Hundred Mile Stare. Etc.

[Wilson Gray]

On May 5, 2004, at 10:45 AM, James A. Landau wrote:

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> In a message dated  Mon, 3 May 2004 23:03:39 -0500,    Dave Hause
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>>  One [Web site] cites a painting from Peleliu (1943?) at
>>  http://www.milhist.net/global/2000yard.shtml
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> Yes, this is the painting I saw in the Pentagon.  The Web site implies
> that
> the original is now at Fort McNair (across the Potomac from the
> Pentagon) but
> the painting (which as far as I could tell was the original) was
> hanging in the
> Pentagon during my years there (1969 - 1982).
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>           - James A. Landau

> No doubt. But 1982 was 22 years ago.
   -Wilson Gray