RE: [MV] *** Phone call to history ***

From: Nigel Hay -MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Mar 09 2005 - 05:51:50 PST


My Ward La France M1 wrecker was marked up as an Alaska Highway vehicle in
NWSC (North west service command) markings.

-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Sonny Heath
Sent: 09 March 2005 14:29
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] *** Phone call to history ***

Steve,

Thats what I'm doing with all my vehicles, well sort of, I'm marking them
from the unit I respect most from my 22 year Army career, the 501st
Transportation Company which at the time was in Mannheim, Germany.

Sonny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve & Jeannie Keith" <cckw@comcast.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 5:54 PM
Subject: [MV] *** Phone call to history ***

> All my WW2 HMV are marked (that apply and could have been used by) as
> belonging to the
> 291st Combat Engineers in honor of their heroic defense in the Battle of
the
> Bulge and in building
> the M2 Treadway bridge across the Rhine at Remagen, 60 years ago this
week.
>
> Last night I got to talk to Col David Pergrin himself on the phone. I
> thanked him and told him
> that at least some people remember what they did..... and that I
personally
> honor them by labeling
> my vehicles as 291st.
>
>
>
> Steve AKA Dr Deuce
>
>
>
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