Hello All. Grandson of 292nd Combat Engineer here, Introducing myself.

[Walt's Daughter]

So thrilled to read this post and all the replies.

 

Gary, glad to have you aboard. There's a ton of great stuff on the boards to look through. It'd be nice to start some conversations again with some new blood. Sometimes it gets a little quite around here!

 

I agree with Todd, it's nice to have some new blood stirring through our veins and seeing the back and forth chatter regarding the 292nd.

I am so delighted to put like-minded people together. Everyone has so much to offer and each time we find another piece of this giant jigsaw puzzle. What I especially love reading about, is how so many people who come here, sound so much like me, albeit eleven years ago. I think of myself sitting in my office, winter 2004, and deeply yearning to know anything I could about my dad's wartime journey and experiences. I felt so lost and so lonely. Wow, that seems like a million years ago. So it's a wonderful feeling to be able to give back to the community.

Little do many of you know, that when I started this forum eons ago (LOL), I was so afraid that it would never go anywhere. Eventually I had two or three members and we would laugh among ourselves and joke that someday we could have a whopping TEN members. Truly, I DID fret about that. I kept thinking, well, we give 'er a shot. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. It took a long time to get it going and much to my surprise, it not only survived, it thrived. I'm still pinching myself; how did this happen. We went from utter obscurity to having over 1400 members as of August 2015. I think my dad would have been floored. I know I certainly am.

This main site and forum have literally transformed my life!