Dear Marion and 36th Engineer friends,

 

I'm currently inquiring about an MIA 36th soldier. Ill will visit the battlefield area at Christmas to investigate.

 

Here is a little tribute to him I wrote, please have a look,

 

http://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.yuku.com/topic/1323

 

I wish you all a great holiday season,

 

Best regards Gilles

 

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Here's the note I sent back to Gilles:

 

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What a touching story. Loved reading it. Thank you for taking the time to post it. What an awful fate to be suffered by anyone, let alone a young 19 year-old, so far from home.

 

Marion

I remember hearing about the Rapido River disaster. and also the

Salerno landing. Rocky