This was sent to me by Captain John Fallon, 36th Combat Engineer WWII
My Granddaughter's husband is an Army doctor in Afghanistan and he tells me that all the Army engineers that he sees are wearing SAPPER badges on their shoulder. Does anyone know if this is for all the Combat Engineers?
36 Engineers are rugged......John Fallon II. Capt. USA Ret.
Let me be the first to welcome MR Strikehold. He has several failings and is well known as a slacker in his home town. He will be held accountable for his drunken rants here. OH by the way he runs a pretty fair sight callee Strikehold504. You might want to check it out..................if you don't have to do your taxes or go to the dentist !
Reg sent this to me this week. Here is the adoption certificate for Robert Morneweck's grave that was taken over by Reg (Lennon) and Dick Winter's site, after the former caretaker from the Netherlands recently passed away. Emma had taken care of the gravesite for several decades. So many thanks to her and her family and now to Reg. God bless ya!
I was looking around and found this site on WBG.! Very Nice! Thought I would drop in and learn some history.
I see your dad was involved in Naples Foggia(My dad was in Italy 504th Regimental Combat Team 82nd). I was in that area near Casino in the Mountains with my dad. I also was in Anzio with him to visit the U.S. Cemetery in Netuno.
Well to be more specific I have an email I thought I wouold share. I will add more as they come in if they are of the nature I can share them. so far they have been pretty short. But they are gold to me!!
How's it going?
Everything is fine here. We flew in on a C130 and me and one girl got to sit in the cockpit and listen to the pilots when we were flying, which was pretty cool. We're staying in tents, but they're air conditioned, so it's not too bad. The weather is a little warm, but I'm pretty much used to it by now, so it's not really an issue. I try to stay hydrated with plenty of Budweiser, just kidding. They make sure that we do all of that. We'll be moving into the tents of the unit we are replacing this week, and they have wood walls built, so me and PFC Howard will share a room. If you can, send that three drawer chest, but I don't think we need the flea collars, if we do I'll let you know, but probably not. Also, the unit we're replacing didn't have any injuries or deaths the year they were here, so I think we'll be pretty safe. I'll still stay on my toes though. Well, I better get going, tell everyone I miss them and love them.
