Received this just now. My condolences to the family of Vince. I am glad I got to know him and the rest of the family. If anyone hasn't read his story yet, take the time now to do so. He now joins the rest of his engineering family in heaven.

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/Vin...ncentLeckey.htm

My name is Catherine Brooks and I am a friend of the Leckey Family.

I used to work with Vince at Westfield Realty from 1989 to 1998.

Cory and Robin, his sons, were also friends of mine.

I regret to inform you Vince passed away this morning.

Vince passed away this morning , in ambulance, on way to Mount Vernon

(Alexandria) Virginia Hospital. Vince had been in poor health in recent

years, and friends told me he was being taken care of at home.

I found out about Vince from a co-worker of Cory's.

Condolence and Sympathy cards to the Leckey Family:

c/o CORY M. LECKEY

8709 Millbrook Place, Mount Vernon, VA 22309

Take care. Vince will be greatly missed.

He had the poster of the Army Corps of Engineers in his office. He was most

proud of his Army achievements. Vince used to "harrass" me 'cuz I am a Marine

brat (daughter of a Lt. Colonel Marine Pilot).

Please mention him on your website.

Thank you!

-Catherine Brooks

McLean, VA

Here a link from Photos from Verdun

http://de.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rennog/al...hmFS.FBxJZCkTE2

See new post re 02-20-2008. It is the updated link. The one above is no longer viable.

Please remember those

who fought for our country, proudly....

So that you and I can enjoy the Freedom,

we have today...

Even though we already have this link on our site, it is always worth a second, third and fourth look. This is Denis Toomey's 3rd Inf Div Photographic site.

There are several sets of photos including engineers, but you may want to look at the Vosges and Strasbourg, since they pertain to this time of year back in 1944.

Enjoy! These are great!

d o g f a c e s o l d i e r s

A photographic journey of the U.S. Third Division in WWII

http://www.dogfacesoldiers.org/

Just got this letter from my friend Mari. Her dad is a 297th Engineer. Some sad news in it about their museum. It broke my heart! Mari my heart does go out to you and all the engineers. I (we) would be DEVASTED!

Hello Marion,

Hope you are well. I've been meaning to email, but have been swamped. Dad, a heart patient, was in hospital for bronchitis last month (he's better now). So with the holidays, time got away from me. Mike is sending me a copy of the upcoming Engineer magazine featuring your article. I can't wait to see it!

On a sad note, our beloved 297th Combat Engineer Museum that was located in Owensboro, KY has burned down. I received the sad news from my "297th sister" Adele DePolo a few days ago.

Hal Miller, the owner & curator of the Musuem had a huge collection of WWII engineer memorabilia that was donated by many of our boys.

There was some news coverage on the local stations, here is a link: http://www.14wfie.com/Global/category.asp?...C=3492&nav=3w6o

"Hundreds gather for breakfast at Windy Hollow"

Hal was the organizer of many of our reunions, and the upcoming one will have to be moved. Luckily, no one was hurt. We are all quite devastated, and having to tell our Dads was horrible, as many of them had been there numerous times and donated a lot of the mementos.

Please keep my "boys" in your good thoughts. I wanted to pass on this news to someone who would appreciate the loss. Please keep in touch!

Best regards & take care,

Mari

Essayons

297th Combat Engineers WWII

"We clear the way!"