{"id":31577,"date":"2020-05-13T08:01:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=31577"},"modified":"2020-08-24T13:57:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T17:57:30","slug":"from-the-branch-may-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/13\/from-the-branch-may-13\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Branch &#8211; May 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On April 24 we lost another Comrade with the passing away of our Veteran Les Calkins.\u00a0We will remember him at our next meeting.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So the 75 years of the end of WW2 is now past and hopefully we can celebrate next year 75+1 with more events.\u00a0The laying of wreaths at the Amsterdam national monument was attended by 6, the King and Queen, 2 adjudants and the Dutch Prime minister and a General.\u00a0A young couple laid all the wreaths for all fallen Military and civilians.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I also have a fallen soldier in my family . My father&#8217;s eldest sister was married to my uncle Hans who was a Austrian citizen.\u00a0And in 1940 after the occupation he was told to go to Vienna and join the Austrian Army who were later deployed at the\u00a0Russian front were he died. I remember him as a gentle and very good carpenter. My aunt and her kids moved back to Holland\u00a0but had lost their Dutch citizenship for a few years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At The Branch it is still quite and hopefully something will get going in the next few months.<\/div>\n<div>I visited my doctor on Friday with a problem and was checked and got different medications.<\/div>\n<div>But they also tested me for Covid 19 and I am now stuck at home for 2 weeks in isolation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The General visited the troops and asked some of the soldiers how the grub was.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>One fellow told him &#8220;We are fighting over it every meal!&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>So the General said &#8221; So it is that Good!&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>No said the Guy&#8230;. &#8220;The looser has to eat it!&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To all our Comrades sick at home, in the hospital or nursing homes you are in our thoughts and prayers and we wish you well.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 24 we lost another Comrade with the passing away of our Veteran Les Calkins.\u00a0We will remember him at our next meeting. 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