I'd like to take the opportunity to thank each of you for your contributions to the Market-Garden Commemoration:

* To the participants - for all of the planning and preparation that takes place behind the scenes, YOU are the ones who make the event unique, memorable and worthwhile. The campaign does not exist without you. You were an absolute pleasure to work with, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and the type of people I'm proud to associate myself with. Special thanks to those of you who came a long way to join us.

* To the umpires: Mike Pierce, who along with performing yeoman's service as a tactical ref contributed greatly before the campaign to the development of the tactical and operational rules; Charlie Elsden, whose Dutch resistance cell in Arnhem livened things up considerably, and who was able to get up to speed on the rules from a cold start; and 1SG (ret.) Rick Stakes, the MVP of the whole darn show in my book, whose collection (his own and his club's) was manna from heaven.

* To the Cadet-Candidates, who filled a variety of roles, whether as tactical commanders, staff officers or as part of the setup/teardown crew. Job well done and "oo-ah", or whatever it is you army people yell all the time. As always, I look forward to your AARs and I hope you took something away from the weekend.

* To the re-enactors and COL Johnson (I hope I got his name right!) for their excellent presentations. I probably should have been off somewhere sticking labels instead of sitting around in Bates, but I really look forward to these.

* Finally, to Pete Panzeri and Jodie Lindberg, whose drive and energy have made this unique and extraordinary series of historical events possible. Stop for a second and think about where else you can have this type of experience...

...nope, I can't think of anything either.

Thanks again to all of you!