WOW! I never gave thought to there having been Active Duty Firefighters on the frontlines. As a firefighter's daughter, Salute and Thank You!

tee hee ! Yup, I got demoted ! But it wasn't because I was a stinker, I promise!

Hey! I was at Chenute TOO, albeit in the 90s. You'll be happy to know I did radar on probably the same giants you used 50 years earlier !!!!

Merry Christmas to all! My father is John Kondrup, of Middletown, NJ, where he had been a carpenter. He was a drill sergeant at Camp McCoy, WS, whe...

Hi Caryl: All the best to you during the Christmas holidays! Yes, of course we will be more than happy to lend a helping hand. Just keep u...

Well OC I will ! could you also email me Marlin's email addy?

It's a start. I'm determined to get this information into the electronic world !

I wish I could make it up to the reunion in Sept. The military having us 1000 miles a way, me having a school age kid, and Sept being my extra busy s...

I have uncovered more in the last two weeks than I ever could have dreamed. I spoke with Marlin, head of the 280th ECB reunion group. Not only does ...

Thanks for being here ya'll. Sometimes it just helps to be able to "talk" it through.

Ft Wood is busting their hineys for me! I have photos of my grandfather downloaded, and photos of the other three platoons. I'll get them on the blog...

Spent two hours on the phone today. Hope I made grand progress. Will log in later if it pans out. I don't want to jinx it.

Been trying to figure out why the LOC or National Archives doesn't have a copy.

Just dropped a note to Marlin. Also found this on amazon.com, but it's not available. ARGH. HISTORY [OF THE] 280 ENGR C BN. [Paperback]...

No, but I'm ready to. I'm also going to contact the man in charge of the 280th reunion group in Ill. I cannot believe that in this day of te...