Letter from Lance Armstrong George, Wow, what a surprise to get your email today. I'm at work and can't write a long message at the moment, but will later. Thank you so much for emailing me. I've heard from a few others in my Dad's barracks, and was saddened to find out for years I lived just down the street from 2 in his barracks that just passed away in the last 2 years. It means so much to me to know all of you guys. I don't know you personally, but it feels like family anytime I'm around my Dad's friends from years past. It's just a warm feeling. I know if my Dad was still alive, he'd be very active with the POW groups as well as other groups. Before I forget, I'll get my address book out later today, and send you the addresses of some of the other guys who have written back to me. You may already know of them. It was so exciting to hear from everyone. I got their names from my Dad's POW book, a diary I guess you could call it, that he put together while over at Barth. It's been a treasure in our family for years. Got to get back to work. I work at Raytheon where I've been a design engineer for many of DOD's more visible weapon systems since 76. My favorite is the HARM missile and all the GBU's, the laser guided bombs you see all the time on TV. (same ones sent down ole Hussein's elevator hatch. I love that video the best. That's what you call job satisfaction. Just wish I could fly the plane that gets to drop them) There are several different size bombs, all designed, and until recently, manufactured here in Texas by my design group. By the way, you mention B47's. My step dad flew B47's, and then later B52's. About 7 years or so after my Dad's fatal crash, my mom remarried another Air Force pilot. Boy am I sure glad she did, because I got to grow up knowing what the Air Force life was all about. . Well enough about me. I'd like to hear more about your POW experiences. I'll check your web site out today. Lance Armstrong Sr.