I made my first entry in your guestbook on June 5th, 2005 (#146) to thank you for some photos I used to illustrate the end of WW II in a local exhibition.
Up to the present day, this entry has lead to a very personal contact with two former G.I.s, one of them being a veteran of 11th AD. Mr. Kenneth Reuss of 492nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion had been in this area on his battlefield tour in May 2005, had drawn the sharp conclusion that my home town Sinzig was situated between Bad Breisig (whre they had slept in a hotel) and Remagen (where they had visited the remainders of Ludendorff Bridge). He wrote me an email, and this turned into a very delightful and personal contact by email and sometimes by phone which lasted for almost two years.
I am very sad that my friend Kenneth Reuss passed away on Sunday, April 29th, 2007.
Since I don't have personal contact to any living person of 11th AD by now, I am proud to offer my advice and help as a local resident to any member of your division - as far as information about the Rhineland, Rhineland-Palatinate or Germany is required.
My last gift to Ken Reuss was an assembly of photos, the first half of them taken in March 1945 when 11th AD reached the town of Andernach where I work. I spotted the places and took photos of the same scenes 62 years later, in March 2007. These photos are available to anyone interested. Please email me.

Yours
Sven-Erich Czernik