linings. He removed the lining from one and inserted it between the blankets in his
own blanket roll, for added warmth during the coming winter. It did the trick!

The target city was another old, fortified one - Metz, about 35 miles to the east. It had a population of 100,000 and stood along the Moselle River. Metz was in the French province of Lorraine, which along with the adjoining province of Alsace had a mixed French and German population. The two were taken over by the Prussians after their victory in 1872 and then returned to France after its victory in 1918. The Germans recaptured those provinces in 1940, along with two similar ones in Belgium, namely, Eupen and Malmedy. It was their policy to incorporate them into greater Germany. Military personnel from those provinces who had been captured by the Germans were released to return to their homes, though the war continued to rage.

On September 12, after the five days in Verdun, the convoy moved to the small town of Neuberg, near Metz. The soldiers dug shallow trenches in the ground and slept in them. The Germans were shelling the area from the opposite side of the Moselle. Their favorite weapon was the touted 88 mm. gun. It was a versatile weapon, superior to many in the Allied arsenals. Since it could shoot both horizontal and vertical trajectories, it was used against personnel, vehicles and aircraft as well. Each soldier's pay had just gone up ten percent because he was in combat.

The shelling continued the next day. In fact, the following two nights were spent in an air raid shelter. A couple of abandoned German military offices were located in Neuberg and examined for papers that might prove to be useful. However, little of value was

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found.

On September 14, an intensive bombardment began. A nearby farmhouse had a colonnade of sorts around two or three sides of the farmyard, leading to the barn. A couple of men crouched behind each stone column in the colonnade, which were three feet wide, at the most. A French lieutenant was one of them. He was one of the free French, who had spent the past four years in England. Since he was a native of Metz, he had been designated to guide the Americans into the city.

The bombardment ended, but not before one shell had landed ten feet away from the lieutenant. The troops got up and started to move about again, but not the lieutenant. A couple of men carefully rolled him onto his back. He was dead, from a piece of shrapnel which had struck his jugular vein. Ironically, this man who had waited four years to see his home again was killed almost on its doorstep.

After that final shelling, the Task Force troops were pulled back from that immediate area. A camp was set up for the next five nights in a distant field and grove of trees

It rained for two more days. There was time to sleep and get some combat food. Some carried out guard duty, in two-hour shifts. Best of all, two batches of mail arrived from the States.

During that time, hundreds of B-17 bombers from the Eighth Air Force in England pounded Metz in a daylight raid, to no avail. The combat divisions of General Hodge's First Army did not capture the city until November 25.

The Task Force mission to enter Metz was abandoned. The convoy departed again,

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heading for the capital city of Luxembourg on September 19, just ten days after it had
been liberated from the German forces.

The thrust of Allied advances across France and Belgium was changing. The long
supply line from the beaches could not furnish enough supplies, ammunition and gasoline
needed to sustain the same pace of operations. Gasoline, for example, was being delivered
in five-gallon canisters stowed in Army trucks and driven nearly 300 miles across France,
in "Red Ball Express" convoys, while combat tanks and trucks waited idly for them. The
Allied advance had reached the Siegfried Line which protected German borders, and there
it had ended.

The Task Force mission in France moved ahead to Luxembourg, Belgium and
Germany - four countries and five military campaigns in all - but no one could tell when it
would resume or how or when it would end.

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Ms. Catherine B. Reynolds
c/o Academy of Achievement
1222 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Dear Catherine:

Greetings from Princeton. I hope that this finds you well. I write to congratulate you on the overwhelming success of the 2002 Achievement Summit and to express my deepest and sincerest gratitude for your support.

During the Summit, I had dozens of unforgettable conversations with present and past academy honorees. I discussed the role of NATO in counterterrorism with General Wesley Clark, the ethical and political implications of genetic research with Nobel-laureate chemist Sir Harold Kroto, the state of U.S. democracy with Ralph Nader, the prospects for moral evolution with paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, neurological research and cerebral development with PET scan inventor Michael Phelps and the teaching profession with Frank McCourt, among other notable conversations. I also thoroughly enjoyed getting to know my fellow scholars, who I found to be universally intelligent, accomplished, engaging and committed.

I want to congratulate you not only for assembling such an impressive array of achievers, but also for arranging their presentations in a way that challenged us all to break down the artificial barriers between the disciplines they represented. In three successive symposia, Academy honorees discussed poverty and violence, paleoanthropology and human evolution, and neuroscience and molecular medicine. Despite the ostensible dissonance between these topics, the order in which the symposia occurred invited me to link President Clinton's lament over the hatred that drove the Rwandan genocide with both Donald Johanson's theme of "becoming human" and the distinction drawn during Dr. Carson's panel between the brain and the mind, between thought and human will. All three perspectives—the political, anthropological and scientific—are critically to a robust understanding of the human condition and the measures that are likely to improve it. This interdisciplinary conceptualization would not have been possible if the Academy's honorees were not drawn from such diverse fields of human endeavor. I am confident that the Achievement Summit will only grow stronger in the years ahead as the Academy continues to diversify the ranks of its scholars and honorees in terms of geography, race, ethnicity, class, sex, sexual orientation and discipline.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I wish to thank you for making this experience possible for me, however undeserving I might have been of such an honor. The experience was simultaneously humbling and inspiring, and as I leave in early August for a fellowship with Catholic Relief Services in the Philippines, I will carry with me the many insights and inspirations I drew from the Summit.

In the unlikely event that I can ever be of assistance to you or the Academy, please do not hesitate to call on me. Thank you again for an unforgettable experience.

Warmest regards,

Michael Sheridan

June 11, 2002

Ms. Catherine B. Reynolds
Chairman, President and CEO
Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation
1676 International Drive, Suite 501
McLean, Virginia 22102

Dear Ms. Reynolds:

This past weekend at the International Achievement Summit was the most incredible couple days of my short life. I wish I could think of sufficient words to express my gratitude to you for this amazing opportunity. I feel so incredibly honored and lucky to have been given the chance to talk about education reform with Frank McCourt, debt relief with Bono, educating refugees with President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, and the problem of internationally displaced persons in Colombia with the country's outgoing president. There were so many more outstanding encounters and memorable moments during a weekend that will stay with me always.

I leave the Summit feeling recharged and inspired to continue pursuing my passions directed toward achieving positive social change. After meeting leaders from around the world, I know that I can accomplish my dreams if I am passionately dedicated to my work and believe in myself. I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done for me and for other young people from around the world.

June 12, 2002

Mrs. Catherine B. Reynolds
Chairman, President and CEO
Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation
1676 International Drive, Suite 501
McLean, VA 22102

Mrs. Reynolds:

Thank you!!! I wanted to express my deep appreciation to you for sponsoring my participation in the extraordinary Academy of Achievement Summit in Dublin. The summit was truly one of the most incredible experiences of my life and I have been regaling my family and friends with stories of the many amazing things that I encountered at the conference since my return.

The summit provided me with a phenomenal opportunity to interact with a remarkable group of students and leaders from around the world. It was wonderful to attend symposia by internationally-renowned experts on such a wide variety of topics and to be able to discuss public policy issues with a number of current and future leaders from diverse backgrounds. While at the summit I had a number of stimulating discussions about politics and education policy (my areas of research) with leaders such as Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Ralph Nader as well as with my fellow graduate and professional students.

I have returned from the summit energized and inspired and determined to rededicate myself to providing leadership to improve my community, nation, and world. I also came away from the summit with a number of new friendships and a network of committed and capable students that I am certain will facilitate cooperation among the leaders of my generation, both at home and abroad.

With great appreciation,
Patrick McGuinn
Department of Politics
University of Virginia

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Golden Plate
Awards Council

BERTIE AHERN
Prime Minister of Ireland

SIR ROGER BANNISTER
Track and Field Legend

H.E. EHUD BARAK
14th Prime Minister of Israel

BONO
Musician and Activist

HON. JIMMY CARTER
39th President of the
United States

HON. WILLIAM J. CLINTON
42nd President of the
United States

DR. FRANCIS S. COLLINS
Human Genome Research

DR. FRANCIS H.C. CRICK
Nobel Prize in Medicine

HON. RICHARD M. DALEY
Mayor of Chicago

WILLIAM H. GATES III
Chairman, Microsoft Corporation

DR. MURRAY GELL-MANN
Nobel Price in Physics

H.E. MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
Nobel Prize for Peace

JAMES EARL JONES
National Medal of Arts

CORETTA SCOTT KING
Civil Rights Pioneer

HENRY R. KRAVIS
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

GEORGE LUCAS
Motion Picture Production

FRANK MCCOURT
Pulitzer Prize for Biography

DAVID MCCULLOUGH
Pulitzer Prize for Biography

HON. GEORGE J. MITCHELL
Presidential Medal of Freedom

GEN. RICHARD B. MYERS
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

EDNA O'BRIEN
Novelist

GEN. JOSEPH W. RALSTON
Supreme Allied Commander,
Europe

LEE R. RAYMOND
Chairman, ExxonMobil
Corporation

LORD ROBERTSON
Secretary General, NATO

LORD ROTHSCCHILD
Financier and Philanthropist

CARLOS SLIM HELÚ
Chairman, Telefonos de México

STEVEN SPIELBERG
Motion Picture Production

HON. GEORGE J. TENET
Public Service

H.E. VAIRA VÍKE-FREIBERGA
President of Latvia

MIKE WALLACE
CBS "60 Minutes"

DR. JAMES D. WATSON
Nobel Prize in Medicine

ELIE WIESEL
Nobel Prize for Peace

OPRAH WINFREY
Television Production

this is a partial list

WAYNE R. REYNOLDS
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

October 22, 2002

The Honorable Henry Kissinger
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
350 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

The American Academy of Achievement is coordinating arrangements for the 42nd annual Salute to Excellence program and International Achievement Summit, May 1-3, 2003, in Washington, D.C. The Achievement Summit will be hosted by the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation.

The 2003 Summit events will include an introductory dinner on Thursday evening, May 1, at the United States Capitol; a Friday evening dinner and outing at the National Gallery of Art; and the Banquet of the Golden Plate ceremonies at the historic Mellon Auditorium on the evening of Saturday, May 3. The Academy program will be headquartered at the Hay-Adams Hotel.

We hope that you will participate in the 2003 Salute to Excellence Program and International Achievement Summit, especially to meet the 200 most outstanding graduate students from more than 40 countries and join other Council members in the presentation of the Golden Plate Awards.

We look forward to greeting you in the nation's capital. Please let us know if you will join us next May 1-3, for what promises to be another extraordinary gathering of young scholars and international leaders.

With best wishes,

Wayne R. Reynolds
Chairman and CEO

Catherine B. Reynolds
Summit Host Chairman

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June 5, 2002

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Dr. Henry Kissinger, Chairman
Kissinger Associates Inc.
350 Park Avenue, 26th Floor
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Dear Henry,

As promised in our meeting with Gerry Hillman, please find
tapes of two documentaries:

1) *A Force More Powerful*; and

2) *Bringing Down A Dictator*

Also enclosed is the companion book of *A Force More Powerful* which was seen by millions around the world and was nominated for an Emmy.

The essential strategic idea underlying these films is that tyrants and authoritarians are vulnerable to the cooptation of their police and military by the civilian population. Also, this cooptation process is often more reliably achieved with strikes, boycotts, mass protests, and related tactics — than by traditional means of violent insurrection. If true, we may want to reformulate or augment some of our current thinking towards “axis of evil” countries.

Enclosures

cc: Gerald Hillman

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ANDREAS ÅDAHL

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Dear Dr Kissinger,

Since we will not meet at the ceremony because of my obligations elsewhere, I take this
opportunity to share with you my general impressions on the Prize's present situation within
Unesco.

After a period of rather unwelcome actions, it seems as though understanding and appreciation by Unesco's leadership of the Prize and its jury has improved lately. Apparently, our Executive Secretary has been able to learn the specificities of the Director-General's Japanese management style and perception of his work, which includes difficulties to deal with critizism in any form.

The audit of the Prize, not very competently carried out, appears not to have brought critizism of
importance. The Prize has been moved back to its previous position directly under the D.G.'s
office.

Although some problems remain, I get the impression that you may comfort Mr Matsuura with a
positive appraisal of the situation. What has yet to happen seems to be the establishment of the
*status quo ante* when it comes to the Executive Secretary's post and the removal of any
ambiguities concerning travel conditions (authorization mechanisms, level) of the members of the
Jury. It has probably been out of respect for the meticulous application of the donator's will that
President Konan Bédié has contacted various people i.a. to raise these questions.

I look forward to discussing the setting up of the *Scientific Commission* foreseen i article IV of
the by-laws of the Prize, its scope, composition and working methods, at our breakfast meeting
coming Sunday at 8.30 a.m. at the Ritz.

Yours truly,

Andreas ÅdaHL

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Statement of Support
for a
Congressional Resolution on Iraq

We urge rapid support for a Congressional resolution authorizing the use of all
appropriate means, including military power, to implement United Nations resolutions on
Iraq, especially those mandating the destruction of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

All of us - Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike - agree that Iraqi
defiance of the United Nations must not stand. We take Saddam Hussein's recent offer
to readmit U.N. inspectors with deep skepticism, given his clear record of blocking and
lying about Iraq's WMD arsenals.

Regardless, his acquiescence came after mounting American and United Nations
pressure. Whether U.N. inspectors actually do enter Iraq, identify its critical sites, and
destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction depends upon the credible threat of
international force if Iraq were to resume a pattern of resistance.

Each of us may emphasize different reasons for supporting the Congressional
resolution, among them:

* the desire to avoid having the United Nations become as ineffective in maintaining world peace as the League of Nations in the 1930s, when dictatorial regimes defied the world body with impunity, much as Iraq has done for the past eleven years.

* the prospect of Saddam Hussein expanding his arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, and especially acquiring nuclear weapons, which the Vice President recently said may happen "very soon";

* the indisputable evidence that Saddam's regime used weapons of mass destruction against his own people and his neighbors which, in light of his hatred of America thwarting his expansionist ambitions in the Gulf, indicated he might use them against us as well;

* the realization that Saddam may not be deterred from sharing such weapons with terrorist networks prepared to use them against the U.S., if he convincingly disguises the origins of those weapons.

* the awareness that Saddam's expansion of his store of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons if he acquires them, may lead him to conclude that we can be deterred from forceful action against his predatory attacks or expansionist moves;

* our grave doubts over Iraq's actual willingness to allow anytime, anywhere international inspections with large and armed U.N. personnel able to interview informants in safety; and

* Saddam's continuous and flagrant association with terrorism and terrorists, at least since ordering the assassination of President George H. W. Bush nearly ten years ago.

It is for these reasons that we urge the Congress to pass a strong, bipartisan and
unequivocal resolution supporting the President's initiatives, including the use of U.S.
military power, should the President deem it necessary to locate and destroy Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction, replace the Baghdad regime with a broadly-based
government which renounces weapons of mass destruction, and respects both its
citizens' human rights and its neighbors' borders.

HENRY A. KISSINGER

January 28, 2002

Dear Mr. Minister:

I want you to know how very pleased I was to have had the
opportunity to meet with you during my recent trip to India. Your
insights were valuable and gave me a better understanding of the
problems which India is facing in the situation with Pakistan. I am
reminded of how important it is to maintain close relations between
our countries and look forward to continuing our dialogue. Please let me know if you plan a trip to New York.

Warm regards,

Henry A. Kissinger

His Excellency
Minister L. K. Advani
Minister for Home Affairs
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India

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HENRY A. KISSINGER

January 28, 2002

Dear Mr. Minister:

I very much appreciated being able to spend so much time
discussing with you the economic and strategic issues facing India.
Your insights were valuable to me and I share your respect for the
efforts of our countries for improved mutual cooperation. I look
forward to continuing our dialogue and hope you will let me know if
you are planning a trip to New York. In the meantime, thank you
again for setting aside the time to meet with me while I was in India.

Warm regards,

Henry A. Kissinger