Edward Usonis sent this to me today. Thanks Ed!

http://www.36engr.cityslide.com/page/page/172839.htm

You can see Ed's photos there too:

http://www.36engr.cityslide.com/page/page/172929.htm

Hello Everybody on my list,

A friend of mine lives in lorient/brittany. In the

center of the town lies an old German bunker which

will be destroyed next week. The workers are already

working on it. My friend passed by this afternoon

(sunday14th) and just popped in! What a surprise! See

the photos!

best regards Gilles

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I just received this today and upon request am placing this letter here. Thanks to all for your help.

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comments: I am writing a novel about a WW2 vet who serves in Korea as officer, as well. I want people to proof-read my chapters on both European theatre of WW2, and Korea for accuracy and/or credibility (realism), and hopefully lead me to some vets who can remember and add some "color". Can you put this request on your bulletin board and ask vets to contact me? Thanks. If you especially can put me in touch with Ray Gonzales, I'd appreciate it.

I got this mail:

Hi Fred,

I see what you need. I will send you a story of a friend of mine. He was in WW2 and Korea. He was put in for Medal of Honor but along the line someone cut it down to Silver star. I think because he is Mexican...

Ray Gonzales by Marion

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/RayGonzales.htm

Art

Fred

Here is his contact info too:

your_name: Fred Lanting

address: 3565 Parches Cove,

cityst: Union Grove, AL

zipcode: 35175-8422

phone: 256-498-3319

email_confirm: mrgsd@hiwaay.net

Hello, my name is Nicholas Hopper and I'm here in the Great ol' Pacific Northwest.

I've always had a deep interest in World War II, though I did not have any family members that was in the service during WWII. (the closet would have been my Grandfather during the Korean War but he was medically discharged before he went anywhere.)

My main interest is the European theatre mainly in the 7th Army and the 4th Inf. Div.

My very first WWII uniform I purchased was a complete 7th Army corporal Class A uniform. Since then my collection has grown to encompass all different stuff including a 1945 Willy MB jeep.

At the moment I'm trying to dig up information on a gentleman that was in the CBI theatre of operation. Years ago I purchased a huge collection of over 300 + letters from an antique store. These letters were written from the gentleman to his wife. These are all his letters from when he joined the army until he came home. What a collection. So my focus is to learn as much as I can about the person and hopefully try to locate any and all paperwork about this person.

I've been reading through a lot of the post and there seems to be a great group of people here with lots of info. I look forward to talking with all of you.

Nick Hopper

Finally after a few unanswered calls got hold of the old critter. Seems like both he and his wife were in the hospital recently. He sounded pretty good on the phone and was

very glad to hear from me. However his computer use is not the greatest lately. I have E mailed him quite often and still will even though he cant seem to reply. Also

E mailed our L company commander (Sherm Pratt, 3rd Bn. 7th Reg ) and recieved a reply that he is not doing well . Sort of a bad day for me. Time for me to make up a

double Jack Daniels and well water and go up and watch a old John Wayne western

and count my blessings . Makes one wonder.