The omitted letters (in parentheses in the list below) spell
WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US

February Puzzle Solvers
(The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically)

1. Stephen Throop – Grover, NC
2. Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI
3. Mark Navarrete – Quezon City, the Philippines
4. Dave Kaplan – New City, NY
5. Dina Fertig – Cherry Hill, NJ
6. Al Sanders – Fort Collins, CO
7. Stan Francuz – Somewhere in Australia
8. Thomas Wilson – South Williamsport, PA
9. Edward Gee – Richmond, VA
10. Charles J. Rohrmann, Jr. – Scarsdale, NY

Dale Ashworth – San Francisco, CA
Peggy Bedell – Northampton, MA
Robert Brown – Albuquerque, NM
Cathy Childs – Pompano Beach, FL
Jim Christenson – Port Townsend, WA
Charlene Coates – Coatesville, PA
Henry Cook – Chicago, IL
Patricia Coppersmith – Venice, FL
Elaine Cullinan – Valencia, PA
Al Damm – Marshall, WI
David Durfee – Bennington, VT
Keith and Elizabeth Falkner – Sarasota, FL
Joe Fendel – Berkeley, CA
Matthew Field – London, UK
William Flis – Philadelphia, PA
Warren Fraser – Marmora, Ontario, Canada
Lewis Gee – Poway, CA
Yohma Gray – Evanston, IL
Steve Gunter – Raleigh, NC
Craig Harman – Alexandria, VA
Richard Harrison – Portland, OR
Gιrald Hurtubise – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ralph Jones – Aurora, CO
Wayne Jones – Worcester, NY
Rick Kasten – Alexandria, VA
Doug Kouril – Arlington, VA
Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY
Mike Lessie – Douglassvile, PA
Richard Letourneau – Bonita Springs, FL
Paul Lustig – Lakewood, OH
Bob Mattson – Smithtown, NY
Jackie Miller – Everett, MA
Daniel J. Milton – Vienna, VA
Mary Lyndal Nyberg – Manhattan, KS
Priscilla Olson – Framingham, MA
Patrick D. Phillips – Bainbridge Island, WA
Huw Powell – Lee, NH
Charlie Pritzlaff – Silver Spring, MD
Arnold Reich – Bronxville, NY
Ned Robert – Los Gatos, CA
Joe Rogers – Old Greenwich, CT
Mordy Rosen – Berkeley, CA
Arthur Schless – Unionville, PA
Joe Schrader – Hillsboro, OR
Dexter Senft – Bedford, NY
Donald Stanley – Littleton, CO
Steve Tice – Great Falls, VA
Claire Trazenfeld – Crownsville, MD
Ed Wallerstein – Prairie Village, KS
Margaret Webster – Medford, MA
Carl Winstead – Galloway, OH
Jay Winter – Farmington Hills, MI