Today is Marions birthday! I would like to wish you the very best that life has to offer and again thank you for the magnificent job you have done. This is one of if not the finest web site out there,and you are one of the finest people I have the privledge of knowing.
I thought I would share a picture of the baby.... well he used to be. I am going to go back to the base with him on Tuesday for some wonderful times before he leaves. I figured if I was ever gonna do a really selfish thing now would be my chance. Its just gonna be me and my boy for 5 days or so before the rest of the family comes to bid him farewell. I am so happy and so sad at the same time. I will miss this young man He is the heart & soul of me, as are all my children but your baby seems to hold on a little tighter to your heart on some days..So I may not get to post much for a bit since hes home now and then we leave but I will keep a lookout for you all here Hugs at ya Cindy
Today we honored the memories of Robert Morneweck and his fellow brothers of the 101st Airborne who died on this day, but let us not forget that today is the anniversary of the death of President Franklin D Roosevelt. I always think how sad it was because his passing was brought on yet a mere four weeks from the end of the war in Europe. Regretfully he never saw the end of the Hilter regime he fought so valiantly against. May he and the others who left us this day 60 years ago, rest in eternal peace.
Today it is exactly 60 years ago that Robert Morneweck, Sgt Nick Demkowicz, Sgt Joe Caivano and the others made their fatefull Rhine crossing. As most of you will know, Robert was Art Morneweck's brother. Recently we were also lucky to be contacted by a nephew of Sgt Demkowicz and the granddaughter of Sgt Caivano. Marion has a picture which has all three of them on the page she has dedicated to Robert, here on the site.
I am thinking of them and remember them and their sacrifice. I can't help but think what their lives would have been like if they had survived.
THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!
With my warmest regards to you all and appreciation for their sacrifice, which enables us to live our lives in Freedom, but also all your help and friendship if have enjoyed over the past. Even in death these men have brought us together.
Received the following pins and patches for my WWII collection. The following I am collecting because my dad's unit was either [a] in direct support of or attached to these units:
The 3rd Infantry Division
The 36th Infantry Division
The 45th Infantry Division
The 82nd Airborne
Then I also received a patch for the 101st Airborne because I know many of the guys who were in it back in WWII and I now count them amongst my new found friends.
I also got my Combat Engineer Veteran's patch. It is really nice.
