Archives 2001

	Tuesday 11/20/2001 2:19:07pm
Name:	Alan E. Rubin
E-Mail:	are1061t@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	North Platte, 1979 graduate, NPHS
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	As a kid, I use to love watching the NebraskaLand Days Review in the Canteen building. I wish I could get back to NP more often.

	Sunday 11/11/2001 12:08:56am
Name:	MICKEY COLLINS
E-Mail:
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	HAVE AN ORIG. ORANGE ADVERTSING CARD WITH PICS ETC. FOR NPC. IT IS THIS THAT BROUGHT ME TO YOUR WONDERFUL SITE. THANKS

	Tuesday 10/23/2001 8:05:07am
Name:	Charles F Haist
E-Mail:	gjhaist@netscape.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Hershey, Ne
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Comments:	I was born and raised in Hershey. I now live in Shore Acres, TX.

	Thursday 10/18/2001 4:33:52pm
Name:	william hanley
E-Mail:	hanley@nacs.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	chardon, oh
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	My first encounter with "The Canteen" was back in 1995 when I started a bicycle trip from North Platte to my home in Chardon, Ohio. It was just planned at random. Upon spending a day in North Platte before heading out, I was quite intrigued with the story I read about the Canteen. Then, just recently, while reading a story in "Chicken Soup For The Veterans Soul", it was all brought back to me again. So I decided it was time to learn all I could about the warmth of the Nebraskan souls. Thanks for the nice web sight, a good tribute to those that should not be forgotten. Bill Hanley

	Tuesday 10/02/2001 9:15:07pm
Name:	Caro Myers
E-Mail:	leesburg_fl_34748@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Leesburg,Fl
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	My husband was in WWII and he loved the music... GOD BLESS THE USA.

	Tuesday 09/25/2001 4:13:44pm
Name:	Michael Riley
E-Mail:	Mike903l@aol.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	North Platte
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	My mother's family (Barraclough) has deep roots in NP and this is where all my brother and sisters were born and raised. Our family moved away from NP in 1962, but I've never forgotten the great childhood I had growing up in NP. Our house stood on the corner of 3rd & Chestnut... at short bike ride from Cody Park where I used to spend my summers playing baseball for St. Patricks School and swimming. I just found my aunts name (Edwina Barraclough) listed as the secretary of the NP Canteen... Lots of good memories... Take care......be safe

	Tuesday 09/04/2001 11:14:05am
Name:	Erma Stoddard Platter
E-Mail:	MissAlexx@aol.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	North Platte, NE
Referred By:	Web Ring
Comments:	I've been told that my mother, Eva Alexander, used to volunteer at the canteen. I was of course, very young then. Love the pictures. Erma

	Monday 09/03/2001 4:16:01pm
Name:	Joseph Schmidt
E-Mail:
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Brooklyn New York
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	I was at the canteen about April of 1946 when we sailors got to take a break from the troop train.I met a lovely young lady with whom I corresponded while overseas, I believe her name was Donna Dittmer.Thanks for a wonderful memory. Joe Schmidt Toms River N.J

	Monday 09/03/2001 3:17:44pm
Name:	Phil Wilson
E-Mail:	pwilson@ncy.rr.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	New York City--via Wauneta, NE
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Comments:	From the NP newspaper site. Wonderful site. I am a History Prof. who has designed web sites and was really impressed by the quality and the whole approach. Very focused. Thanks. Phil Wilson

	Saturday 08/25/2001 2:45:36pm
Name:	Jim Finnegan
E-Mail:	Finnegan@cmacwarrior.com
Homepage Title:	C.M.A.C.
Homepage URL:	http://www.cmacwarrior.com/
Where are you from:	CA
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	Great site!

	Tuesday 08/21/2001 0:06:08am
Name:	Robert Olson
E-Mail:	kohls@thegrid.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	San Francisco, CA
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Comments:	Wonderful site-looking for anyone knowing a Leo Robert Harris or Dorothy Elizabeth Ridder. Dorothy lived in Calloway, 1940's

	Saturday 08/18/2001 10:57:28pm
Name:	Erdine McMichael Nugent
E-Mail:	enugent@alveus.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Vancouver, Washington
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	This was forwarded to me by a cousin and I very much enjoyed remembering the NP Canteen. My husband was stationed at Camp Gordon Johnston near Tallahassee, Fla for over 2-l/2 years from l943 to l945. He was drafted on limited service because of vision problems and since it was unlikely that he would go overseas, I joined him. We made five trips home on furlough from Fla. to WA, a five-day-four-night trip by train. We always started out with a lunch as diner car facilities were practically nil, but by NP the food we brought was gone, and it was a long way to Chicago where we had to change trains. When the conductor made everyone aware of the canteen and a 30 min. stop, the first two trips Dale and I went to the Canteen together. It may have been the policy of the Canteen to include family members of service personnel in their bounty, but as a service wife I was viewed as very suspect (probably one of those other "ladies"), so after the first two trips, Dale dashed in and brought sandwiches and cookies for us to the train and told me who the host town was. I could hardly believe than in 10 trips thru NP, there was never a host town within 50 miles of NP. My complaint is because I was born and raised in NP and my dad, Howard W. McMichael, was a switch foreman in the NP yards from 1922 to l941 when my folks moved to Washington. I always hoped to see someone from NP but never did. Despite being viewed with a suspect eye, Dale and I agreed there wasn't, and probably never will be, another Canteen like that in NP. Danville, Ill. had a good one, but it didn't compare to that in North Platte. My congratulations on the Canteen presentation. Mrs. Erdine McMichael Nugent

	Saturday 07/21/2001 10:31:10pm
Name:	John (Jack) Sheridan Manion, Jr.
E-Mail:	jmanion1@tampabay.rr.com
Homepage Title:	The Jack and Laura Manion Story
Homepage URL:	http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jmanion1
Where are you from:	Florida
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Comments:	Since I was a GI who visited the North Platte Canteen in 1943, this site was a nostalgic experience. I will read every word, and view every photo. During my short visit in 1943 I had an opportunity to share a few moments with my high school sweetheart, while my buddies enjoyed the hospitality.

	Thursday 07/12/2001 4:26:58pm
Name:	Vincent L. Anderson
E-Mail:	minutemancv2@aol.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Palm Desert, California
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	In April 1945 I was a Plt. Sgt. in the USMC in charge of nine other Marines on our way from San Francisco To Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Just before arriving at North Platte, Nebraska, the MP's on the train [Union Pacific] informed me that this would be one stop we would never forget. The wonderful ladies at the North Platte Canteen treated us royally, [FREE] sandwiches, fried chicken, cakes, milk and coffee. The MP's were right. This is one stop we never forgot. There was no other stop across the United States that equaled the North Platte Canteen for hospitality.

	Thursday 07/12/2001 3:19:30pm
Name:	Penny Koch
E-Mail:	pennyblack36@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	North Platte
Referred By:	Friend
Comments:	Have you read the book, I'll be Seeing You? A young man on the troop train stops at the Canteen and meets a young woman. He comes back to NP 50 years later to find her. Really had neat description of the Canteen. Fun to read. Really like the site. Found it from Jim R. Like the pictures of Canteen and Museum.

	Sunday 07/08/2001 11:11:19pm
Name:	SUSAN D. (McCaig) Enos
E-Mail:	SueBenos@excite.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Lake San Marcos, Calif.
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Comments:	Found out about newspaperlinks from Womans World magazine. I was born in Gothenburg in 1946 and lived most of my life in Maxwell and Brady. Moved to Calif. when I was 19 in 1966. Never knew about the Canteen but found out my Grandmother, Eunice Johnson from Brady helped out at the Canteen. This is a FANTASTIC sight. Susan (McCaig) Enos

	Tuesday 06/26/2001 4:02:30pm
Name:	Keith Blackledge
E-Mail:	keithb@nque.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	North Platte, NE
Referred By:	Friend
Comments:	Bob Greene, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, wants to talk to some veterans who passed through the Canteen. If you are one of those, contact me or contact him direct at BGreene@tribune.com. Thanks. kb.

	Wednesday 06/20/2001 6:05:18pm
Name:	Susan Courtright, daughter of Donald D.
E-Mail:	LadiSusana@aol.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Santa Monica, CA
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	My dad, Donald Dean Courtright, travelled through this station and canteen on his way to a troop ship bound for the Pacific in WWII. His wife, Agatha Beelaert Courtright, was a stateside nurse and a resident of O'Neill, NE...any friends out there?

	Wednesday 06/20/2001 4:37:33pm
Name:	Dorothy "Masters" Ragan
E-Mail:	dmragan76@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	originally, California
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	Although I'm originally from California, I have lived in North Platte, Nebraska from 1970 to 1973. My father, William K. Masters used to visit the canteen when he came home while in the Navy during World War II.

	Friday 05/04/2001 8:23:57pm
Name:	Doug Southers
E-Mail:	dsts97@shentel.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Stanley, VA
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Comments:	I'm the grandson of Robert A. Burge, originally from Moundsville, WV. During the war (WWII) his wife and two daughters lived in Norfolk, VA. He served in the 331st Combat Team. He died in 1974, when I was three years old. Anyone with information about Bob Burge or the 331st Combat Team, please e-mail me at dsts97@shentel.net.

	Monday 04/16/2001 4:21:48am
Name:	Gene Gihon
E-Mail:	wildwind@sprint.ca
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Vancouver, BC Canada
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	Never been to North Platte but have relatives there. Looking for Darlene Gihon or Marianne Gihon......anyone know them? Please contact me. wildwind@sprint.ca

	Sunday 04/01/2001 9:27:50pm
Name:	Paul Gardner
E-Mail:	pgardner@iopener.net
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Scottsdale, AZ (orig. Lima,OH)
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	Chanced upon this site and certainly happy that I did. Great memories as I passed through NP several times in 1943 and 1944 and always appreciated the hospitality to be found at the Canteen. It is so easy to bridge 58 years with pleasant memories that this 79 yo man feels 21 again for just a moment. Thank you.

	Sunday 04/01/2001 12:59:01am
Name:	Bonnie J. Applegate Smith
E-Mail:	bapple121@juno.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Comments:	Hi, As a person who worked many hours at the canteen as a teenager I was delighted to discover a website. My mother,Lillian Applegate, was a regular worker,thus I spent a lot of time there with her as I was very young when I started helping. Bonnie J. Applegate Smith

	Tuesday 03/27/2001 12:06:18am
Name:	John Wilson
E-Mail:	foolishus@email.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Where are you from:	Iowa
Referred By:	Search Engine
Comments:	I was born in Omaha, NE and lived in Fremont and North Platte as well. I had never heard of the North Platte Canteen before I happened upon your site. I am glad that someone has taken the time to honor the fine people who helped in such a self-sacrificing way to cheer "our boys" on their way to service. We need more people to understand what was given by the people of this country in order to preserve our own and other people's freedom. Thank you for educating me about a city and state that I cherish dearly. Sincerely Yours, John Wilson Go Huskers!!!

	Sunday 03/11/2001 3:36:50pm
Name:	Les Sayles
E-Mail:	leslieosayles@aol.com
Homepage Title:
Homepage URL:	http://
Referred By:	Search Engine
Location:	Tupelo, MS
Comments:	Grew up in NP. Dad(russell) was a switch man there. Wonder why we weren't taught about this during school? I have had many people in the Tupelo, MS area tell me of their service days spent in NE at the various air bases and many others recall stopping at the Canteen. I am a respiratory therapist so I try to ask the older guys about their time in the service. Great to hear these stories. Hi to all I know in NP. Enjoy coming back to NP and visiting. Have two uncles buried at Ft. McPherson. Melvin (Bill) Erickson and Richard Westbrook.

	Tuesday 03/06/2001 1:57:42pm
Name:	Thomas G. Ratliff
E-Mail:	tdratliff@siscom.net
Homepage Title:	I Can Hear The Guns Now
Homepage URL:	http://www.icanhearthegunsnow.com
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	Carlisle, Ohio
Comments:	My father, Ova W. Ratliff, probably came through the Canteen in 1944 on his way to, and from, Camp Fannin, Texas. I don't know for sure as I was only 5 years old then. My father was killed in Hurtgen Forest, Germany, on November 14, 1944. During his short time in the Army he wrote 84 letters home, and I have compiled them, unedited, into a book "I Can Hear The Guns Now". I let him tell his story. Please look at the book's web site: WWW.ICANHEARTHEGUNSNOW.COM for more detailed information. Respectfully yours, Thomas G. Ratliff

	Saturday 01/13/2001 10:31:48am
Name:	Marv Kieckhafer
E-Mail:
Homepage Title:	America's 20th Century Veterans' Memoria
Homepage URL:	http://www.20thcvetsmem.org
Referred By:	Just Surfed In
Location:	North Platte
Comments:	I've been here many times before. This is a great site, full of important history, not only for North Platte, but also for the entire United States. More people need to know what happened here a half century ago. Also, thanks to the webmaster for having a link to the website for America's 20th Century Veterans' Memorial being built in North Platte. I am active in that project and urge everyone to support it! The Memorial includes a special area to recognize the famous North Platte Canteen. Help us complete this once in a lifetime, once in a century monument! Please go to the Memorial webpage and learn more. It is linked off this page or you can go to www.20thcvetsmem.org as noted above. Thanks!

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