Subj : Re: [PENN] Knights of Mal
To   : ALL
From : FREDERICK R. RAMONT
Date : Wed Jun 28 2000 04:12 pm

 @SUBJECT:Re: [PENN] Knights of Malta                                 N

Try this site.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/2094/kom.html

Frred

"Kenneth A. \"Ken\" Camber" wrote:

> Hi Dennis:
>      I cannot give you much in the way of historical foundation,
> although I believe the knights were active in the time of the crusades.
> However, they have survived to modern times, and are now a sort of
> medical order.
>      I don't know where all they may be active, but I do know that they
> were active in Germany in the 1960's.  When I was in Vietnam in 1967-68,
> their German medical personnel were working in the field in northern
> Vietnam, helping the people in whatever way they could.  The German
> hospital ship "The Helgoland" was anchored in Danang harbor and served
> as their base of operation.  (I have some slides somewhere of that
> ship.)  They did not support either side in the war, and anyone of any
> political persuasion who needed medical assistance who could get to the
> ship or to their personnel in the field could get their help. (As a
> practical matter, of course, most of their help went to the government
> side.)
>      At any rate, they were an interesting lot.  Some of them stayed
> with the U.S.A.I.D. personnel in Tam Ky where I was, and they sometimes
> went into the field with us.  I remember one incident when a couple of
> them almost got shot by government troops when they tried to "rescue" a
> couple of statues from a temple there.  But for the most part, they were
> good and decent people trying to carry out a difficult task.  I am sure
> there is historical information on this group on the internet, but I
> will always remember my personal history with them.
>                 - Ken Camber
>
> Dennis Lynch wrote:
> >
> > My ancestor Harry Rakestraw was a member of the Knights of Malta in
> > Middletown, Dauphin County.  Does anyone know anything about the knights???
> >
> > Dennis Lynch
> >
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