I'm geeked. Rec'd email from an UK production company, http://impossiblefactual.com asking me contribute my research to their new documentary. Did I say I was geeked!?? #WWII #documentaries #History

They are interested in my research on the battle of Monte Cassino. 

My Dad was Adolphus [Dick] Passino and was in the 351st Engineers, Company E, 2nd Battalion as a carpenter.  Does anyone have any detailed information on their missions or pictures they would like to share?

Karen

Received this, this week. And I want to add that John Fallon is still with us. 

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Hello all,

 

Holly and I send our best wishes out to the 36^th Combat Engineers family.

We hope all is well.

 

I wanted share the attached photo that I received today from the American Legion Post 331 in Stone Harbor, NJ.

Holly, my brothers and I ordered the Memorial Pavers last fall for dad & Tony.

I don’t know who donated John’s, but I had tears in my eyes when I opened the photo and saw all three of them, side by side almost 75 years after first serving together and then being friends for the rest of their lives!

Dad would have been 100 and Tony 104 later this fall.

We miss them and all their former comrades in the 36^th!

Thanks again from our family for taking such good care of them all during those last reunion years!

Stay Rugged!

 

Best Regards,

Ted & Holly Furtado

 

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Hello, I have a question regarding one of the favorite songs that is listed in the pdf booklet on the 1284th Combat Engineer's booklet: http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/docs/1284th%20Engineers/1284th%20Book.pdf

I'm asking because there was a question on a reddit subreddit about a song someone's grandfather sang, which is very similar to the song on page 12 of the above booklet.  The song is called 'Elsie'.  Does anyone with family members that belonged to this Company know the origin of this song?  One theory is that the song was inspired by the Alabama folk song 'Merry Girl' as this Company had members from almost every state, including Alabama and the lyrics are very similar.  The Company B song appears to be (to put it politely) about a woman with not the best reputation while the folk song is sung from a totally different perspective, but there are many similarities.  Thanks to anyone with info on this.

I'm going to crosspost this to one of the other forums, perhaps the WWII tunes forum, if that is allowed.

Procyon2014

Operation Dragoon! Here's to dad and all his buddies who were there!