I was not aware of this, and must thank my friend Kitty for bringing this to my attention.
Excerpts of the first Jewish broadcast that took place in Aachen in 1944. Courtesy of the American Jewish Committee and director of public relations Ken Bandler.
http://www.infolive.tv/en/infolive.tv-1434...-nazi-soil-1944
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Read this. What a wonderful tribute to a father. Talk about being a PROUD SON. His father was at that service.
http://www.robertweinberg.net/dad.htm
While not related to that service, I found this fascinating request on his site and placed it here:
https://ww2combatengineers.comeng...?showtopic=5827
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Happy to say that Bob and I (his son), have been in contact with each other. Really nice guy!
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
