Review - The Lost Sketchbooks - Rex Passion
Being the daughter of a WWII combat engineer, I was eager to read this book regarding an engineer from the Great War and was not disappointed. Beautifully bound and nicely laid out, I loved how Rex threaded the unit’s history throughout, alongside Mr. Shenton’s lovely illustrations.
The sketches and text drew you in and made you feel like you were there on the battlefields looking through the eyes of the young artist. I also liked the detailed maps, showing the movements of the 103rd Engineer Regiment. How sad and ironic that my father would be walking along some of the very same routes, only mere decades later. Unfortunately, history does and did repeat itself...
Hat’s off to Edward Shenton’s only son, who shared his father’s sketches and history and to Rex Passion, for skillfully presenting and packaging a real treasure.
Marion J Chard - historian
Proud Daughter of Walter “Monday” Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer WWII
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Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
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