Re: Kicked out of Los Angeles AA!
Thanks for posting that ive been wantting to read it. Here is a picture of the letter on display at the Los Angeles Archives. Notice how Morts name is spelled. Not Mortimer like in your picture. Ive
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Gene
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Kicked out of Los Angeles AA!
Many of us have read this story of how Irma Livoni was presented with the following letter. If you haven't, I think you will find the attached article of great historic value, especially concerning
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Bob S
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#170
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Re: Drafts of "Bill's Story"
389-412 and some in the 200s and some between 700s to 800s. You get the point. Is it my phone or is the file corrupt somehow. Eugene Lane
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Gene
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Re: Drafts of "Bill's Story"
Hi Bob thanks for posting. Im finding in Bills storey with the numbered lines that are lines missing. It goes from 389
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Gene
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Re: Bill Wilson Army career
Any ideas which guns Bill's CAC unit shot? I was branch Artillery during my stint, and we were told at Artillery School that the CAC had the larger Arty pieces but I don't remember them telling us
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Tom Hickcox
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Re: Bill Wilson Army career
What it says in Bill W. by Thomsen, is that 1.- His mother missed his wedding on January 24, 1918 *because of "a sudden attack of flu." *The next day they went to visit her. and then after sailing
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Jim
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Re: Bill Wilson Army career
66th Coast Artillery (AA) RegimentConstituted 1918 as 66th Arty, CAC, and organized at Ft. Adams 3-1-18 from personnel in CDNarragansett Bay. Departed Ft. Adams 7-18-18 and sailed from the Boston POE
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Jonathan Stewart
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Re: Bill Wilson Army career
66th C.A.C. He was in coastal artillery Bill W. Thomsen
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Jim
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Re: Bill Wilson Army career
I think he enlisted in the Coastal Artillery in 1917 not 1971 hahaha!! I also remember reading there was some delays reaching the war due to flu. Not him personally....
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Gene
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Re: Bill Wilson Army career
it's quite possible here in the uk to obtain the complete ww1 service records of any soldier, plus his unit commander's records, assuming these documents survived the london blitz some years later in
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Jonathan Stewart
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Bill Wilson Army career
Gerry C asked: May I piggyback on this with a broader question....how long was Bill in the Army, what unit and what rank did he hold when he detached again? Thank you. ** Bill was called to
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Bob S
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Spring NAAAW 2020 News
FYI--Archives GSO meeting on Zoom ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: National A.A. Archives Workshop <website@...> Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 3:44 PM Subject: Spring NAAAW 2020 News
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Jim
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An April Salute to Bill W
BILL WILSON'S TENACITY The good April news for Bill Wilson was that the Big Book was finally published on the 10th of that month (1939); surely big money would be coming his way! The bad news on April
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Bob S
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Re: Questions
According to these two references another person is lois,¡¯Gordon Mcdougall and Ruth Penhale
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Gene
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Drafts of "Bill's Story"
I have attached copies of the first and second drafts of "Bill's Story." Both were typed by Ruth Hock, Bill's secretary, during spring of 1938. You will notice many differences between these two
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Bob S
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Questions
I believe the attached photo is from the clubhouse on 24th Street in NY. The lady next to Bill is Ruth Hock. I think the person next to Bill on the other side is Dick Stanley (He Had to be Shown-3rd
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Bob S
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#156
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Re: FW: [AAHistoryLovers2] The Spiritual Experience
1st. Edition, 8th Printing-----"those steps" .. 1st. Edition, 9th Printing-----"those steps" .. 1st. Edition, 10th Printing---"those steps" .. 1st. Edition, 11th Printing---"those steps" .. 1st.
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Re: FW: [AAHistoryLovers2] The Spiritual Experience
I had read somewhere that it wasnt until 1959, the 4th or 5th printing of the 2nd edition that it was changed to these steps. I think its awesome so many people have so many early editions. Gene
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Gene
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#154
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Re: FW: [AAHistoryLovers2] The Spiritual Experience
Hi, I checked my first printing of the 12 & 12 ( April 1953 with the code D-C) and the wording in step 12 is "these steps" and yet the first printing of the second edition of the Big Book has, in How
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Mark Everett
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#153
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Re: FW: [AAHistoryLovers2] The Spiritual Experience
The wording was changed back to "these steps" in the Second Printing of Second Edition. I don't believe the 12&12 was affected. Tommy H
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Tom Hickcox
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#152
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