Posting this from Janna Banks. Wanted to place this certificate here. Never saw this before.
Marion,
Thank you for the warm welcome to the group. Thank you also for putting us in touch with Armonde; we have been corresponding for a few weeks now and Dad (Reed Banks) has really enjoyed "talking" to him about the 343rd. Armonde has been a wealth of information, and we really appreciate his memories and knowledge about the 343rd engineers and the many campaigns they were involved in.
You are providing a wonderful service to the men who served and their families with your site. Thank you for all your hard work in making this happen.
I'm including a file with this email that shows a certificate that Dad recently received from the Army. It's wonderful to know that the Army appreciates the sacrifices that WWII veterans made, even now, decades after the end of the war. Dad was pleased and humbled to receive this certificate and thought you might enjoy seeing it also
Janna Banks and Reed Banks
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"