Hi all! Marion, GREAT site! I'm Mari, my Dad is Tony Ippolito, of the 297th Combat Engineers. Just happy to have a place to read, & post with others interested in the Engineers of WWII!
Welcome Mari. I have enjoyed our exchange of emails over the last week. Pleased as punch that you are here!
A big thank you to Colonel Mike Morgan, editor of Army Engineer Magazine, for introducing us. We engineer kids gotta stick together! 
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Hi Mari,
Welcome aboard!!
Also looking forward to hear about your dad!!
Have fun, this is a wonderful place for great info!!
Nicholas Hopper
Newman Lake, WA
<i>Helping to keep our Military History Alive!</i>
1945 Willy MB 3/12/1945
WWII Reenacting-Army Group 1944
www.armygroup1944.com
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Here's a photo that Mari sent me:
"Here's a photo, one of my faves, of my dad (holding the bucket) & the 297th boys in Germany. I love this shot (it's on my living room wall) because it shows the 'kids' behind the 'soldiers'."</span>
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
" And, I had to send you one of me, since I am such a clone of my Dad. Is there a shot of you on the site? Do you look like Walter? That's me, Mom Dad & my surrogate daughter, Julie, at Dad's Reunion, D-Day, last year."
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company