CREDITS AND THANKS!

WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED by Marion J Chard

ASSISTANT EDITOR Greg Walter

NARRATION Marion J Chard Kai-Ann Carney

VOICE-OVERS

Doug Billings - as Irving Cherney

Tom Bromhead - as Paul Blackburn Carl Furtado Lee the Chinese cook Paul McGee Walter "Monday" Poniedzialek

Dean Carney - as John Fallon

Lee Chard - as Bill Vander Wall

Joseph Grimm - as Rene Rousselle

Michael W Hodson - as Art Cook

Nicholas Hopper - as Wilbur Thomas Dickens

Jordan Jones - as David A Lapp John Wack

Tom Kennedy - as Harold Bare Ernie Pyle

Steve Vallo - as Donald Casey

Greg Walter - as Orville "Bill" Munson Ernest Wayne Warner

Zachary Wolken - as Dick Fietz

MUSIC SELECTIONS

Bach: Double Concerto No 1 Memories Awake - THEME SONG Our Flag Vivaldi - 1st Movement - Winter - The Four Seasons provided by NEO Sounds, LLC

Vivaldi - Winter 3rd Movement - The Four Seasons provided by Partners In Rhyme, Inc.

White Christmas - Bing Crosby provided by Universal Music Enterprises Irving Berlin Music Company c/o Williamson Music

The Second Snail Vintner Full provided by Freeplay Music, LLC

Adeste Fidelis - Bing Crosby provided by J Scott Trotter Kinghorn

Beethoven - Laendler in C Minor - Hess 68 Canon in D Major Danse Macabre Mourning Song Silent Night Snow Drop Sonatina The Rule Trio for Violin and Viola provided by Kevin MacLeod at Incompetech

Bach - Chorale Prelude Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D - Op 61 - Movement 2 Haydn - Variations in F Minor Mendelssohn - Symphony No 4 in A Major 'Italian' Op 90 provided by Muse Open

40's TUNES

Buckle Down Buck Private - Bea Wain Caribbean Clipper - Chattanooga Choo-Choo - Glenn Miller Ciribiribin - Harry James Dear Mom - Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye Enlisted Men's Mess - Glenn Miller Fellow on a Furlough - Glenn Miller Get Happy - Glenn Miller Get Your Gun and Come Along - Carson Robison Goodbye Dear, I'll be Back in a Year - Horace Heidt Goodbye Mama, I'm off to Yokohama - Dick Robertson I Don't Want to Walk Without You - Harry James I'm Beginning to See the Light - Harry James - Glenn Miller Jeep Jockey Jump - Glenn Miller King Porter Stomp - Harry James - Glenn Miller Wait for Me Mary - Dick Haymes

AUDIO VISUAL CREDITS

Archives.gov AudioSparx Authentic History Center Beatsuite.com Center of Military History Department of Defense DIVX Euratlas Free Map LLC hq.usace.army.mil Historyfocus.com IStockphoto Imperial War Museum Jordan and Wiest militarymuseum.org National Archives National Atlas.gov Planiglobe Prelinger Archives Rootsweb.com Shutterstock Images Sound Snap Sounddogs.com U.S. Office of War Information Voice123.com WPA Film Library WWII in Color

While not all the following are featured within this production, many served as my mentors and inspiration.

36th Combat Engineers - 2826th, 2827th, 2828th Bns

Adolp Petruzzo Alexander L Kinbaum Art Cook Bill DeSpain Bill Miller Bob Felker Bud Heil Carl Furtado Carmine Pittarelli Cecil E Addy Charles Malley Charlie Kassebohm Claude William Gregory David A Lapp Donald Bruhm Elmer E Simon Francis Stephens Frank Szumlanski Glenn Cameron Glenn Henry Ort Harry Moran Harold L Bare H.E. Harvey H.E. Houston Henry Grisell Iradell Gaylen Irving Cherney James B Washington Jobe T Henry John Fallon John Ivancik John Joseph Walkonis John Zappitello Joseph DeMaria Joseph Medina Larry Babine Lawrence U Bonner Lawrence D Cales Lewis Lock Manny Ramos Marvin L Teshka Mervin D Rudd Mike Cassic Nick Bellapigna Paul Blackburn Phil Bub Ray H Penland Rinaldo Malizia Robert Hawkins Robert Anthony Lanzoni Samuel Grano Stan Bakke Timothy F Davis Tom Nokes Tony Stefanelli Vince Pankoke Sr Vito Cupertino Vito Finelli Walter Miller Wendell W Ferguson William H Van Brunt

39th Combat Engineers - 1st & 2nd Bns

Austin Farland Kilian Charles L Little David Wagner Dallas Roller Florentino D Pena Frank Campo George A Smith George D Weber Jesse R James Joe Zirille Joseph Semmes John Wack Leonard Donnelly Lester C O'Neal Lloyd D Troyer Paul Knudson Stanley Dziuban

540th Combat Engineers - 2832nd & 2833rd Bns

Archie Armbruster Aubrey Festus Hughes Bill Vander Wall Bob Feland Charles Bryant Charles J Nuccio Clayton D Gard Clifford Duncan Creighton Ciurey Daniel Gallagher Donald Casey Edward Stephens Ernest Joy Eugene Phillip Cousineau Franklin Wisor George W Marvin Grady E Duke Hugh M Connors Ira Wheatley John "Jack" O'Brien Joel Minkoff Ken Kleinbach John P Korab John McDonald Joseph Risner Leo A Koerperich Paul DeMaio Paul McGee Phillip Harris Raymond J Renehan Rene Rousselle Richard Ferry Robert G Breitbach Robert W Nique Robert D “Steve” Stephens Robert Waddell Rudolf Joseph Janecek Seaman A Knapp Jr Thomas Ecclesine Tom Hudson Verle McBride Vernon Dotson Walter “Monday” Poniedzialek Wilbur Thomas Dickens

1108th - 48th & 235th Bns

Al Kincer Allen Jants Arthur J Bouchard Art Kalish Benjamin Franklin Gray Bill Rate Billy Wenzel Bob Mitchell Dominic Piscitelli Dwight W Smith Ed Jackson Edward Saraniero Ernest Breiner Frank Bottoni Frank West Howard Mardin Jerry Palmese Sr John “Jack” P Keating Jr Joseph C Berkery Leslie Youngmeyer Max Jonah Mike Gomez Orville “Bill" Munson Pat Currier Paul Bossis Ralph Leslie Reuben Jacob Dobler Richard E Maze Roy Sarff Waldon Slick Wilbur Tully

OTHER ENGINEERS

Al Hutchings - 297th Anton A Valentine - 19th Armonde Casagrande - 343rd Gen Srvc Reg Arthur William “Bill” Jasper - 312th Arthur McKnight - 157th Asa W Broadwater - 157th Benjamin Volga - 160th Bill Douglass - 1301st Gen Srvc Reg Bob Likam - 326th ABN Bn Brian Guy - 8th Brigade Royal Eng Byron B Armbruster - 326th Eng ABN Bn Charles F Lewis - 344th Gen Srvc Reg Charles Wilber - 326th ABN Bn Claude B Andresen - 344th Gen Srvc Reg David E Pergrin - 291st David E Yeager - 157th Ed Postel - 280th Edward Lewis Promin - 285th Ernest Napier - 49th Ernest Wayne Warner - 19th Floyd Mock - 208th Frank Donia - 348th Frank E Denison - 326th ABN Bn Gene Fiducia - 631st Light Equip Co. George Chandler - 341st George McClun - 343rd Gen Srvc Reg Harold Whiting - 157th Harry J Drake - 343rd Gen Srvc Reg Harry Monroe - 344th Gen Srvc Reg Harvey M Schiller - 133rd Herschel Buck - 343rd Gen Srvc Reg Jack Hickman - 8th Beach Bn Jack Ricalton - 157th James Turner Bruton - 344th Gen Srvc Reg Jerry Clayton Runions - 344th Gen Srvc Reg Jim Davis - 1204th Fire Fighting Pltn Joe Izzillo - 394th Joseph J Elias - 1301st Gen Srv Reg Joseph J “Scratchy” Crilley - 326th ABN Reg Joseph J DiMarco - 157th Joseph L Gulino - 285th Kelly Dixon - 270th Lawrence Page - 148th Lenny Fox - 146th Les Cohen - 148th Les Duston - 344th Gen Srvc Reg Lewis Grace - 208th Max Schwartz - 1306th Mel O'Barr - 85th Heavy Ponton Bn Melvin L Batt - 1301st Gen Srvc Reg Milt O'Barr - 85th Heavy Ponton Bn Nicholas J Mastrangelo - 344th Gen Srvc Reg Norman Mansell - 208th Norris N Granum - 973rd Paul E Armstrong - unit unknown Ray Kassler - 2830th Raymond E Stasik - 1346th Raymond F “Ike” Eisenhauer - 326th ABN Bn Reed Banks - 343rd Gen Srvc Reg Richard “Dick” Fietz - 370th Robert Hoedel - 359th Gen Srvc Reg Robert M Martin - 208th Robert Leslie Spence - 286th Roman Okrei - 1301st Gen Srvc Reg Roy L. Hinkle - 343rd Gen Srvc Reg Rudy Arruda - 295th Steve Paulson - 1301st Gen Srvc Reg Vince Leckey - 43rd Engineer Vincent Consiglio - 291st Wallace Homer Allen - 285th Walter D Karrenberg - 326th ABN Bn Walter Kudlik - 157th Wendell “Skip” Smith - 326th ABN Bn William B Gentry - 85th Heavy Ponton Bn William D McGuinness - 280th Willard D Arbogast - 285th

OTHER VETERANS

Abie Abraham - 31st Inf Reg Al Panebianco - 45th Inf Div Art Morneweck - Air Corps Cadet Arthur "Dutch" Schultz - 82nd ABN Div Bennett Palmer - 36th Infantry Division Bob Murphy - 82nd ABN Div Charles "Chuck" Gray - Army Air Corps Charles J McGarvey - 389th Port Battalion Charles A Meskis - 1st Tank Battalion Charles R Witt - 82nd ABN Div Clancy Lyall - 101st Airborne Division David Camblin - 82nd & 101st ABN Div Don Childers - 34th Infantry Division Don Feltner - 656th Tank Destroyer Bn Donald Burgett - 101st Airborne Division Donald W Richardson - 45th Inf Div Donald Straith - 101st Airborne Division Ernest I Miller - 704th Tank Destroyer Bn Fred “Leo” Waggett - 79th Inf Div & 17th AB (TDY) George Goldstein - 747th Tank Battalion George Koskimaki - 101st Airborne Division Gilbert C Dehnkamp - 87th Infantry Division Gretchen Hovis - 50th General Hospital Hal Silverman - 36th Infantry Division Herman C Wallace - 301st Howard Huebner - 82nd ABN Div Hugh Ames - 82nd ABN Div James “Maggie” Magellas - 82nd ABN Div James Bird - 45th Inf Div James Hennessey - 87th Inf Div Jim Zuidema - 65th Inf Div Joe DiVittori - 126th AAA Gun Bn Joe Fournier - 3rd Inf Div John McAuliffe - 87th InfDiv Keith Organ - 101st ABN Div Ken Paynter - 1st Canadian Div Kenneth G Kraetzer Sr - 348th Field ARTY Bn Norm Pringle - Royal Canadian Air Force Paul Hinkle - 36th Inf Div Ray Repasky - 97th Inf Div Ron Rath - 82nd ABN Div Roque “Rocky” Riojas - 34th Inf Div Russ Cloer - 3rd Inf Div Russell Weiskircher - 45th Inf Div Watson Jones - 34th Inf Div William Shaw - 87th Inf Div

ADDITIONAL THANKS

My husband Lee for your encouragement and support

My father Walter for your love and inspiration

Michael Brodhead and staff Army Corps of Engineers Office of History

Colonel Michael Morgan - Army Engineer Magazine

Colonel Kent Savre and General Bryan Watson and everyone at Fort Hood

Professor David Ulbrich - Fort Leonard Wood

Renee Klish - Army Art Curator U.S. Army Center of Military History

Joey Balfour - Historian/Curator The National World War II Museum

Tom Helvig - CTRCM, USN (retired) Volunteer/Writer/Editor - The Jerseyman

Dale Bruning, Jim Miller, Gary Swanson, and Steve Casey veteran inteviews

Tom Kennedy - for donating his services in honor of WWII vet - John McDonald

Bob Kline – vetsignia.org

Carolyn Billups - private researcher

David Little - ixengineercommand.com

Denis Toomey - dogfacesoldiers.com

George Ciampa - letfreedomringforall.org

Mike Fields - technical assistance

Gilles Guignard - documents and photos

Henri Rogister - battleofthebulgememories.be

Jason Morris - 60thinfantry.com JR Herron - documents and videos Michael D Ketchum - privateletters.net

Peter Culos - historybrush.com

Richard Horrell - ww2connections.com

Steve Dixon - trailblazerww2.org

Stevin Oudshoorn - documents and photos

Stevenot Gilbert - documents and photos

Undying thanks to the volunteers, website viewers, & forum members and everyone who donated funds to make this a reality.

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