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A World War Two veteran meets the daughter of a soldier who saved his life. |
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What a UNH graduate learned from letters written home by soldiers during World War Two. And later: |
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Homecoming hugs for US Troops in Portsmouth. Meet the Pease Greeters and the men and woman who make up the hall of heroes. |
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Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to this special Veterans Day edition of New Hampshire Outlook. We begin with a decorated World War Two Veteran from Masschusetts and the woman from California who flew to New England to honor him. Noel Dube survived the D-Day invasion only to be injured months later in a mine field explosion in Germany. In September 2007 he met the daughter of one of the soldiers who carried him from the minefield which saved his life. Outlook's Richard Ager reports on their meeting. |
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Bite: Germans had mined both sides of the River pretty badly with mines. So I went into the Mine Field to pick them up so that we could launch a bridge on our side. TRACK: Noel Dube was a combat engineer in the army during World War II. In 1945 he was injured in a German minefield. Bite: What I figure that I must have had my left foot straddling a mine and I wasn't aware of it, you know, it was like this. My heel and my toe must have been enough weight that it didn't set it off. Because it was only a small three-foot square mine, one inch thick - it took very little weight to set it off. But anyway, it didn't set off. But as I was probing I found, I thought I detected a mine under a mound of turf. So I put my bayonet down and I grabbed the mound to pick it off and get the mine underneath and when I did I came back on my haunches and when I did that that put the extra weight on where my foot was apparently on top of a mine and I didn't realize it and I got blown up. Track: Noel was carried to a field hospital by two soldiers in his company he had never met before. His injuries were severe. Bite: Well it blew my forearm off. This was all bare red here, that was all blown off and my foot was in bad shape because when they carried me to this house that was alongside where we were - took me down into the basement where they had setup a evacuation for the wounded and the first thing the doctor says to me, he says 'sergeant I'm gonna have to take the leg - I said do what you have to do.' I remember telling him that, so he called a guy over with a bucket he took it off right there. I heard it fall in the bucket didn't phase me a bit. Track: Noel returned from the war and started a family. He lives in Pepperhill, MA and gets around with the help of a prosthetic leg. A deeply spiritual man he's transformed his front yard into a religious shrine. "and I keep adding to it every year, I built the property suitable for the shrine." Track: And though he's always held an appreciation for them - Noel never got to thank the men who carried him from the minefield. Bite: Noel, "the woman that's coming today, her father, she says, 'my father took Sergeant Noel Dube out of a mine field in Germany.' So I'm anxious to hear her story." Dissolve to they meet. Kay, "It's such a thrill…" Kay kisses Noel on the cheek. He smiles. TRACK: Kay Gutnecht's father Marvin was a combat engineer like Noel. But he never talked much about his time in the service. BITE: Kay, "I asked him once what he did in the war, and he said he was an engineer. And for him that was probably a lot of words. And I was thinking… 'I know what that is,' my dad was a mechanical engineer, 'he's an engineer now. He goes to work everyday and sits at a desk.' And that was kind of the end of the dialogue." TRACK: Following her father's death - Kay's curiosity grew. She sought out her dad's former foxhole buddy - Glenn Dickerson. BITE: Kay, "And what he did was send me about 140 letters that he wrote home during the war saying this will tell you a lot about your dad and the events we shared." TRACK: Kay was able to combine Dickerson's letters with photos and Army Records to assemble an account of her father's military history. But she didn't stop there - especially now that she had a list of men who served with her father. BITE: Kay, "And I started searching for those men, because I figured if they were around they could talk to me and I could get more information about my dad and his time in the service and Noel is one of the men that I found." BITE: Noel, "She wrote me a letter telling me she had read about the shrine here." TRACK: After making the cross-country flight from California to Massachusetts, Kay arrived in September ready to trade war stories with Noel. She read him Dickerson's account of the day he and Kay's father rescued Noel in the mine field. BITE: Kay, "We re-crossed the river, heavy pontoon bridge companies were busy spanning the river with larger heavier bridges to accommodate tanks, trucks and other large pieces of equipment. When we reached the foot bridge on our return we came across some of the men from our squad trapped in a mine field. Some were dead, others were wounded, another was trying to clear a path so he could get the wounded men out - and that would be Noel - just then there was a huge boom and the rescuer had his foot blown off. Glenn and Marvin got him on a stretcher and carried him across the river." SOT: Noel, "So these two are the ones that carried me out. These are the two men that carried me out of the minefield." TRACK: Noel's son Gerard presented Kay with a gift from the family - a piece of a parachute that was used by a US paratrooper during the Invasion of Normandy. The Dube's received the parachute from a French woman on the 50th anniversary of D- Day. SOT'S: Gerard, "so I've taken a piece and given a thank you to you for coming… and for helping my father…" Kay, "Thank you so much, I'm so honored, what a great man you are…" So studying about WWII is interesting, but when a member of your family was involved in a historic event like that and you can make it personal its way more interesting… so my dad was part of an incredibly historic event and I wish I knew more what his role was and his impressions and personal feelings, but I don't know much of that. But by talking to others who shared it I can get an idea of what it was like…" Soundup: TRACK: Kay reflected on the emotion of the day and what it meant to her to make such a strong connection with one her father's fellow soldiers. BITE: Kay, "It's… I think it's a little bit kind of like seeing my dad again. And they were brothers in arms right, so that makes him like an uncle. And like family. I'm sorry I'm so emotional." Camera pans to Noel: "It's a compliment. I'm an uncle I didn't realize that. I'm an uncle!" TRACK: For NH Outlook, I'm Richard Ager. BITE: Noel, "Think, she's not coming from New York State, she's coming from across the country to be here. That is a real compliment and I'll never forget it. That's why we've bonded already… I'm her |
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A UNH graduate shares some of the war-time letters he collected for a research project. |
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In times of war, letters from deployed troops are an important connector for loved ones back home. Those connections can be indelible links to the past for those of us reading them many years later. Outlook's Adam Donovan explains. |
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War Letters Script VIDEO UP: The image of the American flag, transparent, overtop shots of numerous authentic handwritten letters. David reads snippets of various letters-the bites almost overlapping… David Tape #1: "Dear Mother and Dad" "Even as I write these lines, the dreams of many men are fading in their hearts." "This is an experience I'll never forget, and one that I'll be immeasurably richer." "Tales of Heroism are common conversation." "For these dreams… they build this country." TRACK 1: The letters of World War II soldiers. David Palange read hundreds of them. BITE: David "We often get the history book account of wars and the broad scope and we don't often get the intimate details of war and think about it from an individuals perspective." TRACK 2: David's interest in these letters began with an assignment in a Civil War class at the University of New Hampshire. But even after completing the project - he was inspired to keep reading. David looking through the shelves BITE: David "That winter break over Christmas, my mom was reading a story in the Boston globe… and it was iraq soldiers - their last letter home… their LAST letter home. And she started to cry. And I made the connection between my project and this article." TRACK 3: So David applied for a research Grant and made the first floor of UNH's Dimond Library his home away from home. The Special Collections Department provided him with hundreds of original unpublished letters. BITE: David reading: "I spend all my days on deck talking with the officers. I've heard marvelous tales, walking on deck is like walking into a strange world where adventure is a chief commodity and heroism is a common topic of conversation." BITE: David "Seeing the actual handwriting, and being able to smell the paper as weird as that sounds was more intimate for me. And I felt like I got to know the soldiers better by seeing their handwriting. And I felt like I got to know the soldiers better by seeing their handwriting and their actual letters as opposed to the published. BITE: David, "Christmas was both wonderful and strange, I joined the ship choire and we sang at church services, Sunday we caroled all through the ships and for Christmas day we sang in the sick bay and for three Christmas shows. Don't worry about me I've never been more certain that this is right." Track 4: Before long, David began to notice common themes between the letters. BITE: "Definitely love. Fear. Hate sometimes. The realization of death. Common emotions that we as individuals that go through life in an ordinary way don't really think about. I didn't think about dying walking over here… I didn't think about death" etc. TRACK 5: He also began feeling an unexpected connection to some of the soldiers. BITE: David "I think reading a lot of letters from the same soldier you become attached - or I became attached to the individual soldier. I was scared for him when he went into battle, I was angry if he thought his wife was cheating, I was happy about a great night he had with friends." BITE: David "The cadet was in training at the time and he acknowledged that he might not make it through the war… BITE: David reading: "Dear Son, I have no way of as I write this that you my yet unborn child will be a boy. It is just that I find myself thinking of you as a boy so if you turn out to be a young lady, you must forgive your dad because I will cherish you like I do your mother… This fight we pursue is for you who will follow…" BITE: "He talks about patriotism and the American ideals and if anything without seeing his son or daughter he wants to pass on the American principles and promise to promote that tradition." TRACK 6: And who were some of the other letters written to? BITE: David, "I found that most of them… usually wives, mothers, sisters, siblings, cousins and friends. But the majority of the letters I read were mothers - and fathers - but the most intimate and personal letters were to mothers. Cause I think most people have the most intimate connection with their mom." Bridge w/ exterior of julies house TRACK 7: That sentiment is one that Julie Patten of Kittery, Maine would likely agree with. into: Julie about to start reading. BITE: Julie reading: "Well, here we are we 169ers. In the midst of the most incredible collection of aquatic blues, moonlit nights, sparkling days and lingering sunsets." TRACK 8: Julie's father, Lieutenant Jules E. Fern served aboard three different ships in the US Coast Guard from 1944 to 1946. His mother kept every letter he ever sent home. BITE Julie reading: "Yesterday I went ashore three times and once got to the front lines and saw some real fighting. It was my first experience with war, but I can't get over how calmly a fact imposes itself upon one." TRACK 9: Upon returning home from his tour of duty, Jules mother - Julie's grandmother - returned the letters to her son. Jules kept them safe until his death in 1991. Various table artifacts etc. and letters on the table. BITE: Julie "Well, he died in Ohio and all of his things were shipped up here to my home in Maine and he saved everything so he assembled four trunks of memorabilia… so I started sifting through and I came across a box with a note that said "WWII Letters: Pitch At Fern's death." Which was typical of my fathers off handed sense of humor…" NEED TO SHOW THE NOTE THAT IS REFERENCED 47:45 - THE NOTE CLOSE UP, 'PITCH AT FERNS DEATH' BITE: Julie "So needless to say I started sifting through them and reading them in the second floor of my shed in a hot rainy summer day, and pretty soon they were just all over and I'm reading them - and fascinated…" Soundup: 00:37:00 WL #2 "this is the first ship…" "that's 44, 45 and 46" "all in the original post marked envelopes" TRACK 11: Julie found that the letters offered a better understanding of her father's experiences, than what she recalled from childhood. BITE: Julie reads: "That night began the first of a series of 32 air raids which we had during the next seen day s and nights… There was plenty of excitement for us and many hair raising moments. When the Japanese vows and betty's and ervings dove on us our ship managed to take down two planes and get hits in two others. That's pretty good considering we don't have too much ordinance and the largest gun in a 40 millimeter." This would be a good place for any additional generic war clips. Ocean stuff. People battling, south pacific type stuff. TRACK 12: She also found her father's writing to be surprisingly poetic - reading more like a diary - than letters to another person. BITE: Julie reading "This morning I had the four to eight watch and had the thrill of seeing another priceless southwest pacific night undergo the miraculous transformation into a dawn of a thousand colors. The full moon and magnificence of rising sun, then landfall after thirteen days at sea." Ocean stuff if it hasn't been exhausted. Perhaps we should find some more clips of ships for earlier stuff. ARGO 174 OL1167 BITE: Julie "My dad was very aware and appreciative of nature and his surroundings, he was really perceptive and observant, so he commented on all these things. TRACK 13: As time went by, it became obvious that these letters were something worth sharing. Julie talking w/ Adam at table WL#2 00:40:00 BITE: Julie "And it took quite a while - about three years - to assemble them all, put them in order and then start organizing them according the ships he was on… And it was a lot of work, these letters were 8-10 pages long, his handwriting was not easy to decipher. I typed them out, what do you think this says? That? And I researched orthography of words, cause things weren't clear. Close on the handwriting. TRACK 14: When Julie was done… she compiled the letters into a manuscript and started sending it out to publishers. One company in Pennsylvania jumped at the chance to transform her father's letters into a book. BITE: Julie cont's "The other exciting factor was that all sorts of photos and documents were included with the letters, so that was an added bonus." SOUNDUP: Julie "And this was the LST he was on." Adam "And those were the soldiers…" BITE: Julie cont's "It's so reflective of who he was as a person. Its unique. He offers a unique perspective. He was 33, single, wasn't sad to leave home, eager to go. He wasn't being tugged at from home. He embraced everything." Pictures of Jules TRACK 15: And if not for Jules' strong connection to his mother at home - and their shared "pack-rat" nature, these letters may never have seen the light of day again. Adam w/ Julie here. Soundup if it flows… 40:00 WL #2- something like this… "this was a shell casing picked up…" "maybe he could shine it up use it as an ash tray" Julie: "They had a great relationship. He was quite open." TRACK 16: For David Palange it was OTHER people's letters that helped him make a connection with his own mother. Shot of Adam and David walking together- Adam asks questions BITE: WHAT DID YOU MOTHER SAY WHEN SHE FINALLY READ YOUR PROJECT? BITE: David "She was really proud actually. I think she cried again. I also dedicated my project to mothers because my mom was the inspiration to my project… Shots of letters… TRACK 17: For NH Outlook. I'm Adam Donovan. |
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A special greeting for the troops as they pass through Portsmouth. |
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Dozens of veterans and volunteers were on hand for a special flag dedication ceremony in Portsmouth on November first, 2007 when 3 American flags connected to World War Two as well as the War on Terror were dedicated at a terminal at Pease International Airport. Among the flags was the first banner raised over Guadalcanal in 19-42. The 48-star flag now hangs from the ceiling.encased in plexiglass for its protection. The flag is on loan from the family of a late "master sergeant" from Kittery, Maine who was fighting on Guadalcanal and saved the flag from being seized by the Japanese. The terminal where the flags now hang is also where inbound and outbound troops to and from Iraq or Afghanistan arrive. And, no matter the hour there is always someone there to meet them. They call themselves the Pease Greeters. We first met the dedicated group of volunteers in December of 2006. Then and now they spring into action when word of a flight is circulated. |
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Tape 1 ARRIVAL B-roll for first track / 1:01:55, 1:03:18 Pease sign and plane rolls in/ flagman 1:03:36,cu of plane 1:03:47/ TRK1: At the Pease Air Terminal planes touch down night and day. And with as little as an hours notice…a crowd of greeters will gather to meet them. ANNA Labrie 1:20:29 -:37 and the door opens and we're clapping they would be like what's going on.and then they see us and its something. TRK 2: Cheers …and tears soon follow. 1:07:29 / 1:07:50/ 1:08:03 hugs and kisses we started doing this may 5th, 2005, it started with 5 fellas from the marine corp league and mushroomed to what you see today. TRK 3: They call themselves the Pease Greeters …made up of Veterans, military families, average citizens …even former Patriots Ron Francis*. Organizers say the homecomings are addictive. : seeing the guys coming off the plane and coming down the walk way. its awesome TRK4: 86-year old Anna Labrie has been there from the beginning. I missed maybe a couple of them but I'm here all the time…1, 2 3 in the morning. : Still as enthusiastic at 3 Am? Anna: Oh you better believe it TRK5: Anna has met well over 10-thousand troops passing thru Pease. : what is it that motivates you? 1:20:53 I have a brother that was 2 yrs younger than me that went down on a sub during world war 2. : So this is very personal for you. Yes. 1:21:40-:48 Beth: So will you keep coming Oh yes, as long as I'm able and I can walk….I'm 86 but I'm still coming. Of the last 3 deployments I've been on this is probably the best homecoming we've ever had, its pretty touching and very heartwarming to say the least, we appreciate all you do. SURPRISED? Yea, they told us when we got to the ground that there would be a 2 star to greet us but we come out and there are several hundred women, children, men, pets, and the pets were the best part about it, it was very heartwarming. TRK: Word of the Pease homecomings has made its way to the troops overseas. We had a group the other day who said they wanted to come thru Pease because they heard all the way in Iraq about the greetings here. TRK: A hospitality room has been set up where soldiers can share war stories, a cup of coffee and a call home - and, the "Hero's walk" where soldiers are greeted features pictures of all those who've Passed thru Pease before. : I was not expecting this homecoming, the outpouring of care and love that's here just amazes me, I'm glad I came here, this is awesome TRK: Fred Harper has been in Iraq for nearly a year BethQ: WHAT WAS YOUR UNIT DOING IN IRAQ? We were the counter IED task force, counter improvised explosive device task force, road side bombs, our mission was to minimize or decrease those numbers, and taught soldiers how to react to those. Beth Q: Lose anyone in your unit. Yes we lost a few in our unit. BETHQ: Did you lose anyone over there. Negative, no so we were blessed to have everyone come home safe and sound. Anything you want people at home to know about. NO,we just thank everyone for their support and we ask that you continue to pray for the soldiers that are left over there, for the ones on the way back. TRK: Donna Austell's unit has been in Kuwait supporting US Troops in Iraq. Tape 1/ 1:28:04 BethQ: Hows it feel to be back home? It's a little surreal, its very exciting, and I wasn't really expecting this kind of reception and I can't imagine people with all the time and effort, especially with dogs and children. It was quite an experience , wasn't expecting it. Beth 1:28:55 So, what did you miss the most? 1:29:01-:17 sidewalks, it's crazy to say, but we're always walking in sand, breathing it in, kicking it around, and it ruins your equipment, its kind of nice to have some asphalt. TRK: For Inbound Troops …Pease marks their "first" stop on American Soil on their journey home. Tape 1/ 1:42:51 Beth Q: You looked a little emotional when you got off the plane? : It's nice to be back in the states, I was excited. TRK: Charlie Nichols is a regular at the homecomings: I make all of them. Doesn't matter whether its 3 in the afternoon or 3 in the morning.I will be here for the troops, something I really have to do. TRK: Twice-wounded & decorated in WW2.Nichols vividly remembers "his" homecoming. : When I came off that hospital trip in san Francisco in 1945 they had a greet me, and I never forgot that. Nats Tape 2: 30:45 old soldiers shake hands say goodbye back of soldiers Broll tape 1 TRK: For Chuck Cove, a combat marine wounded in Vietnam, the homecomings are about honoring our troops. to serve those people who serve us All I can say is we get a lot more than we give. Tape 1/ 1:54:34 Beth Q: You remember a time when vets didn't get that kind of warm welcome? Unfortunately I do.it's a thing of the past…and its not about us.its about these people who are doing what they do today so magnificently. Tape 1:/1:54:55 Chuck: It helps tremendously. I know the Vietnam vets didn't get the welcome home that they've should have gotten and to me that's something that we have to do TRK: Before heading out…every group is photographed. Broll tape 1 1:29:46 group shot photo session 1:32:49 mid shot / 1:33:28 TRK: a Prayer is offered. Chuck: Detail…Present Salute…salute back 1:37:40 warriers 1:37: 46 halt, applause, We get a lot of emails back saying thank you, I've seen some pretty hardened troops come back and break down on the way to the plane with emotion for the thank you they didn't think they were going to get. 31:45-:50 one time I was sitting there greeting when they were boarding the plane and there were tears rolling down his cheek and he said they never received this kind of greeting before. It gives me a great feeling of pride and wonderful feeling to be able to do this. And as long as I can get around I'll be doing it 1:51:55 NATS Tape 2/ ….32:04 thank you for being here kiss girl 32:06 Nats: tape 2 /11:39 thank you sir…hugs boy kid smiling:46 12:22 little boy gives cookies and hugs welcome hats… 12:27 girl gives hug Tape 1/ 1:56:54 Chuck Cove Whether you believe what is going on over there or not, the troops deserve support. Keep them in your prayers and say thank you when you see one. Tape 2: vets: 30:29 shake hands 30:29/ Nats…Tape 2: 30:43 capt thank you welcome home 29:53 -29:59 shaking hands saying goodbye appreciate it 31:14 says good bye.goes on plane…walks down hallway ### |
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Pease is a main stop for the troops given its central location and fast refueling capacity. So far the Pease Greeters have been on hand for more than 130 flights. |
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That wraps up our special Veterans Day edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Thanks for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. I'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 11/11/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:15 A World War Two veteran meets the daughter of a soldier who saved his life. What a UNH graduate learned from letters written home by soldiers during World War Two. And later: Homecoming hugs for US Troops in Portsmouth. Meet the Pease Greeters and the men and woman who make up the hall of heroes. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to this special Veterans Day edition of New Hampshire Outlook. We begin with a decorated World War Two Veteran from Masschusetts and the woman from California who flew to New England to honor him. Noel Dube survived the D-Day invasion only to be injured months later in a mine field explosion in Germany. In September 2007 he met the daughter of one of the soldiers who carried him from the minefield which saved his life. Outlook's Richard Ager reports on their meeting. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Noel Dube\World War II Veteran, Kay Gutknecht\Father Served in WWII |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 11/11/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:15 A World War Two veteran meets the daughter of a soldier who saved his life. What a UNH graduate learned from letters written home by soldiers during World War Two. And later: Homecoming hugs for US Troops in Portsmouth. Meet the Pease Greeters and the men and woman who make up the hall of heroes. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to this special Veterans Day edition of New Hampshire Outlook. We begin with a decorated World War Two Veteran from Masschusetts and the woman from California who flew to New England to honor him. Noel Dube survived the D-Day invasion only to be injured months later in a mine field explosion in Germany. In September 2007 he met the daughter of one of the soldiers who carried him from the minefield which saved his life. Outlook's Richard Ager reports on their meeting. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Noel Dube\World War II Veteran, Kay Gutknecht\Father Served in WWII |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 11/11/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:45 A World War Two veteran meets the daughter of a soldier who saved his life. What a UNH graduate learned from letters written home by soldiers during World War Two. And later: Homecoming hugs for US Troops in Portsmouth. Meet the Pease Greeters and the men and woman who make up the hall of heroes. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to this special Veterans Day edition of New Hampshire Outlook. In times of war, letters from deployed troops are an important connector for loved ones back home. Those connections can be indelible links to the past for those of us reading them many years later. Outlook's Adam Donovan explains. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Adam Donovan NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: David Palange\Studied Soldiers Letters, Julie Patten\Father Served in WWII |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 11/11/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:45 A World War Two veteran meets the daughter of a soldier who saved his life. What a UNH graduate learned from letters written home by soldiers during World War Two. And later: Homecoming hugs for US Troops in Portsmouth. Meet the Pease Greeters and the men and woman who make up the hall of heroes. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to this special Veterans Day edition of New Hampshire Outlook. In times of war, letters from deployed troops are an important connector for loved ones back home. Those connections can be indelible links to the past for those of us reading them many years later. Outlook's Adam Donovan explains. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Adam Donovan NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: David Palange\Studied Soldiers Letters, Julie Patten\Father Served in WWII |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 11/11/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 9:45 A World War Two veteran meets the daughter of a soldier who saved his life. What a UNH graduate learned from letters written home by soldiers during World War Two. And later: Homecoming hugs for US Troops in Portsmouth. Meet the Pease Greeters and the men and woman who make up the hall of heroes. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to this special Veterans Day edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Dozens of veterans and volunteers were on hand for a special flag dedication ceremony in Portsmouth. on November first, 2007 when 3 American flags connected to World War Two as well as the War on Terror were dedicated at a terminal at Pease International Airport. Among the flags was the first banner raised over Guadalcanal in 19-42. The 48-star flag now hangs from the ceiling.encased in plexiglass for its protection. The flag is on loan from the family of a late "master sergeant" from Kittery, Maine who was fighting on Guadalcanal and saved the flag from being seized by the Japanese.The terminal where the flags now hang is also where inbound and outbound troops to and from Iraq or Afghanistan arrive. And, no matter the hour there is always someone there to meet them. They call themselves the Pease Greeters. We first met the dedicated group of volunteers in December of 2006. Then and now they spring into action when word of a flight is circulated. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Anna Labrie\Kittery, Maine, Charles Cove\Marine Corps League, Seacoast Detachment, Jared Harty\North Beach, Maryland, Donna Austell\Los Angeles, Damascus Ross\Aurora, Colorado, Karissa Smith\Columbia Falls, Montana, Kevin Correa\Harrisville, Utah, Fred Harper\Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Charles Nichols\Marine Corps League, Seacoast Detachment |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 11/11/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 9:45 A World War Two veteran meets the daughter of a soldier who saved his life. What a UNH graduate learned from letters written home by soldiers during World War Two. And later: Homecoming hugs for US Troops in Portsmouth. Meet the Pease Greeters and the men and woman who make up the hall of heroes. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to this special Veterans Day edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Dozens of veterans and volunteers were on hand for a special flag dedication ceremony in Portsmouth. on November first, 2007 when 3 American flags connected to World War Two as well as the War on Terror were dedicated at a terminal at Pease International Airport. Among the flags was the first banner raised over Guadalcanal in 19-42. The 48-star flag now hangs from the ceiling.encased in plexiglass for its protection. The flag is on loan from the family of a late "master sergeant" from Kittery, Maine who was fighting on Guadalcanal and saved the flag from being seized by the Japanese.The terminal where the flags now hang is also where inbound and outbound troops to and from Iraq or Afghanistan arrive. And, no matter the hour there is always someone there to meet them. They call themselves the Pease Greeters. We first met the dedicated group of volunteers in December of 2006. Then and now they spring into action when word of a flight is circulated. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Anna Labrie\Kittery, Maine, Charles Cove\Marine Corps League, Seacoast Detachment, Jared Harty\North Beach, Maryland, Donna Austell\Los Angeles, Damascus Ross\Aurora, Colorado, Karissa Smith\Columbia Falls, Montana, Kevin Correa\Harrisville, Utah, Fred Harper\Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Charles Nichols\Marine Corps League, Seacoast Detachment |
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Ethanol could fuel price hikes Posted Saturday, March 31st 2007, 4:00 AM An ethanol-fueled boom in prices will prompt American farmers to plant the most corn since the year the Allies invaded Normandy, but surging demand could mean consumers still might pay more for everything from chicken to cough syrup. Corn is a key ingredient in many foods, from corn syrup found in candies to feed used in meat production. With more corn being used for ethanol production, that could raise prices in other areas where corn is used. Farmers are expected to plant 90.5 million acres of corn, according to the Department of Agriculture's annual prospective plantings report released yesterday. That would be a 15% increase over 2006 and the most corn planted since 1944. The move to plant corn is in large part due to a rush to produce corn-based ethanol, which is blended with gasoline. The corn rush was sparked by President Bush's initiative for support of flexible-fuel vehicles and his administration's plan to cut gas consumption by 20% in 10 years. The Associated Press -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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n New West Energy Grok ‘Ethanol Binge’ Hikes Corn Prices By Richard Martin, 3-23-07 Last week US BioEnergy had a ground-breaking ceremony at a new ethanol plant in Dyersville, Iowa, bringing to 78 the number of ethanol plants under construction, with 113 already operating. And that’s not good news for the ranchers and poultry farmers of the Rocky Mountain West. Amid the “ethaphoria” currently gripping agribusiness and certain parts of the nation’s capital, a growing chorus of voices is pointing out an unintended consequence on the reliance on corn and grains as the raw material for ethanol production: prices for feed fo livestock are rising, sending prices at grocery stores up as well. “This ethanol binge is insane,” Paul Hitch, president-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn., told BusinessWeek. Corn prices have doubled over the last year, reports the Earth Policy Institute, while wheat futures are trading at their highest level in 10 years. The diversion of corn to fuel ethanol uses “is creating unintended consequences throughout the global food chain,” a Bloomberg analysis finds – not to mention increased use of pesticides and fossil fuels to grow all that corn. Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress has slapped a 54-cents-per-gallon tarrif on ethanol from Brazil – which is grown from sugarcane. Wonder what’s going to happen to rum prices. In other energy news: -- In a man-bites-dog story, Xcel Energy has applied to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for an electricity rate decrease of $13.6 million thanks to lower costs of fuel, such as natural gas, and purchased electricity predicted for upcoming months. If approved by the PUC, the new rates would take effect April 1 and continue through June 30. Meanwhile, the Colo. attorney general has announced his support for HB 1208, which would alter the state’s Unfair Practices Act to allow big chain stores to offer big gas discounts. -- As Colo. Governor Bill Ritter’s legislative package to boost renewable energy, and increase oversight of the oil and gas industry in the state, moves closer to signing, Big Energy is faced with a dilemma: oppose the measures, and be seen as obstructionists and anti-environmentalists, or swallow hard and go along? So far the Colorado Petroleum Association is against House Bill 1341, which would reform the board of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, while oil giant BP—the state’s No. 1 natural gas producer—says it will take a wait-and-see approach. -- Earlier we reported that, despite the Bush Administration’s ambitious goals for technology to produce cellulosic ethanol from organic material other than corn, the research budget for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, which is leading the way on cellulosic science, had flatlined. That’s no longer the case: the Energy Department announced Friday that the NREL will get an additional $99 million in funding this year, a 47-percent jump. Comment By dukeco1, 3-23-07 Big Energy is not accustomed to going along. They are, in Colorado at least, accustomed to getting their way. They just need to sidle over and make room for all their chickens moving back in to the roost. Comment By Hal Herring, 3-23-07 Brazilian ethanol tariff shows the world that all our free market talk is just like all that talk about WMD. How much more credibility can we stand to lose? As we pump out the last aquifers to water the chem-corn.bust the last prairie for the GMO variety, importing as much oil as we can to drive those tractors that make the corn ethanol binge.keep those Wahabbis happy, don't you know, keep the money flowing to them as leaders pretend to "get off the product," wreck the land, keep the annuities for the families of the Islamic suicide bombers healthy, line some US pockets, and witness the end of the greatest nation on earth. Dang. Hal Boy, it ain't a pretty picture is it? Comment By Chris, 3-23-07 Not only that, but the plants that make the stuff are awful-smelling blights too. Last week I was working literally in the shadow of an ADM plant in Cedar Rapids, IA, that processes corn syrup from corn, and is in the process of building an ethanol plant. I don't know what was in the exhaust belching into the sky, but it sure smelled raunchy. I wouldn't wish that in anyone's backyard. Comment By pete geddes, 3-23-07 When we subsidize things that trade in the market, we benefit the well off and well organized at the expense of the most vulnerable members of society. This holds true whether in Bozeman, Boston, or Birmingham. Princeton Ph.D. George Will said it well: “The world is divided between those who do and do not understand that activist, interventionist, regulating, subsidizing government is generally a servant of the strong and entrenched against the weak and aspiring.” Comment By Francesco DeParis, 3-23-07 I think we should start supporting cellulosic ethanol in the same manner we support corn-based ethanol. There will come a point when corn prices are too high to consider this an economic alternative to petroleum. I comment about cellulosic ethanol onEnergy Spin: Alternative Energy Blog For Investors Served Daily Cheers, Francesco DeParis Comment By bearbait, 3-25-07 One result of NAFTA was that corn from USA was so cheap and available that it drove tens of thousands of small Mexican farmers off the land and to town to find work. Now that corn has doubled in price, tortillas have also doubled in price. The poorest in Mexico now have a harder time eating, and more incentive to move north. The end result, of course, is how much energy independence do you gain by having your country supporting another million or more illegal aliens in need of medical, financial, housing and education subsidy, all of which come with energy demands? Corn ethanol comes with costs, many of which are hidden. Again, a hero move supported by liberal midwestern politicians financed by MegaAg companies, comes with unintended consequences. The ones in Mexico have happened, and the ones here are on the conveyor belt to realization. Meat prices will have to rise, and we all will pay that price. Even the vegans will pay a higher price as soy beans are replaced by corn in the farm fields. Comment By cc, 3-26-07 That Xcel Energy news item relates to the monthly ECA which adjusts, up or down, for the commodity cost of natural gas feedstock, primarily. Thus, it is not that unusual to see a downward ECA result in an overall decrease in electrictiy rates for the following month. Incidentally, the same mechanism is found on the natural gas bills but it is called a GCA. Thus, this is not a "man bites dog" story, but something that occurs when natural gas prices decline. 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