Re: A thank you to Hank Snow

[<pkrampert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's great to hear from you.  As a veteran, I can hardly express how welcome
entertainers from back in the states were.  My gratitude will always go to
those folks who took the time to remember those of us who were away from
home.  They were always welcome when they visited and appreciated by those
of us trying to pretend that we weren't just a little homesick.

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From: <Lsboogie44@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:45 AM
Subject: A thank you to Hank Snow


>
> <<Country music singer-songwriter, guitar and harmonica player Hank Snow
died
> on this day in 1999.  Snow began making recordings during the mid-1930's
and
> had a career that lasted until shortly before his death.>>
>
> I was with  the 11th Cavalry in Vietnam in 1966 - 1967 and Hank Snow came
to
> entertain us.  Everyone was complaining because we got him and the other
> outfits were getting the stars like Bob Hope and all the starlets.  Hank
won
> them over when he came out and opened the show up by saying "Boys, I bet
you
> never thought you'd see Snow in Vietnam" and then he sang the classic
country
> song "I've Been Everywhere".  Nobody else wanted us, but Hank Snow came
out
> and slummed with us.  Heaven's got them an authentic 1950's  Country Music
> Star with a real heart.  God blessed Hank Snow.  Come to think of it, He
> blessed me too -- cause I'm still here.  Merry Christmas to all.
>
> Boogie
>
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