138th Engineer Pontoon Bridge Company

(Photo courtesy PRCHS -- 138th Engineer collection)

   The next monthly meeting of the Pearl River County Historical Society will be held on October 14, 2015.  We will meet in the Holland Room of Crosby Memorial Library at 11:30 a.m.  The Library is located at 900 Goodyear Blvd., Picayune, Mississippi.  This is a brown bag meeting so come and bring your brown bag lunch.  The Historical Society will provide dessert, coffee, tea, and soft drinks.  
   The program for the meeting will be a slide presentation of the 138th Engineer's deployment to Korea in 1950 and '51.  Many of the photos were taken by Gwendell Pearson, who is featured in the above photo.  Mr. Pearson kept a photo record of the activities of the 138th in training, during their deployment, and their reunions following deployment.  He has donated his work to the Historical Society Museum and we are currently working on organizing the material for display.
   The museum is only open by appointment. To make an appoint, call Jerry Stough at 601 590-3268 or email at stoughje@bellsouth.net. You can also contact Juanita Gex for an appointment.
   Come visit us on October 14th, bring a brown bag lunch and a friend and enjoy a discussion of local history.

Jerry