Jim sent this to me over the weekend.
Somewhere I'm there. My Paris photo was taken There.
Stay Well -Enjoying Your Freedom-Thank A Veteran
Invictus
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Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Jim Hennessey: Small world ? I also was in Paris for VJ day and arrived on a 5 day
R&R just a day prior to VJ day. It sure was one wide open town for a few days with
the celibrations. I stayed at the Hotel Trans Atlantic along with many other G.I.'s..
Was in a subway car (Metro ??) and heard a lot of civilians cheering, one had a newspaper and I could read the BIG headlines "Finne Le Guerre" . This news meant
I had survived the war and no chance of a trip to the PTO. Thank God. Had enough
in the ETO. Then just waiting to go home to NJ.