Received the following from Captain John Fallon of the 36th Combat Engineers.
I am always sorry to hear of the loss of one of our great comrades. I will pass on the word and we will pray for him and toast his memory. I like to remind the survivors of my great fellow Seahorses that there is a special place reserved for valiant soldiers like Walter.
This was the email he received. God bless Walter and his family. A salute to another great Seahorse!
John,
We regret to inform the 36th Engineers that Walter Bucci passed away on August 6, 2006 due to complications from a broken hip. Joan, his daughter, and I, son-in-law, have been to a few of the reunions with Walter and we enjoyed then, and we know that Walter really enjoyed them. I hope you can continue to have them, even thought the original crew has been diminished greatly in numbers.
Take the time to view it. It's worth it. It will probably make you snicker and sneer, get in a few giggles and maybe even piss you off. It's quite cute and someone's appraisal of how Iwo might have been covered if it happened today. Can't agree more. Pretty imaginative.
Even though I will be placing several links on the main site today that you can access through our What's New link, I wanted to place this one here to give it emphasis. Thought some of you would find this very interesting because you may not know the WHOLE story, even though you WILL KNOW the name.
