09-06-2007, 10:55 AM
Good..at least I'm not the only one who didn't know about Joe Beyrle. I did a Google search on him and discovered that he received four medals from Boris Yeltzen and was invited to attend the 59th Victory Anniversary celebration in Moscow. He was the first man to parachute into Normandy before D-Day. Like so many others, his WWII efforts were not known to the public until 50 years had passed, and would never have been acknowledged in The Soviet Union until Yeltzen's watch and Peristroika 
DD 
ps- Hello Brooke! Molly is thriving on all the attention she is receiving. I recently picked up a book with recipes for Dog Treats, but I'm sure they are not as good as the ones you made for her!