Jolly good! Wow, look at those medals. That's quite a chestful. He still looks like a very spry man. What an honor to meet him in person.

I just love this one. Received it this week.

Whew, those photos sure show the height and breath of that. Makes my palms sweat! Can you imagine working on that bridge. Not me; afraid of heights!

Got a really nice write up in the following Solomons Diary July 2009 Newsletter. Thanks so much Joe. That was really sweet of you.Solomons_Diary_7_200...

Okay I merged your post with mine. Thanks for you comments. I'm sure the family will appreciate them. Hugs, Mare

Chuck, am moving this to Ray's obit. We have a section in the forum for Farewells./... See ya there...

The article states they worked on the Vire River Railroad Bridge ...began building the double-track, three-span masonry arch railway bridge o...

Dear Peter: Most welcome!

Liked this one from the page on Criba

Hey thanks Larry! Here's the entire engineer insignia booklet compiled by the American Society of Military Insignia Collectors

Dear Peter: The grave is correctly marked as Tec 5 . Corporal WOULD NOT be on the stone. It was the "equivalent to", but a serviceman would b...

Dang, was this a timely post or what? You post this on the 16th and Walter passes away the next day. Whew!

Ah, thank you DD! I have to laugh when I hear myself talking, at times. It's like, where did I learn this STUFF. I almost sound like I know what I'm ...