Yes, I do try and watch out for all of us. We try our best to keep our credibility. In that we must all play a part.
As for the photos, those can be gotten anywhere. I did retrieve the email and sure enough, two photos were there, but you can find those posted on any website and copy them. So you can see how that wouldn't authenticate it. 
Case in point, I am accessing the internet right now and posting several photos of Shifty. Only took me a couple of minutes to do so.
Note the photo on the left (young Shifty Powers). Same as the one in the email. Hmmmm.....
http://www.valorstudios.com/Collectibles.htm
Here's an article from a newspaper. Again note said photo (older Shifty Powers). It was attached to that email:
http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/ar...ers_dies/25556/
Love ya,
M1
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"