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Johnsys orrhe prclsr /r bok a whl/€ e e.d. h. ptaqueko|s Eeuyg.ad noL FAIENDSOF WARMEMOAALS FRIENDSOF WAR MEMORIALS NEWSLETTER NUIT/BER17 SPRING2OO3 THEOBJEaTM,S Ot FRtF\nSOFWAR \tl\'toRt4t s DIRECTORGENEBATS [,|ESSAGE Sir DonaldThomDson (asopposed ro wa.savcs)a.omd I wordsde andwbo ara pad ruid i01he proted slafiodshre lseepaqe r4 rorde'aisl Fredto red 6 a qled o' horcu d EDITOR'SNOTE Pholobyjragg|eGaadz| (fore{ampc a warmemorar!iva inq or ededcarioi).war memora prcject o pt Design& Pint Centre FRIENDSOF WAR MII\IORTALS Morechanqe at FowM afislsFnding34yeacfrhUoynseik'whareha DFSFurniture F€nces Mddm whojoined 6 in Jmuary Havingsp€ni 2002ravaninq a6und hdia rhe usA aid EaslemEubpo, Francaswas r@khg lolanewoppodlnitytoonldlniei]a*onhwh]|e orsanisaron w h her desrcein war srudies, enjoyinsire char6ns6of b€ nq FowM'srid ru r moAdministaror, liav no prsviouslywo*ed WarMemorlal Rededicaled Fodba|ndGteslromlheUnivesi'yol orgni*a rhs€rGr on oJa dispacd wa mfloda . 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