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!
Hi Mari,
Welcome aboard!!
Also looking forward to hear about your dad!!
Have fun, this is a wonderful place for great info!!
<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>