Tony Rohling sent this in. I think all of you who contribute to CH need to remember that we do effect people in many more ways than we think. My best friend Allan was a military history fanatic. Well, he died today (January 9th) after spending several months in the hospital with quad bypass, a colostomy, amputation of a leg and kidney failure. Needless to say, he was in pretty sad shape, and was kept so doped up that he didn't respond to much of anything. Last week I brought an issue of CH to the hospital and started reading it to him. He really perked up, and motioned for his eyeglasses. Lo and behold, he picked up the zine and started to read it! It was probably the last thing Allan ever read, and I like to think that the experience of hearing some material of interest to him provided some comfort. Judy Vasiliauskas reports that her son, Jon, a sergeant in the US Marines is his way to Iraq ( for his second tour in the area). Colonel Austin Bay, US Army, author of A Quick and Dirty Guide to War, also arrives in Iraq shortly. SIG member and contributor Alan Cranford arrived in Iraq in the past 60 days. Janet Phillips' nephew is aboard the USS Leyte Gulf, while several of her former students are in the Gulf region. Everett Richardson is on the mend following cataract surgery in February. Once his bionic eye is re-calibrated he intends to head for the beach to test it out. Matthew Quinn has completed his freshman year at the University of Georgia. Ken West e-mailed that he had found a new set of grips for his 1870 Remington over & under .41 shortrim fire derringer (see picture left). They are carved from elephant ivory by an artist who lives on top of a mountain about 80 miles west of Denver. David W Tschanz recently contracted to co-author Mastering SQL Server 2005 with Mike Gunderloy (formerly FactSheet Five editor) and Joe Jorden for Sybex. His book on Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network was released by Prentice Hall in March. He also has articles appearing in Against the Odds #7 and the Jan/Feb 2004 Aramco World. Welcome to new members and guests: Patrick Lacaille, Ute Bronahan, George Appleton and Marcus Frazier. Dick Doughty and his family arrive in Saudi Arabia in July for a one year assignment. Dick is managing editor of the award winning Saudi Aramco World magazine. Connections 2004, to be held in Colorado Springs, brings together military and commercial wargamers, advises David Ross. See https://extranet.rl.af.mil/programs/connections/ for more (Sounds like a perfect conference for Ken West to send back a report on - DWT) Peter Konieczny reports that: 1204: A Turning Point in the Relations Between Eastern and Western Christendom, is being organized by the Society for the Study of the Crusades and Latin East. The meeting will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. see http://sscle.slu.edu/ Back to Cry Havoc! # 46 Table of Contents Back to Cry Havoc! List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by David W. Tschanz. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com