Many of you are familiar with Jerry Gorden who runs the 34th Division's site. Well Rocky just sent me this news this evening and it is not good. I am so sorry to hear this, especially since Jerry Gorden was one of my very first contacts when I started my research. He is the one who sent me a copy of the Dogfaces Who Smiled Through Tears book, and also several other documents to help me out. We had been corresponding on and off since 2004.

http://www.34infdiv.org

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I do not know if you have heard, but Jerry (my dad) has entered Hospice care, and is living the rest of his days there. The prognosis is not good and we were told there was a slim chance for him to make it through the weekend. He is getting excellent care at this time though.

My dad took me aside back in November and told me when it came time for this- to email everyone in his address book and ask for him to be removed from theirs. So I am honoring his wishes at this time.

Thank you,

Sherry Gorden-Long (his daughter)

Hi everyone. It has been a LONG time since I visited here. Sorry it took so long, but work (new job), studies (picked them up again) and family life (wife is expecting twins any moment now...) have taken my time and I haven't been able to do much WWII research. Hope you can forgive me Marion!

But I am picking that up again and am looking for info on the 74th Engineer Light Pontoon Company. On line I can't find anything at all, so I am hoping people here might know. basically everything I need; What was the history, what unit was it attached to, etc.

I am also looking into the only casualty buried in Europe of this unit; Pfc James S. Lukacs, who was killed on 19 May 1945 in a non combat related incident.

Any information would be more than welcome!

TIA,

Stevin

PS: WOW! I am a Major!

PS2: this topic might have to be moved to another section on the forums here....Things have changed!!!

Here's a great video on the Sopwith Camel flying with a Spitfire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtprTL66-FY

Yes, wouldnt it be great IF a lot of the younger folks got their dads or granddads to

get their dads or grandads WW 2 stories on computer or taped. Too many neglect to find out the ww 2 history until it is too late. And then try to find out when it is too late.

Then they finally go looking for the details instead of getting the facts prior. Why is it so important now instead of back then ? This just drives me up the wall. Why do they wait till it is too late ? Wasnt it important back then? Or just only after their death?

Some wait till many years later and then want histories of them which could have been easily found by talking to them while alive. All they get this way of later checking is a

small bit of history, but no actual stories in first hand.

Received this message today. As with any other post, confidential info has been deleted... This was from a guestbook entry.

Richard Cameron

January 22nd 2007

05:26:24 PM

How did you find my website? Searching for info on my dad

Where are you from? Richland, WA

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My Dad, Glenn Cameron of Waterloo, Iowa, served in the 36th Combat Engineers in North Africa, Salerno, Ansio, Southern France, and into Germany. Dad would rarely talk about the war, but the Ansio Beach experience was a defining time of his life. A few years ago, I went with Dad to an Ansio Beach reunion in Colorado Springs where he met up with his buddy from the 36th, Les Worrell. My Dad has passed on and I would very much appreciate any info I can get about him and what he went through in the war.