Received this letter from Jack Reissman, a Korean vet. I am looking forward to hearing from him and his buddies on our forum. Jack, a warm welcome to you. Feel free to jump in and tell us all about yourself. Papa Art, thanks for introducing us.
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Hello Marion,
This is me standing in the foreground of the steel trestle bridge the 430th built over the Soyang river South of the town of Inje. 1951-52. (see photo below)
I am glad to hear that I have been accepted to your Website.
I have been e-mailin Art Morneweck for sometime and he suggested that I join your website, since I was an Engineer in Korea during the war. (1951-1952)
I really thought I "blew" it when I sent a summary of the 430th Engineers activities while I was with them I didn't see a "Submit" icon and suddenly, I couldn't find my e-mail and thought it was lost somewhere.
Glad that you must have recieved it as I worked hard to remember what I was going to relate.
I said that I have quite a few pictures and was wondering if you might be interested in seeing some of them?
I have been in touch, by e-mail, with a number of my old 430th Engineers and have had so much fun relateing our experiences with each other. Here is pix of me and the Operations jeep I drove. (see photo below)
Don't know if any of the Korean War Engineers know of your website but it would be nice is any of them could tell their stories too.
I e-mail a guy who was in the 439th Engineers, one of the Battalions that were a part of the 32nd Group. He wrote a "book" about the 439th experiences in Korea and it is really nice reading.
If you would care to see more of my pictures, they are yours for the asking.
Thank you for responding to my application to your website.
A Wartime Engineer who spent a year in Korea,
Jack Reissman Pittsburgh, Pa.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"