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From: 918th Bomb Group (H) <higginbottem@...>
To: 918archbury@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:27 pm
Subject: [thewinglesswonder] Merry Christmas 1943
25 December 1943 10:00 hours local With the kind permission of Colonel Shannon Lucky, the Commanding Officer of the 918th Bomb Group (H) at Archbury,
England, the 120th Provisional Combat Bombardment Wing at Archbury, England will host the 1943 Christmas party and dinner. Merry Christmas December 25, 1943 918th Bomb Group (H) Archbury, England Welcome to the 918th Bomb Group Christmas party and dinner. To start things off we now have a special treat for you, Captain Gayle Hill singing, "Silent Night". Let’s all gather around the Christmas tree and sing some of the old favorite Christmas songs. Christmas Songs The 918th Bomb Gr
oup (H) at Archbury, England is honored to have Bob Hope and his troop from Hollywood California back in
the States giving us a: Command Performance The Bob Hope Show After you go to the Bob Hope Show Web site, please click on the photos on the left portion of your screen to view and hear the videos. Before we have our Christmas mess, you will be delighted to hear your commanders: Colonel Shannon ‘Simon’ Lucky Lieutenant Colonel Magnus ‘Theodore’ Kimura Colonel Harry ‘Alvin’ Higginbottem Sing the "The Chipmunk Song" for you. All enlisted personnel are invited free of charge to the Christmas dinner.
All officers will pay the equitable dining fee of $.25 per officer to Colonel Higginbottem, the Treasurer of the Officer’s Mess. Captain Father Dominic Twombley will say the Christmas prayer: “Lord. As we spend today going about the work at the 918th Bomb Group (H), help me to put aside any bitterness that I'm not celebrating at home with loved ones. I ask you, Loving Father, to give me a special sense of your presence as I meet people, that I may shed on them the light of the Bethlehem Star, the Spirit of Christmas. “
“We thank you, Father God, for the love that binds us, for the food that nourishes us, and for your giving of your Son into our world to save us.”
“Amen!”
Happy holidays, Harry B. Higginbottem
Harry B. Higginbottem Colonel, Air Corps (ren.) Deputy Commanding Officer 120th Provisional Combat Bombardment Wing Archbury, England HBH:tlm Click here to join the 918th Bomb Group (H) Yahoo Group
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