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p; T=
he 167th
Combat Engineering Summer Newsletter 2008
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We hold these truths to =
be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by thei=
r Creator
with certain unalienable Rights, that among thes=
e are
Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness.
=
The Declara=
tion
of Independence
4
of July, 1776.
Did
you Know?
- The Liberty Bell sounded from the tower of Independence Hall on July 8, =
1776,
summoning citizens to gather for the first public reading of the
Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon. <=
/li>
- The first public Fourth of July even=
t at
the White House occurred in 1804.
- Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
died on Independence Day, July 4, 1826.
- The 56 signers of the Declaration of
Independence did not sign at the same time, nor did they sign on July =
4,
1776. The official event occurred on August 2, 1776, when 50 men signed
it.
- The origin of Uncle Sam probably beg=
an
in 1812, when Samuel Wilson was a meat packer who provided meat to the=
US
Army. The meat shipments were stamped with the initials, U.S. Someone
joked that the initials stood for “Uncle Sam”. This joke
eventually led to the idea of Uncle Sam symbolizing the United States
government.
The most important order of business! Please pick up the phone and make =
your
reservation for the 2008 Reunion! <=
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When: &=
nbsp; Thursday
afternoon September 18, 2008
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– Sunday morning September 21=
, 2008 &=
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p; Location: <=
/span>Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hotel: &=
nbsp; Ramada City
Centre
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=
633
W. Michigan Street
in downtown Milwaukee
Cost: &=
nbsp; Rooms
reserved at $89.00 flat rate
Please Make=
Room
Reservation by: August 15, 2008
Call: &=
nbsp; 414-272-8410 to Reserve Your Room
Website: &=
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Complimenta=
ry
Continental Breakfast Served
Airport Shu=
ttle
$11.00 per person call 1-800-236-5450
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Please send a letter (or email) to Pat (Bill
Heim’s daughter – our gracious host) and let her know the
following:
Ms. =
Patricia
Schneider
1601 Newberry Lane
Racine WI 53402
Home Phone: (26=
2)
681-9830
- If you are attending the reunion or not
- If you wish to attend the Friday Fish Fry a=
nd
Brewery Tour - $18.00
- If you wish to attend the Saturday night di=
nner
Banquet - $25.00
- Tuck a check in the envelope made out to Pa=
tricia
Schneider for the combined total of&n=
bsp;
$43.00 if you are going to both dinner functions
- Bill Heim is treating us to a light dinner =
on
Thursday night ( Thanks Bill)
The Fantastic Weedend Looks like this:
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Thursday Sept 18th - You arrive at the Ramada City Centre hotel somet=
ime in
the afternoon And we meet for a light dinner in =
the
meeting room
Friday Sept 19th – A morning meeting with the officers =
211;
either WWII related movies or a slide show – lunch and rest time R=
11;
3 pm visit to the WWII Memorial Center and Milwaukee Art Museum – a t=
our
of the Lakefront Brewery – A beer and fish fry dinner – listeni=
ng
to a Polka Band
Saturday Sept 20 – Morning meeting – either WWII related movi=
es or
slide show and contest with amazing prizes – Pat is still working on a
possible Historical Tour of Milwaukee for that afternoon – or who kno=
ws
some people might sneak off to the Casino
Sunday Sept 21 – Breakfast goodbyes – and folks go their se=
parate
ways
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News Items from the Gang:
1. Bud Bennett (son of Dewey W. Bennett Sr. who re=
ceived
the Silver Star from General Eddy for action that occurred 12 September 194=
4 on
the Moselle River) has contacted us to let us =
know
some very happy news!
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&nb=
sp; Bud
is now the proud grandpa of little Dempsy Liam Quinn in Eagle River,
Alaska. We are trying to talk Bud into coming all the =
way
from Alaska
for the reunion.
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Demps=
y
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(Dewey
Bennett’s great- grandson)
2. Orpha Theldon Ziegler of the 167th i=
s a
proud grandpa too. His son, Major David Q. Ziegler and wife, Renda Ziegler
recently gave birth to their 3rd lovely daughter. Isabella was b=
orn
after an exciting airvac out of Uzbekistan<=
/st1:country-region>
at the Ramstein Air Force Base Hospital in =
Germany.
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Isabella
(OT Ziegler’s granddaughter)
3. Please make a note in your address book: <=
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=
New address effective June 6th (D Day of course) for the
MacCords
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sp;
Howard and Betsy MacCord
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2018 Camelia Circle
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sp;
Midlothian, =
VA 23112
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Phone: 804 272-2128
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4. Sam Brown has been hard at work updating our ad=
dress
list. We will have an updated list for you at the reunion. A
big thank you to Sam Brown.
5. Sam’s son, Chuck Brown, is working on kee=
ping
the 167th website up to date. Here is his latest contact –
exciting to see people respond.
We just got this email from the “Con=
tact
Us” page on website. It is from a Marion J. Chard (email address: mjchard@6thcorpscombat=
engineers.com).
I also visited his website (www.6thcorpscombatenginee=
rs.com)
…it’s unbelievable; check out all of =
the
links he’s got going on. Pretty neat. I ca=
ll you
later to follow up.
Love…Chuck Brown <=
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From:
ContactUsForm@officelive.com [mailto:ContactUsForm@officelive.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:10 AM
To: sam.brown@167thengineercombatbattalion.com
Subject: Contact Us Message
Hi: Was talkin=
g to one
of my customers in my country store this morning (Alger, MI), and a gentlem=
an
who I had met before brought his return bottle slip to the counter. I looked
down and saw the number 540. I said out loud, "That was my dad's unit =
in
WWII". The gentleman looked at me and stated, "I was with the 167=
th.
I was a combat engineer." Wow, "So was my father. He was a 540th
Combat Engineer", and the conversation carr=
ied
on. We talked about where they both were and started discussing crossing th=
e Rhine. I just happened to have an article published=
in
Army Engineer Magazine this month, and showed him the front cover, a bridge
over the Rhine. Told him I had a website=
and
was producing a documentary on "my boys". He stated there was a
book on his unit, but he wasn't sure where one could be procured. I asked h=
im
his name and company and he said he was Alfred Pappalardo, Co B. I told him=
I
would get on the Internet and do some fishing after he left. He said he wou=
ld
be back in two weeks. Well I found your site and I foun=
d his
name in the Co B rosters. He will be SO THRILLED. Thus, I am wri=
ting
to you today. I will pass along the info to him the next time I see him. I =
will
also get his address and phone number too. Too bad I didn't do that this
morning. I look forward to hearing from you, and I shall place your website
link on mine in a couple of minutes. Warmly, Marion J Chard Proud Daughter =
of
Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Combat Engineer
www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com
Hopefully, we can get=
in
contact with Alfred Pappalardo in time to get him out to out reunion! =
6. Deborah Ziegler just got back from the Normandy coastline of France. She is preparing a sl=
ideshow
of some of the towns the 167th went through during
August and Sept of 19=
44.
Thank you to Clayton Allen for the hand-drawn map of the Villaines-la-Juhel
area. Your memory is spot on Curly. We found the exact place where Ziegler,
Baker, Nicholson, and Newlin were ambushed.
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