Oh most certainly MARNE. Any history that can be brought to light, is just great in my book. Can you imagine how many "articles" from the war are stuffed in someone's closet, cardboard box, etc., and unidentified? It's great that you had the opportunity to "liberate" these items from obscurity or sure death.
Thanks so much for posting them on our forum. I look forward to all of your future finds and posts here on VI Corps.
Oh speaking of black battalions, I received the following letter from my dear friend and head historian, Mike Broadhead, of the Office of History, Army Corps Engineers, just this evening:
"...We just got a nice donation pertaining to the 1321st Engineer General Service Regiment, a black unit. It includes scads of photographs, a 30+-page regimental history written by regimental commander Colonel Aldo H. Bagnulo, his diary, and other documents. It is unusual to have this many items for a black unit, so we are quite happy that the colonel's son, daughter-in-law, and another son were kind enough to place this great material with us..."
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"