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Letter two:

Dear Marion;

Thanks again for the lead to the 35th Engrs.....I have been communicating with Shawn Umbrell for the past three years and the storys of his grandfather in the 35th Engrs. Our 87th Div. also fought at Pironpre, Belgium a bit after the 35th were engaged there...We have a monument with a plaque on a huge bolder at Pironpre, designating the 87th Div. as a Liberator of this town and others nearby at Moircy, Bonnerue, St. Hubert....I gave Shawn the orders of the 35th Engrs (Carlisle Barracks Reserach)...about their support group in the 347ths (My Regiment) crossing of the Rhine River at RHENS and at BREY; where I crossed over, Mar. 25th 1945.

John at the dedication of the Pironpre monument, June 1996 Tour.

John at the plaque at Boppard am Rein, June 1996....where a ponton bridge was erected for vehicular crossings....The initial crossings were at RHENS and BREY; by the 35th Engrs.

John,M-347