116th Infantry Regiment Roll of Honor is the result of what is euphemistically referred to as "a labor of love". As I write this it consists of 1917 memorials or abbreviated biographies of soldiers who have served in the 116th Infantry Regiment and its ancestral and descendant units with particular emphasis on those who died in service with the regiment. To date I have concentrated on the soldiers of the World Wars although there are some memorials for soldiers who died after WW2 or were former commanders. This research takes up about 20-60 hours a week as we attempt to find family, especially descendants, of those soldiers and, with soldiers of these wars, their ancestors back to the American Civil War era. There are now just shy of 61,000 people recorded in my Ancestry.com tree for my military family.
But wait, there's more!
I have been on the board of 2 gun/shooting clubs and am currently serving as treasurer for 1 of them. I've been working as a volunteer in the 116th Infantry Regiment Foundation and docent in their museum. I've also been working (if you can call it that) for a local gun shop, now 2 days a week. Of course I've been shooting. Every Thursday afternoon weather permitting and 1-2 matches a month from May to September. I've done some hunting. I've also had a few health issues to work through for myself and my wife which, aside from aging, have worked themselves out for the time being.
