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It sounds paradoxical, but today it appears that we understand more about the universe than our society. We have created systems that have outgrown our capacity to genuinely understand and control them as evinced by the ongoing financial crisis. Recent advancements in the study of complex systems are able to offer new insights into the workings of many real-world systems.

While our traditional ways of thinking and problem solving have been strongly shaped by the success of the reductionist approach taken in science, the new science of complexity focuses on interconnection and co-dependence. It is a paradigmatic shift away from analyzing the nature of "things" to uncovering and understanding the network of interdependence lying behind and influencing the "things" themselves.

As a prominent example, the first global economic network analysis is discussed, offering a new perspective on some relevant issues. For instance, how unequal and unstable is our economy in truth? And is this actually the result of a few puppet masters orchestrating the developments behind the scenes? - James B. Glattfelder

Who Controls The World?

James B. Glattfelder grew up in the Swiss mountains, and his interests include the philosophy of science in addition to societal and environmental issues. In 2011 he co-authored the study "The Network of Global Corporate Control" which was widely covered in the international media and sparked controversial discussions. He is co-head of quantitative research at Olsen Ltd in Zurich, an FX investment manager focusing on market-stabilizing algorithms. James holds an M.Sc. in theoretical physics and a Ph.D. in the study of complex systems, both from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. 

Another name for the Banking Cartel is the Network of Global Corporate Control (NGCC). This NGCC is the name that three mathematicians at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, gave their paper in 2011 showing the existence of the Banking Cartel. These mathematicians are Stefania Vitali, James B. Glattfelder, and Stefano Battiston. Vitali, Glattfelder, and Battiston. 

Network of Global Corporate Control

BARCLAYS

BANK OF AMERICA CORP.

BEAR STEARNS

CITIGROUP

CREDIT SUISSE

COMMERZBANK AG

DEUTSCHE BANK AG

FRANKLIN RESOURCES

GOLDMAN SACHS

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

LEHMAN BROTHERS

MERRILL LYNCH

MORGAN STANLEY

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL

STATE STREET CORP

T. ROWE PRICE

USB AG

How unequal and unstable is our economy in truth?

Professor Antal Fekete discusses the "red alert" for a collapse of fiat currency - gold backwardation as measured on spot and futures markets, an end of bullion leasing in July 2013, disappearing gold from the Comex market. A power transition model, with 95% accuracy, predicts that gold in the global collateral account, "cloaked in secrecy" is coming out of hiding for its legal beneficiaries--humanity.

Under the Illusion of Control 

What is happening in the NGCC disclosed by Vitali, Glattfelder, and Battiston of ETH Zurich is getting carved up.  The coalition for the rule of law, consisting of the BRICS, the G-77, the US minus the Fed, Germany, and Japan, have put the Fed and the rest of the insolvent 60 central bank members of the Bank for International Settlements into receivership in the Global Debt Facility.  The Global Debt Facility is a trust fund administered by the World Bank and IMF containing the world's monetary gold reserves and other wealth.  What's the chance this comes to pass?  About 95%, based on this power transition model coming from the US Department of Defense: 

Power Transition Model

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War and Peace: Is the vision only in my dream?

A sign of things to come

The link below is to my first blog post-February 2015 on War and Peace.  This post describes my experience during a training exercise outside Fort Bliss, Texas. 

However, it's not the entire story!  I had a sign to accompany an otherworldly experience of a world yet to come into being. The picture of me above completes the rest of the story. War and Peace: Are the visions only in our dreams?  

Here's an excerpt from the 2015 post about the dream.   

I was compelled to fire up another cigarette.  The cigarette was to comfort my cold body and to bring me back to the foxhole.  Yeah, I'm definitely outfoxed and in a bit of a hole here in the desert, on a cold night, and weary of battle.  War games with a nonexisting enemy are undoubtedly what the whole world is unconsciously playing too. Why would anyone choose this experience?  There are many more exciting and pleasurable experiences to have in the world.  There are no atheists in foxholes!  My discomfort has forced me to look up.  I heard a gruff voice calling out “Malone,” “Malone,” “Malone your time is up!”  Am I hallucinating… Has God come for me now? No, I see a silhouette of a human walking toward me slowly.  Preparing to leave my post was not an eloquent changing of the guard.  My replacement exclaims, “Sorry I took so long all the dunes look the same.”  I replied, “I hope I can make it to the tent before sunrise and wake-up call.”  Finally, I reached the camp site and my tent.  I moved slowly and carefully while peeling off my gear as my comrades slept.  The steel pot on my head was like cement and reminded me of how dense I've become.  I have a few hours before a new day starts.  Down I go.

My body melted into the hard bed, and I was dead to the world as my consciousness drifted deeper into the night.  In a REM state, I found myself wandering about in an unrecognizable place.  However, I did notice familiar faces passing by and in the background.  Maybe it was some gathering because I saw family, friends, and unknown characters doing ordinary activities.  There was a brightness from behind me that captured my attention.  As I turned to face the opposite direction, a human-like figure approached me and stated, “Follow me.”  “Don’t be afraid.”  The figure gently grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the gathering of people.  As I walked along, my first reaction was to turn back and look at those people left behind.  I said in a mumble, “what about them?”  I raised my voice, “what about the rest?”  The figure quietly replied, “Come. We must go.  You don’t need to worry about them.”  Without hesitation, I turned and walked forward with the bright figure.  To my surprise, instantly I was transported to another dimension. 

I found myself inside a different room.  It is a room without a roof.  It has the framework of an average room, and there are fixtures inside as a standard room would have such as furniture. I could feel the balance between structure and expansiveness in the surroundings.    

The view of the sky was breathtaking.  I noticed a cloud formation, that formed a hole like a torus in the heavens and wondered to myself is this how we transported to the room?  Yes, the brilliant figure answered, and with an approving tone.  When I looked back at the cloud formation it was gone and so was the figure.  Lured to the opening which had no door, I ventured outside to find a Garden of Eden. The radiance of the extraordinary life forms emitted an intense energy.  I could feel the ripples as if it were ocean waves bouncing against my skin.    

I heard voices, in the distance, which grew stronger as I moved ever so cautiously. Somewhat afraid of a possible encounter, I found a bush to hide behind as I listened intently.  My senses seemed to fine tune into their conversation, and I was astonished. What I was hearing was so alien to the world I knew.  And, yet, something that I have longed for that I could not help but yell out “I can’t believe it is true!”    

I sprang upward in my cot to see several glaring angry faces yelling at me, “shut up!” “Go to sleep idiot!”  The dream was over!  As real as that world may have seemed it was only in my dream.  War and Peace: Are the visions only in our dreams? Is it possible to have the "room without a roof?"

How does the picture of me above relate to my dream?  I have unusual occurrences in my photographs. For example, some photos include mysterious images of an unseen realm or unique images not seen by the naked eye appear in many of my pictures. Often, these images are related to religious themes or spiritual content.  When I developed the film from my adventure in the desert, I immediately noticed the photo with what appeared to me as a cross on my helmet.  I examined other photos taken minutes before and after that photo with no image of a cross on it.  

I pondered the meaning and surmised it was a revelation for me to remember.  A sign of the cross in a religious or spiritual sense. (i.e. Revelation 7:4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel)           

Tertullian said that Christians at all times should mark their foreheads with the sign of the cross. I can imagine that Christians would make a little sign of the cross with their thumb and forefinger on their foreheads, to remind themselves that they were living a life of Christ.

Or, the image of a cross on my helmet could have meant I would have to carry my cross bravely before I reach the Promised Land.   

Helmet (heraldry)

In heraldic achievements, the helmet or helm is situated above the shield and bears the torse and crest. The style of helmet displayed varies according to rank and social status, and these styles developed over time, in step with the development of actual military helmets. In some traditions, two or three helmets may be used in a single achievement of arms, each representing a fief to which the bearer has a right.   

I discovered in 1999 that on my birth father's (Banfield is my mother's maiden name) Coat of Arms, there is a slain lamb on the shield and "with God’s favor" is the battle cry.  This religious theme in the desert and my heraldry dovetail.
     

War and Peace: Is the vision only in my dream?  No, the vision is beyond that dream. When I see that picture of me, I see the world to come.                      

Thanks again, Terry (my ex-husband) for encouraging me to write down my dream!  

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Love Signal

Love signal 528 Hz is a healing audio meditation with music tuned to 528 Hz. The Solfeggio frequency 528 Hz is the frequency for transformation and DNA repair. There are a special sound and color of love according to Dr. Horowitz, a Harvard-trained award-winning investigator. Broadcasting the right frequency can help open your heart, prompt peace, and hasten to heal. "We now know the love signal, 528 Hertz, is among the six core creative frequencies of the universe because math doesn't lie, the geometry of physical reality universally reflects this music; these findings have been independently derived, peer reviewed, and empirically validated," Dr. Horowitz says.

The building block of life 

1 I may speak in the tongues of men, even angels; but if I lack love, I have become merely blaring brass or a cymbal clanging. 

2 I may have the gift of prophecy, I may fathom all mysteries, know all things, have all faith - enough to move mountains; but if I lack love, I am nothing. 

3 I may give away everything that I own, I may even hand over my body to be burned; but if I lack love, I gain nothing. 

4 Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful, 

5 not proud, rude or selfish, not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. 

6 Love does not gloat over other people's sins but takes its delight in the truth. 

7 Love always bears up, always trusts, always hopes, always endures. 

8 Love never ends, but prophecies will pass, tongues will cease, knowledge will pass. 

9 For our knowledge is partial, and our prophecy partial; 

10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass. 

11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, argued like a child; now that I have become a man, I have finished with childish ways. 

12 For now, we see obscurely in a mirror, but then it will be face to face. Now I know partly; then I will know fully, just as God has fully known me. 

13 But for now, three things last trust, hope, love; and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13 CJB

Knowledge is Power

Now I know partly; then I will know fully... 

But for now, three things last trust, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love!

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e Comics What are the Odds?

What are the odds Facebook is Censoring Karen Hudes and Betsy Banfield-Malone, and not Wikileaks?

A search of Wikileaks shows the latest post on their timeline.  However, a search of my page doesn't show any of my posts.  The same thing has happened to Karen Hudes as well.  

Facebook and Google want to cut off fake news websites where it hurts: the pocketbook.  Both tech giants are taking aim at display advertisements, one of the big ways fake news websites can make money.  NBC NEWS

    

"Many Americans — 62 percent to be exact — get some news from social media, according to the Pew Research Center Of that group, 18 percent say they do so "often."

"But Zuckerberg said the amount of fake news on Facebook is minuscule — though it's not always easy to separate fact from fiction. Some websites post incendiary headlines and have internet addresses that, at first glance, may trick readers into thinking they're reading a story from a legitimate news outlet."

"Fake news has become more predominant because the barriers to creating a website and articles are much lower, Thales Teixeira, a professor at Harvard Business School who specializes in the "economics of attention," told NBC News."

The odds are for also censoring websites with information that the mainstream media does not want on their social network platforms.  

Why would one of my followers compare the searches of Wikileaks and Betsy Banfield-Malone on Facebook?  

"WikiLeaks specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying, and corruption."  What is Wikileaks? It has been noted by those who view the information shared and research the facts that it is real-time whistle-blowing on the International Monetary System. 

Secure News TV 3rd Dog Weebly Blog and 3rd Dog Script specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored materials involving war, spying, and corruption.  There is no revenue from ads on my websites or Karen Hudes' publications because we both are working to expose the truth and assist humanity.  Therefore, to prevent the spread of an even greater truth lurking on the internet than what Wikileaks has revealed, we are censored.  

"One reason it is so difficult to end the corrupt regime at the World Bank is that there has been 'virtually' no press coverage."

DCTV Episode November 15, 2016:

"The New York, Tokyo and Washington embassies have not contradicted the press releases and the other statements that I am publishing over the internet on their behalf.

You have seen how I cleared the March 3, 2015, press release on the Global Currency Reset that Presswire deleted this week.

Why do I say that I am the skipper? That is because I am the one who votes the 17% shares for the US on the Board of Governors of the World Bank and IMF until the US Constitution of 1789 goes back into effect." DCTV teleprompt

IMF Members' Quotas and Voting Power, and IMF Board of Governors

    

"That is also why I am one of seven people who have access to Euroclear."

What are the odds? 

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e Comics on WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 11/9/2016

(Photo: Delaware Free News)

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (11/9/2016) A massive fire swept through vacant commercial buildings at the Bancroft Mills complex along the Brandywine in Wilmington early today.

City firefighters were joined by scores of suburban fire companies in battling the four-alarm blaze and keeping flames away from nearby homes.

The fire broke out about 3 a.m.  Full Article Delaware Free News

"Vacant" commercial buildings?

Here's an older 3rd Dog Script post with the History of Battle of Brandywine

So what is the source of Delaware’s prestige—even cachet? Why do corporations choose Delaware? I think the answer is not one thing but a number of things. It includes the Delaware General Corporation Law which is one of the most advanced and flexible corporation statutes in the nation. It includes the Delaware courts and, in particular, Delaware’s highly respected corporations court, the Court of Chancery. It includes the state legislature which takes seriously its role in keeping the corporation statute and other business laws current. It includes the Secretary of State’s Office which thinks and acts more like one of the corporations it administers than a government bureaucracy.

Why Corporations Choose Delaware 

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A Salute to Vincent Cerlenko

World War II Memorial
Vincent J. Cerlenko, Tech Sgt., 693rd "ADSEC"  Heavy Equipment Engineers.

Vincent J. Cerlenko, landed at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, assisted in taking of St. Lo, France, and took part n “Falaise Pocket Action and the Battle of the Bulge. 

Overview 693^rd Combat Engineers – Invasion D-Day

After embarking from New York City the 693rd "ADSEC" Engineers, COM Z along with thousands of other support and combat contingents were shipped overseas to Great Britain. The company, part of the 1st Army, COM Z, was billeted primarily in south-central England. 

There they prepared heavy equipment and logistical support for forwarding combat units in anticipation of the impending invasion of Europe. Before the actual invasion, this group was moved into southern England to board their invasion transports. They embarked with the invasion convoys out of Plymouth England on June 4th, 1944.

D-ay, June 6th, 1944, the 693rd was part of the invasion armada, lying off the Normandy Coast and Omaha Beach. In the beginning, "Bloody Omaha" was almost a disaster, until the Combat Engineers removed massive machine gun emplacements covering the beach area, thus allowing the Infantry to advance inland. Platoons of the 693rd landed in the fifth wave, to begin the preparation for landing equipment and supplies. Fierce fighting was still underway while this action was taking place. Preparations for the "Mulberry" floating docks were also in full swing, within hours ships were unloading and a direct pipeline installed across the channel providing an unending supply of fuel and oil.  

The 693rd remained at the beachhead for several weeks assisting in the consolidation of a forward base for logistical support. All too soon they were ordered to help the Infantry in the taking of St. Lo France. St. Lo had been traded back and forth between the German's and the allied forces. Heavy carpet-bombing was called upon to neutralize the area. In doing so the inner city was entirely obliterated to the point that the armor could not move within the city limits. Engineers were ordered to make a path for the armor. The 693rd entered the city, placing steel plates around the cabs of their D-9 Cats, on top, they fixed machine guns or had "gunners" riding shotgun to protect the operators from sniper and other direct fire.

When St. Lo was secured, the 693rd moved south through Vire and into Avranches where heavy fighting was still ongoing, then turning northwest towards the Port of Cherbourg arriving only hours before the final surrender of the port city. Cherbourg was utterly devastated as ordered by Hitler. The Germans had systematically destroyed every key port facility, including the sinking of every ship in port. 

Downtown St Lo, France

Germans sappers (engineers) then "booby-trapped" all operational equipment, destroying them and making all of it useless to the Allies. The reconstruction of Cherbourg Harbor was one of the miracles of the war. Along with other allied Engineer Units, the port was made operational in record time, a matter of days and remained open throughout the balance of the war as a major port of entry. The Germans were astounded!  

The Communications Zone, European Theater of Operations

COM Z ETOUSA was organized after the redesignation of HQ ETOUSA and wore the second designed insignia of the command the services of supply, ETOUSA. It was established as an authority in Europe on May 24, 1942, with the mission of providing support for the U.S. Armed Forces in the United Kingdom' and of preparing a stockpile of supplies, equipment, transportation and weapons for the invasion of France. "Operation Bolero," was the code name applied to this project which amassed over 21/2 million tons of supplies in England (not counting load units) before "Operation Overlord."

In addition to supplies, COM Z had operational control and responsibility for all of the technical and administrative branches and services in the United Kingdom and the theater of operations.

On June 6th, 1944 (D-Day) over 381,500 personnel were assigned to COM Z with the mission of supporting the allied operations. Artificial harbors were constructed in absolute secrecy and transported to the continent to provide ports to off-load the massive quantities of material needed by the combat troops. COM Z operations were so broad and complex in scope that 20 special staff sections and 11 base sections were required in the command structure.  

The Advanced Section of COM Z was organized to provide close support to the field armies, and elements of this section landed with the First Army on D-Day and continued to give support for the First and Third Armies after the Normandy Breakout. Engineer Battalions landed on the beaches on D-Day to make obstacles and then assist as fighting Infantry.  Personnel from each of the support branches were assigned to the Advanced Section, the bravery and contribution that these men made to the success of the allied mission were extraordinary. The multitude of tasks performed by COM Z personnel in support of combat operations is truly staggering! Over 60 different types of Engineering units constructed and operated ports, railways, pipelines, roads, airfields and even lumber yards. Special Engineer units built 62 bridges of all kinds across the Rhine River alone, and many of these structures have been constructed under direct enemy fire.

During the Battle of the Bulge, an ordnance supply base was in the path of the German 6^th SS Panzer Army advance, outfitted a tank battalion, evacuated 7,000 tons of vital supplies and then joined forces with other units to bold this critical sector of front for 36 hours until relieved by other combat elements. (See Army Times Action Report).

German wreckage Falaize Pocket

The unit moved east this time catching up with the First Army's progressive elements just in time for the "Falaize Pocket" action. Immediately, they were attached to General Patton's Third Army as they swept around the German 15th Army in attempts to entrap it. Though some of the foot troops managed to sneak out of the pocket, none of the heavy equipment of the German Army managed to break out. The 15th Army ceased to exist as an operational unit.

While chasing the withdrawing Germans, Patton's armor ran out of gasoline. The Third Army not only ran off the map, but it was at a virtual standstill. Before the German's could react all available personnel was ordered into action. Consequently, the 693rd had just arrived at a rear area to be rested and refitted when the "Red Ball Express" began its drive across France to bring fuel to the tanks of the Third Army. During the next month, the 693rd supported the Red Ball Express in a variety of ways. Many of the unit's personnel volunteered to drive supply vehicles behind and through the enemy-held territory. The German's were in a major state of confusion due to their withdrawal. On S0111G occasions, German units attempted to surrender to units of the Red Ball detachments, only to be ignored and left in the dust by the roadside.  Patton's tanks were the priority, no stopping for prisoners. Seeing groups of Germans with arms stacked and hands above their heads was a bit unnerving. No fired a shot, they just kept moving. 

Mark IV Jadgpanzer

On to Paris! Though the 693rd did not participate in the victory parade as shown in the newsreels, they did spend some time enjoying the sites, but only briefly. Up to the front again with the lead elements with their old friends the First Army. Marching east they took time to look over the Battlefield at Chateau Thierry, a then moved on to Reims France. 

From the Stephen Ambrose book, “The Victors”

“The battle raged, the Germans fell back to the center of the city, charging a price for every building abandoned.  Rubble in the street grew to monstrous proportions. In the center, the old buildings, made of masonry and stone, were almost impervious to tank cannon fire, so Col. Derrill Daniels brought a self-propelled 155 MM (howitzer) artillery piece into the city, and using a Heavy Equipment team’s bulldozers they cleared a path.”

My father related this story to me; The engineer’s welded two-inch steel plates with small viewing slots around their D-9 cabs to afford a bit of protection from small arms fire. In some cases they would extend the top of the Dozer blade to ward off anti-tank rounds and if one should penetrate hopefully hit the large diesel engine in front of the driver rather than the cab. At times if available they would mount a 30 or 50 Cal machine gun to the roof. They would cut a hole in the roof so a gunner could sit behind the shoulders of the driver to give offensive covering fire as they worked.  The curve in the blade would usually make a larger round careen off into the air rather than penetrate, it worked sometimes well.  When it didn’t it was called a “Bad Day”. They developed this technique while clearing the streets in St. Lo France where nothing was left standing.

It was recorded the effects were “quite spectacular and satisfying.” The Bulldozers would clear a path right up to the building where the fire was coming from and the 75mm anti-tank gun. The gun would be placed just inside a window and it would find a target and fire from that position. The results were the most devastating. The Cats would go at it with a vengeance and cover up the gun while it was still firing enough to block its view. Once that was done they would satchel charge it or burn them out and then move to the next hot spot.

Aachen was destroyed but taken the only thing standing was the medieval church which still stands today. The Germans who later surrendered said, “Using the 155 mm and dozers were barbarous and should be outlawed”. The business of war continued. 3,473 German survivors surrendered, 5,000 casualties and 5,600 POW’s in total were taken. The US Army sustained 5,000 casualties.

The 693^rd Engineers participated in the battle of the Hurtgen Forest east of Aachen for several weeks primarily clearing and building roads for equipment to move up onto the front line in the hills. The weather was wet, foggy, muddy and just plain lousy. The unit did not participate in the front line fighting it was strictly infantry based and a close in the affair. Eventually, they were pulled back for a refit, repair and some rest around Aachen.

Belgium

The new offensive was now well underway elements of the 693rd were attached to the spearhead that attacked into Belgium and Luxembourg. Driving north into the Ardennes and crossing into Germany west of the Rhine. The action took them through St. Vith, Malmedy and Aachen. Aachen on the Rhine became a forward supply base just north of a small insignificant village known as Bastogne! It was December, wet and freezing cold. It was rumored that the war would be over before spring, maybe by Christmas? However, the German's had other ideas on the subject. A massive offensive erupted across the Rhine through the Ardennes forest pushing fifty miles into the allied lines creating a "Bulge". 

The Battle of the Bulge was on! The German SS panzer spearhead skirted south of Aachen towards Liege isolating the troops outside Aachen. Several crucial actions holding the perimeter took place. Non-combat support troops were thrown into the line as a stopgap measure against the German 6^th SS Panzer Army.  Orders from Tactical Command were given to hold the sector and its vital supplies at all costs. Operating in conjunction with Combat Infantry Teams they held their sectors until relieved.  This action caused the beginning of a massive retreat of the German units.  

Soon after the 693rd moved into Bonn Germany and built a bridge spanning the Rhine. They moved on to Cologne and Coblenz to build more bridges. Crossing the Rhine they moved south into Wiesbaden to help build one of the longest spans erected across the Rhine River over to Mainz Germany. This bridge was the first operational rail link to be completed into Germany.

The 693rd finished their active participation in the war in Frankfurt, Germany, acting as part of the temporary occupational forces, until the full-time occupational units arrived. Much of their time was spent building public works to assist the homeless civilian population in Frankfurt.

The unit was then transported back into France at Reims for disbanding. Half of the unit was convoyed south through Dijon and Lyon passing through the Rhone River valley into the south of France and the city of Marseilles. There they were encamped pending final embarkation back to the Sates. 

The shoulder patch worn by the COM Z personnel assigned to the European Theater of Operations was based on design changes of the Headquarters, ETOUSA insignia that was approved on February 25th, 1944 and redesignated for the COM Z on March 21, 1944. The shoulder patch has the same meaning as the Service and Supply (Army Service Forces)) and HQ European Theater of Operations patch, as it combined both designs. The patch with black and gold letters above "ADSEC" designates those support units in close support of combat units at the front. The COM Z was discontinued as a separate command on February 28, 1946.

The 693rd "ADSEC" Heavy Equipment Engineers, COM Z ETOUSA was formally disbanded as an operating unit in November of 1945, completing their tour with four Combat Battle Stars after liberating six European countries and crossing the Rhine into Germany. Personnel was shipped out of the Port of Marseilles via troop transport direct to New York City and home. 

Compiled, researched, and photos by Greg V. Cerlenko, Son of Vincent J. Cerlenko.

Greg and Kris Cerlenko 50th Wedding Anniversary

February 2015

I met Greg not long after posting November 11, 2015 Veterans Day blog entitled "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory." He noticed a picture in the post of the railroad bridge at Mainz that was similar to his picture below and decided to send me an email.  Here's a short correspondence from Greg V. Cerlenko, USNI, OMSA. 

Wow, thank you so much.  Looking at the maps you're dad and mine crossed paths on several occasions, but looks as if he stayed there longer than my dad did and went further into Germany as part of the occupation forces. My dad stopped in Frankfurt and never went any further into Germany (officially that is).  I will be sending to you my Dad's write up which is still in progress.  

What you gave me did shed some light on some of his activities and it is deeply appreciated. When I asked him if he'd ever wanted to go back to see Europe again he told me that "he crawled on his belly from Omaha Beach all the way into Germany and once was enough for him". He never went back and died at age 50 in 1964 far too young. When he passed so did the library and it was lost to me.  I hope we can stay in touch well into the future and thank you again for sharing. 

Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Bridge 

Thank you, Greg and Kris, for sharing your story!  We salute your father, Vincent Cerlenko, a comrade in arms as well as building bridges.

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