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Showing posts with label People Magsamen-Frederick. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 03, 2007

20070228 Reconnecting a friend to Fred Magsamen




Web site helps reconnect a friend to Fred Magsamen

February 28th, 2007 – Posted March 3rd, 2007

Last Wednesday’s Westminster Eagle has a letter to the editor about a column I wrote for the Westminster Eagle – and later a blog post I wrote on the Winchester Report on May 26th, 2006: "On Memorial Day, Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts."

Web site helps reconnect a friend to Fred Magsamen

I just blundered (literally) across a story about Fred Magsamen that Kevin Dayhoff wrote for The Westminster Eagle way back in May 2006. ("On Memorial Day, Freddy Magsamen is No. 1 in our hearts," May 26, 2006.)

His story brought tears to my eyes. I am the Ken Van Arsdel whom he quoted in the article.

I can't tell you how much the article means to me. I counted Fred as a good friend É best friend É although I knew him for only a few short months.

The intensity of life as a soldier in Recon Company, CCN, seemed to distill daily experiences into moments that were both potent and poignant. Great friendships were formed quickly in the maelstrom of the events we lived. Sadly, they were often brought up short, as the odds caught up with us.

Mr. Dayhoff's article told me more about Fred than I ever knew, and I miss him all the more for it. Thank you for remembering him, and for sharing those memories with the world.

The Internet is a wonderful thing; without it I would never have seen your article.

Or would I? It is an experience like this that makes one question whether "divine intervention" or "karma" are more than just pop culture concepts.

Ken Van Arsdel

San Andreas, Calif.

(Editor's Note: The Magsamen article and others are available on our Web site, at http://www.thewestminstereagle.com/.)

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

20060524 Columns on Frederick John Magsamen






Columns on Frederick John Magsamen

May 24th, 2006

Westminster Eagle on May 24th, 2006:

On Memorial Day, Westminster's own Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts 05/24/06 - By Kevin E. Dayhoff:

“Next Monday, Carroll County will commemorate Memorial Day. The tradition of the Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Westminster began in 1868. That year, Mary Bostwick Shellman followed General ...”

Read the rest here:

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=978&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1189178&om=1

The most comprehensive column on Freddy Magsamen is in the

Winchester Report on the Westminster Eagle Website:

On Memorial Day, Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=978&NewsID=722063&CategoryID=18298&show=localnews&om=20

The Tentacle

http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

May 24, 2006, “Lest We Forget!” Kevin E. Dayhoff

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1615

Monday is Memorial Day. It was almost 140 years ago that the tradition of setting aside a day to honor our country's fallen heroes began with Gen. John A. Logan's May 5th, 1868 General Order No. 11 to adorn the graves of Union soldiers with flowers.

Read the rest here.

Also, related:

Carroll County Maryland Vietnam Memorial Park, Westminster

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