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Today, - 8-16-09 I was honored to take two 15 year olds to lunch twin girls. Cute, adorable call it as you wish. We worked together for 8 weeks getting day campers to Arrowhead day camp. Just a summer job. Not quite.
These two 15 year olds were wise beyond their years. Special. Mature . A credit to their parents who obviously instilled in their twins a grounded sense of right from wrong. Okay, I am a retired engineer and I have no sense of grammar. So bite me.
I took them to lunch to say thank you for a wonderful summer and it was wonderful. Each morning I would arrive at their home a few minutes early. Their mom would be walking the family dog Sparky. When I returned with them in the afternoon, their dad would be there to greet them. A beautiful family picture. The caring was obvious.
So the twins and I went to lunch today. A small family run restaurant with four tables and accolades posted on the wall about the quality of their food. Excellent. The proprietor knew Kristen and Caroline and also their parents. What more could you ask for?
There was more. When we sat down at the table Kristen asked me if I hosted a web site. I said yes, the 15th Combat Engineer Battalion site. She then handed me an envelope and said: Then this is for you. It contained a letter from the family and $50.00. My day got much brighter and it became very special. For 40 years I have grown very use to being ignored as a Vietnam vet. Today that changed.
Thank you Kristen, Carolyn (the twins) and their parents Laurie and Tom Bergkvist. I am humbled and honored. My day was made brighter today due to you.
Oh, let me inform all of you, Gladwyne, PA where the twins live is THE richest per capita piece of ground in the USA. Wannabees can just drool.
Thank you Carolyn, Kristen , Laurie and Tom. Tom and Laurie, be proud of your twin daughters. They are very special women. You done good by them.
Rich Coogan, Webmaster
What's New - 14 February 2009
The history of the 15th
Engineer Battalion has been updated to included details about the WWI
deployment to France and articles from the "Old Reliable" newspaper
detailing the first year in Vietnam - 1967.
For your convenience, included
here are the articles forwarded to me by Richard Walczak about the first
year,1967
What's New - 8 February 2009
A listing of the monetary contributors to the 15th Combat Engineer Battalion web
site. Thank you Richard Walczak and two questions for those who visit often. Please click on QUESTIONS
should you be interested.
What's New - 4 January 2009
Patricia K. Arndt recently
sent a copy of the 107 page history of C Company, 15th Engineer Battalion during
World War I along with many pictures. Yes, you read that correctly WWI!
Visit the
C Company WWI page
10 May 2009
A 20 page photo album, circa 1969, has been added
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What's New - 3
February 2009
Patricia K. Arndt has forwarded, and
I have posted, a 15th Engineer Battalion roster from
WWI that was compiled in 1949. Included with the names are the known addresses
at the time along with the names of known deceased
Go to: 15th WWI Roster
The
Man in the Doorway
By Michael Ryerson USMC
We've all been there. Just click and enjoy.
"The
Promise"
It is a truly inspirational article
from a 9th ID Medal of Honor Recipient
A SOLDIER
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to see a chronological history of what has been added to this site. Think of it
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Submitted
by John Silvasi who designed the card
Left click the thumbnail above to see
the full size photo. This is the Christmas card sent out by the 60th Infantry Regiment
(Go Devils) in 1945. Colonel William Westmoreland was the CO of the 60th at that
time and 20+ years later, as a four star general, was the commander of MACV in
Vietnam.
Go
to 60th Infantry to view additional
photos/articles submitted by John Silvasi whom I had the pleasure of meeting a
week ago when he was recycling glass, etc. at the municipal dump.
Above
are the 9th ID 1967 Christmas Card and inserts from MG O'Connor (CO, 9th ID), Colonel
Loper (CO, 15th Combat Engineer Battalion) and General William Westmoreland
(Commanding Officer MACV). This was Gen. Westmoreland's last Christmas Card
while commanding troops. Gen. Westmoreland died in Virginia in 2005 and is
buried at West Point.
May the
road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back,
The sun shine warm upon your face,
The rain fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
In
1989 the Texas Tech University Board of Regents established and funded the
Vietnam Archive. The Archive collects and preserves documents and memorabilia
related to the Vietnam War.
The Oral History project allows for tape recordings of veterans of the War.
Photos, audio tapes and old movies, if donated to The Vietnam Archive, will professionally
digitized and a CD copy sent to the donator.
Click the photo to enlarge (Electronic Viagra)
The E-mail address is: curtis.peoples@ttu.edu
The Website is: www.vietnam.ttu.edu
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$10.00
per coin shipping is included
$2.00 per clear plastic case when ordered with the coin
This
coin was designed by Chris Colon, a 15th vet, and cannot be purchased
anywhere else
Courtesy
of Chris Colon, B Company, 15th Engineers a new 15th "Challenge" coin has been designed and is
available for your purchase. Click on the photos above to see enlarged
photos. The enlarged photos are approximately twice the actual size of the coin.
Contact
Chris at ccolon@cox.net
to reserve
your 15th "Challenge" coin before they are gone.
The 9th Infantry Division Memorial
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Memorial Day
May 29th, 2000
Courtesy of Albert Moore, MRFA
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