This first “Our Boys Over There” update is only one of a series. The primary targeted audience is our boys from Southwest Pennsylvania, but anyone with boots on the ground over there is cordially invited to read along, and are most sincerely welcome.
Nice weather for This last weekend of September, which will help support the car show at the Penn Hills Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday. A good showing of classic autos is expected. In Derry it is “Railroad Days” all weekend. On Sunday our Pirates will host the St. Louis for the last performance of America’s pastime. The boys are in the cellar again this year, but there is always the proverbial cliché—wait until next year. Later in the day the Steelers will be playing an away game. The team is under new management with a new coach for the first time in over fifteen years. They look like the classic world-beater teams of times past. No matter, a good hot sausage sandwich, hot wings, and a beer--is still the classic burg fare at the stadium or in the game room!
Most of the summer venues such as Kennywood Park are closed for winter, save the fright night activities to bring on the Halloween season for the younger folks. Kennywood Park was a success this year, as it was filled daily with summer fun thrill seekers of all ages. The girls back home where present and accounted for as well, cotton candy devoured, and roasted peanuts disappearing faster than the sunny skies. The coasters brought back memories of old. The original classic Kennywood wooden rides broadcasted that beautiful sound of iron wheels playing those century old wooden structures like a violin at Carnegie Hall to all within earshot.
Everyone is keeping up with the war effort as they watch it unfold in the various news sources. Most are sincere in supporting you no matter where they fall politically, and this is especially true for those who matter most to you; this is a certainty.
There are no words that can convey my appreciation for what you are doing for all of us, and I speak for more folks than you may believe or have been told about. Any free man or woman worthy of the word is with you to the end.
Keep your head down,
Henry Hill, Plum Pennsylvania
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