John sends me photos from time to time and I thought they would be nice to include here. EMail below sent to me by him with this photo.

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Pictured is John McAuliffe, Pres. of the Cent. Mass. Chapt Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, WW-II and Mitt Romney, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.The event on Wed. Aug. 17, 2005 at the Worcester National Guard Museum celebrated the "GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM',

32 soldiers of the Mass. Nat. Guard received special ribbons from Gov. Romney.The ribbons were the Mass. Defense Expeditionary Ribbon and the Mass. Defense Ribbon. Remarks were made by the Governor and by Brig.Gen.Michael D.Akey, Mass.Air Nat. Guard and the Awards presented by: Col. Manuel J. Constantine, Assis. Adj. Gen. Mass. Nat. Guard. and by the Governor.

Gov. Romney stopped to shake the hands of some 20 Battle of the Bulge Veterans and thanked each one personnaly for his/her service.in WW-II. They were special guests for the occasion.