Every now and again I get greeting card type letters in the mail from someone whose name I don't recognize but I know almost immediately what is in it. Sons and daughters and other relatives send me a nice note to tell me of the passing of one of our great old Seahorses. Donald Griffin died the other day and may he rest in peace. Our number on the roster is now 57 so Stay Rugged because we need you.

 

36 Engineers are rugged......John Fallon II. Capt. USA Ret.

I never met or spoke to Donald, but send my condolences to John and the gang and of course, Don's family.

British PoW veterans retracing the route of a death march that claimed hundreds of Allied lives in 1945 are on the move again today after spending the night in the same barns that gave them shelter from the biting cold 65 years ago.

Instead of the link to the site, I am uploading as a PDF file because the print on their site is like 8 point. It's so tiny, it's painful. This is much easier to read.

Thanks for the link Jim Hennessey!

__Great_Escape___prison_camp_veterans_spend_the_night_in_barns_that_sheltered_them_65_years_ago.pdf

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Veteran’s photos from last days of WWII make it to Smithsonian

The pictures are the only known color photographs of B-29s in action from that time.

Thanks for the link, Jim Hennessey!

Hello,

I don't know if you can help me or not! I am an elderly lady and believe it or not, I am still searching for anyone who was stationed with or knew my biological father! I was told that he was in the Army Corp. of Engineers, I have not idea which unit! I do know this much:

His name was to be Bill Williams, he was to be a Captain or a Colonel, he was at an Army encampment in l944 at Mt. Gretna which is a Brethern Church Camp, that was being leased partly by the Army National Guards of Pennsylvania, today known as Indiantown Gap, I believe it was also that name in l944. I've found through research that the Army Corp of Engineers laid pipe line at this camp ground in l944.

I was told that he came from Reno Kansas/Reno Nevada or perhaps State of Washington. The reason all this is so skeptical is that my late mother wanted to forget her past, and I didn't want to hurt anyone including his family by looking. I am sorry now that I didn't. I know that he would have to be deceased, but I am hoping by putting his photo everywhere I can put it, someone will recognize him, and tell me what he was like!! And identify the name with the photo! I am attaching the photo, and wonder if I could put it on your site??

Or do you have any other ideas? I've had a military researcher look for him, but there were 1002 William Williams in WW 2! The photo is the main hope...as I don't even know 100% that was his name, my mother said it was????? Please advise what you think I could do if you have any better ideas. St. Louis won't give me much help and also the researcher said about all the records that were destroyed in the fire in l975! A friend suggested I go right to the Army Corp. of Engineers and that is how I found your web site... My name is Teena Eaton, teena@pa.net Please let me know what you think!

Thanking you in advance for any help you can give! Photo attached

To get in touch with Teena, please call 717-789-3873

If you would like to email her, get in touch with me. I don't want to post her email address in the open, for fear of spammers.

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Emergency Weather Bulletin

This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan after a severe snow storm ...

The Mining Journal,Marquette, MI

WEATHER BULLETIN

Up here in the Northern part of Michigan we just recovered from a Historic event --- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.

FYI:

Obama did not come.

FEMA did nothing.

No one howled for the government.

No one blamed the government.

No one even uttered an expletive on TV.

Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.

Our Mayor's did not blame Obama or anyone else.

Our Governor did not blame Obama or anyone else either.

CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC did not visit - or even report on this category 5 snow storm.

Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.

No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.

No one looted.

Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.

Nobody expected the government to do anything either.

No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.

No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand,

No Brad Pitts, No Hollywood types to be found.

Nope, we just melted the snow for water.

Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.

The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny.

Local restaurants made food, and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snow bound families..

Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.

We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns.

We put on an extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".

We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks.

Even though a Category 5 blizzard of this scale is not usual, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.

I hope this gets passed on.

Maybe ......SOME people will get the message ............The world does Not owe you a living.

Top/SgtLeo