Mission Accomplished
Men returned to marry high school sweethearts who had patiently, but anxiously, awaited their return.

Snoopy Hits Utah Beach
Hank was very appreciative of the sentiments conveyed in this simple, single panel cartoon, so much so that he wrote to Charles Schultz, the famous cartoonist.

Hanks handwritten draft letter can be seen t the right as well s Schultz's reply which has a snoopy outline as a watermark.

Note that the year is different on each of the letters, probably the Schultz date of 1997 is the correct one..

"John Campbell Boot, 2nd Baron Trent ... was the son of Jesse Boot who turned the Boots Company, founded by his father John Boot, into a major national corporation.
   John Campbell Boot continued his father's expansion of the company. Like his father he was also a philanthropist who was keenly involved with the City of Nottingham. In 1944 he was appointed President of University College Nottingham, and after it was granted full university status in 1948 as the University of Nottingham became its first Chancellor.
   Following John Boot's retirement as Chancellor, the Boots Company endowed the Lord Trent Chair of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Lady Trent Chair of Chemical Engineering in his honour."
[source: Wikipedia]

Jim Lefebvre advised us: " The Lord & Lady Trent connection with Dad was that during his time in England, Dad and a few young officers were tasked to play tennis with the Trent's. That's how Dad met them, and after many exciting tennis games and during reunion's they became close friends/acquaintances."

2 June 98

Dear Mr. Schultz

   Once again you have done yourself proud.  Your strip on 31 May 98 reminding everyone of D-Day, June 6, 1944 was a wonderful tribute to those of us who were there. And once again you will be the only writer who will remember.
   I wrote you last year to to congratulate you and to ask if you did another strip to remember the airborne contingent (some 40,000 of us who came in by parachute and glider).  I as delighted to see that wonderful photo of Gen. Eisenhower talking to members of the 101st Airborne Division at their marshalling area just prior to taking off for Normandy.
   Once again, heartfelt thanks and God Bless -

June 24, 1997

Dear Mr. LeFebvre

   Thank you very much for your kind and thoughtful letter regarding the d-Day strip.
   When a person sits in a room by himself day after day, trying to draw something funny, and sometimes meaningful, he has no idea what effect it might be having on readers; thus t was gratifying to hear how much the D-Day cartoon strip meant to you.   It astounded me how little was mentioned about such an historical event.
   Again, thank you for writing.  I appreciate your sharing these thoughts with me.

Kindest regards,

/s/ Charles M. Schultz