That is our daughter Melanie. She is 38
now. Captain Bruce Brockway wrote that
birthday. I returned to Logan airport in
Boston on the morning of her 2nd
birthday where my family was waiting for
me. I will out her little arms.  My wife
had her kiss my picture good night every
evening at bed time and she actually
recognized me.
View of base looking from Headquarter Building
Back of Base, looking toward showers, water tanks on
stand.
Large loader filling 20-ton truck from our stock pile who
are then en route to different jobs, other trucks
constantly filling this pile.
So heres to you Captain Bruce Brockway, from members of the 104th Engineers and their wives, wish you could
Left to Right, Dennis & Deborah Ward, Pete & Wanda O'Malley, Roger Kriz, Ralph Keiper, John & LuAnn
Groh, Toni & Bruce Pulley, Sherry Keiper, Front kneeling Pam & Andy Mullis, Benny & Linda Wilhelm
This was taken at the Quarry or the
Black-top Plant
5-ton trucks ready to be loaded with asphalt
Accidents were just something you had to deal with,
Here is a 20-ton on it's side, the man walking toward
the truck with his back to us is Pete Blalock, He said
he still has pain from injuries from this event.
He is a blacktop machine laying down a new road,
just imagine a day with temperture around 115
degrees, blacktop has to be 350 degrees when it is
delivered to the machine which has an internal
furnace heating it up in order for the machine to lay
down a smooth layer.
VC had a hospital in the middle and 101st controlled
the bottom.