same honor of a cake. This also speaks about the homefront and midwestern values. Again, well done.

	Sunday 11/28/1999 0:37:50am
Name:	Thomas E. Powell
E-Mail:	NHBigRed@AOL.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Link from another page
Location:	Born in Valentine and lived in Blair before the war
Comments:	I did not have the chance to use the Canteen on the way to the Pacific, but did when I returned to the States in 1945 and went by train to the East Coast. I remember the kindness of the ladies of the Canteen to us servicemen. I spent 2 1/2 years in the Pacific in the Seabees and was truly glad to get back to the States.

	Tuesday 11/02/1999 4:47:33pm
Name:	CyberTeddy! People's Choice Top 500 Today
E-Mail:	teddy@cyberteddy-online.com
Homepage Title:	People's Choice WebSite 500 Today
Homepage URL:	http://www.cyberteddy-online.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In
Location:	New York City
Comments:	Cool sighting... "We don't pick the People's Choice WebSite 500... You do!" Submit your choice site today.

	Wednesday 10/27/1999 8:37:24pm
Name:	Lisa
E-Mail:	killa_briz@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:	Lisa's Page ... Journal, Dogs and more!
Homepage URL:	http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Farm/4395/
Referred By:	Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button
Location:	Colorado
Comments:	You've done an awesome job on this page! I am truly impressed. The layout and graphics are great. Keep up the great work and congrats on Pick of the Moment!!

	Wednesday 10/27/1999 2:29:10pm
Name:	Doni Miller
E-Mail:	00158874@bigred.unl.edu
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Cortland Nebraska
Comments:	I want to thank you for all the hard work you put into forming this website. I also wanted you to know that as an Elementary School Teaching Major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I am using the information I have found to form a lesson on the efforts made here on the homefront during WWII. To bring the message home to these students that the war effort occured here in Nebraska too, I am using the example of the North Platte Canteen. The information I have found is extremely valuable. Please keep up the good work. Remembering is the most important part of life. You have done a wonderful job of helping us all remember. Sincerely yours, Doni Miller

	Monday 10/11/1999 12:00:48am
Name:	Jerry L. Lippincott
E-Mail:	lipncot@bellsouth.net
Homepage Title:	Lippincott's Cyber-archive
Homepage URL:	http://lippincott.org
Referred By:	From WWW.LPAGE.COM
Location:	Merrick County, Nebr (now Florida)
Comments:	My mother, Rosalie, and aunt Marjorie were just high-schoolers but were privledged to serve at the Canteen several times when it was Shelton's turn. (Hall Co) Mom has written a lot about her experiences and I have encountered associates (retired sailors) even here in Florida who stopped in the Canteen during the War. I myself have volunteered at the Vietnam Veterans Wall and the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (see lonesailor.com) and am always overwhelmed at what so many persons have done for this land of ours. Your efforts and results are to be highly lauded. This country used to be "Date nolite rogare" (give without asking) and now it seems to be "Quid lucrum istic mihi est?" (what's in it for me?) Thank you all and God Bless

	Sunday 09/19/1999 11:05:42pm
Name:	Lady_Dakota
E-Mail:	lady_dakota2@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:	Lady_Dakota's Home
Homepage URL:	http://www.geocities.com/lady_dakota2/
Referred By:	Link from another page
Location:	Land of Dust
Comments:	This was a nice stop on my nightly stroll through the net tonight. Very well put together and I enjoyed myself. Everything seems to be in it's place, I found nothing out of order. Thanks for sharing! Remember: "Be good At whatever you do!" ~Dak~

	Saturday 09/04/1999 11:08:59am
Name:	Susan Grady
E-Mail:	bristol5@ameritech.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Chicagoland
Comments:	I am researching WWII canteens and was delighted to come upon this site. Born in North Platte after the canteen closed, I later learned about it when my best friend's father told me he had stopped at the canteen. My best friend's family was from back East (Baltimore, Philadelphia) but they moved to Nebraska in the late 1950's. John is one of the servicemen (Air Force) shown in "All Board" photo. It is clear that North Platte's canteen was special. I would be interested in finding out about other canteens that provided service to the troop trains. Also, I noticed that Omaha and Lincoln weren't mentioned on the canteen "Honor Roll." Is this because they had canteens of their own? Born and raised in Nebraska, I see the canteen as an example of how the wonderful people of the Cornhusker state live their lives--hard work and helping others.

	Friday 09/03/1999 11:33:02pm
Name:	Helen Allen Hastings
E-Mail:	VitaGrammy@aol.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	Walla Walla, WA
Comments:	I used to make cookies for the canteen!

	Thursday 08/26/1999 4:22:25pm
Name:	Lisa Geiken
E-Mail:	lisag@nque.com
Homepage Title:	North Platte / Lincoln County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Homepage URL:	http://www.northplatte-tourism.com target=
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Gothenburg
Comments:	What a wonderful tribute to the people who cared enough to spread hospitality to each and every service man and woman who passed through our community. I am director of the North Platte Convention & Visitors Bureau and am so proud to tell our visitors about the Canteen!

	Thursday 08/05/1999 1:07:49am
Name:	Brad Cassell
E-Mail:	schuskerfan_1999@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	North Platte live in SouthCarolina
Comments:	Enjoyed learning about the canteen , my dad used to sell papers to the servicemen as a boy.

	Monday 08/02/1999 7:32:10pm
Name:	Julia
E-Mail:	army_gal38@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:	1 It 4 Free
Homepage URL:	http://www.cis.net/~jsl1478/index.htm
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	Iowa
Comments:	Nice Page!

	Saturday 06/19/1999 3:55:28pm
Name:	Joshua Spencer
E-Mail:	joshua.spencer@accglobal.net
Homepage Title:	Viagra On The Rise
Homepage URL:	http://OnTheRise.net/store/101444
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	Toronto,Canada
Comments:	You have done great work with this site. Kindly keep up the excellent work.

	Friday 05/21/1999 12:13:29am
Name:	Pasquale Grillo
E-Mail:	pg108@erols.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	Newtown, Pa.
Comments:	Of all the places that I have visited during my tour of duty in the Army during WWII, NorthPlatte's outreach to the service people has always stuck in my mind. Thanks again for the great hospitality.

	Friday 05/07/1999 0:07:26am
Name:	John
E-Mail:	jmanion@hitter.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	Florida, originally from Ogallala, Nebraska
Comments:	I have a fond memory of visiting the Canteen about September, 1943. I am from Ogallala so I bragged to my traveling companions, (GI's, of course) about Nebraska and the North Platte Canteen as we approached Nebraska from the west. I telegraphed ahead to my high school sweetheart asking her to be at the canteen when our train arrived. So, she was there, and we spent some emotional moments together out in her automobile parked on Front Street, while my amazed buddies gulped down the goodies passed out by the Canteen workers. After a hurried last kiss, my sweetheart and I rushed through the Canteen and on to the tracks so I would not miss my already moving train. (I think I did grab a cookie while racing through.) Continuing on the train to the east my buddies, thoroughly impressed by the Canteen, treated me with renewed respect, having learned that I was from this part of Nebraska.

	Tuesday 04/27/1999 9:38:17am
Name:	Jim Reske
E-Mail:	JHReske@aol.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	Cary, NC
Comments:	My uncle used to be minister to church in Scottsbluff. Rev Abraham Brenning. It may have been one of the many organizations (I do not know how many miles)that supported the canteen. I do have some good memories of USO in San DIego during my Navy career. I enjoyed pictures particularly names were mentioned. Your name is the most readily thing that you recognize. The people you showed were real. I know that Nebraska has some spread out places. My mother was born in McCook (1915).

	Monday 04/05/1999 3:15:08am
Name:	Mark
E-Mail:	Limpbiznatch@studio2.8m.com
Homepage Title:	Arcade
Homepage URL:	http://members.tripod.com/~Studio28m/launch.html
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	Sacremento
Comments:	Excellent site!

	Friday 04/02/1999 6:21:49pm
Name:	Donald W. Munger
E-Mail:	dmunger@snet.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:
Comments:	Sometime in winter 1945 I passed through your town headed back to Connecticut for a 10 day leave from Oakland would you believe. I remember well the "groaning board" of wonderful food there waiting. I think of that trip often and don't regret it at all. Stopping in your town was a highlight. Great web sight as well.

	Friday 04/02/1999 4:15:57am
Name:	Al D'Ambra
E-Mail:	alda25@unix.asb.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	From a Military/Veterans page
Location:	Rocky Point N.Y.
Comments:	In 1943 my troop train stopped at a station. We all got a brown bag packed with love and a bunch of goodies. Now at 73 this is my way of saying, "Thank you". To Them and You !

	Saturday 02/06/1999 1:15:00pm
Name:	Marv Kieckhafer
E-Mail:	imokru@nponline.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Link from another page
Location:	North Platte
Comments:	I have been here before, having lived in North Platte for 18 years and heard much about the Canteen. I believe I have some uncles who passed through during the war, but can't ask--they are gone now, like so many from that time. This is a great site for anyone to visit! I hope teachers and others are finding it and using it. It is an inspiring and even emotional experience as one visits and reads comments in the questbook. If you are a veteran or want to honor a veteran, you should learn more about AMERICA'S 20TH CENTURY VETERANS' MEMORIAL that will be built right here in North Platte by the end of the century. This Memorial will commemorate men and women veterans of the entire 20th Century, whether they served in time of war or peace. The Memorial will be a natural addition to North Platte, where so much history (like the Canteen) occurred. If you want to know more call or write: Mid-Nebraska Veterans' Memorial Association P.O. Box 1393 North Platte NE 69103 (308) 532-6579. Help us honor America's deserving veterans! We will soon have a website where you can go to find out more. Hooray for North Platte and its Canteen!

	Friday 01/29/1999 10:37:03pm
Name:	Sherin Vang
E-Mail:	sherinl@msn.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	San Francisco, California
Comments:	My maternal grandparents, Floyd and Mattie Grunden of Sutherland, NB, were close friends of Jessie Hutchens and her husband, Charles. They were involved with the Canteen from the beginning, and traveled up to North Platte every few weeks when it was their "turn". Most of my family still live in and around North Platte. I've always loved the story of the Canteen.

	Thursday 01/28/1999 4:40:30am
Name:	Gunnar Gallis
E-Mail:	ggallis@online.no
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	Norway
Comments:	I found the site looking for the Heartland Museum of Military vehicles. In 1996 a group of people interested in old military vehicles crossed USA coast to coast in ww2 GMC 2,5 tons trucks.We were 17 all together, including my wife Astrid and our youngest son Sigmund. At the Heartland Museum we were treated like Royals.The people we met there recomended that we should visit the Canteen in North Platte. It was wery interesting, I never heard of it before. As i grew up (I`m 50) my neighbor across the road told me about his journey acrcss USA during the war. He was a sailor when the war started, and his ship was in the Pasific at the time, so he and the entire crew had to get to N.Y. to join the Norwegian merchant navy there. He told me over and over again about the 5 days on the train crossing the continent coast to coast.He is dead now, so I never got the chance to ask him if he wisited the Canteen, but he probably did. When I read about the North Platte Canteen, and then think of the way we were treated in Lexington I understand better why it is called the Heartland!!! Thank you for a nice experience! Astrid, Sigmund and Gunnar Gallis

	Wednesday 01/27/1999 3:35:39pm
Name:	Jim & Phyllis Beckius
E-Mail:	jthist@kdsi.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Just Surfed On In!
Location:	R. R. 2 Box 251 North Platte, Ne. 69101
Comments:	I found this very interesting and really enjoyed every word of it.. I was in the canteen twice when I was in the Navy. I only had one leave and one delay enroute and both times was treated royally by the ladies and girls that worked. Thank you for the trip back through time. I really enjoyed it. You should be proud. Jim Beckius

	Thursday 01/14/1999 10:02:53pm
Name:	Dick Pagano
E-Mail:	rcpagano@email.msn.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Link from another page
Location:	Elk Grove Village, IL
Comments:	My dad, Kelly Pagano, served in the Navy during WWII. He visited the Canteen in 1945 when he was passing through North Platte on his way to California. In 1967, my family was heading to Colorado on vacation and coincidentally passed through North Platte during that three week period when the Canteen was reopened. We stopped in to visit the Canteen and my dad was thrilled to see it again. I've sent him some pages from your website. He loved them especially the pictures. They brought back fond memories of his 1945 and 1967 visits. It's a great web site!

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