Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
Reading Vet's stories in December
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12-04-2006, 11:44 PM
Yes Doctor Rocky. Will pass along the prescription. Sounds like a damned good rememdy if I do say so! I guess I have to find something other than Jack though. We haven't been friends for about 20 years!
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
12-05-2006, 12:27 AM
Something better yet. Hot cup of peppermint tea. Too bad you don,t live next door. I have peppermint plants in my backyard. Wife used to get me to go get some leaves and I would put them in a pot of water and let it boil for about 3 mins. She loved it when she had a cold ,best part ,,,,rub down,yea!! now just memories. I still make the tea. Rocky
12-05-2006, 02:58 AM
It seems to me that beyond the frozen feet it would be hard to maintain a state of alertness in mind-numbing cold like that. I've been in minus 20 degree weather before, but thank God nobody was shooting at me, because I was so miserable that I might not have ducked!
Jim
12-05-2006, 08:00 PM
"quote: Remember reports during December '44 and have read it many times since - That was one of the coldest Winters Europe ever had. Tell me about it!!!" How damn true Sarge. Remember it well. A Infantrymans worse nightmare. I think the '44-'45 winter hit record lows.. But I could be wrong..
12-05-2006, 08:11 PM
Hey Joe and gang:
Take a look at this page for some quotes from Stephen Ambrose, etc, regarding that winter.
http://www.ibiblio.org/cizewski/felixa/rhi...and/winter.html
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
12-05-2006, 11:09 PM
Marion; did you see the telephone lineman ? That is Exactly what I did when I went on patrol. I also climbed trees to string a line overhead across a road. Notice no M 1 rifle. only when on the line. Rocky
12-06-2006, 09:20 AM
Cool Rocky. I will also think of you when looking up telephone poles!
We'll have to change the words to the old Glen Campbell song, "I am a lineman for the county", to "I am a lineman for the army..."
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
12-06-2006, 01:23 PM
Good one Marion...How about "I am a lineman for the Red Bulls?" Speaking of them, I found a documentary about Red Bulls in WWII in the new DVD catalogue just received from International Historic Films.
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