December 2, 1944: The Battalion moved from FRIESENRATH, GERMANY to VICHT, GERMANY. August 27, 1944: Bn. returned to Battalion. It's rotten losing men at any point in the juncture, but so sad that all these men were killed in training. This was the beginning of a painful journey to healing. HERBORN, GERMANY2 July 17, 1944: Battalion moved to new bivouac at TRIBEHOU. Work was resumed at 0800 hours on July 16 and the bridge was completed at 1400 hours. of 9th Infantry Division made an attack thru Post #5 at 1100 hours; the Infantry met strong resistance 300 yards in front of Post #5; Post #5 was relieved at 1630 hrs. 30. Bn. The battalion was organized and under the command of only three captains. Send Us a Request to Start Researching Your World War II Veteran. One day I woke up in my foxhole covered with frost and I realized that I had lost most of my hearing. N/AA pilotEnlisted air crewEnlisted ground crew. Then, we went to Tennessee maneuvers for a couple of months. New Yorker Bob Darino was drafted in 1943 and trained as a combat engineer. 90. Prisoner of war enclosures of barbed wire were also constructed. Often the military records will show the duties a WWII veteran held during the war. 5. DERSCHLAG, GERMANY.10 Shortly after, the battalion participated in two maneuvers in Louisiana, known as the "Louisiana Maneuvers"; there the battalion and its soldiers learned valuable lessons for war. They made a desperate run for Brussels, which had been liberated. the goal was to be home by Christmas! October 16, 1944: At 1705 hours the chow detail enroute to Post #1 was ambushed by 8 Germans - a small fire fight took place and the Germans withdrew. December 26 - 27, 1944: A large amount of artillery and mortar fire constituted the enemys [sic] activity during this period. Any contribution above basic membership is tax deductible, and is most appreciated. 17 Germans were captured and several were killed in the action. Part 2 of 2. It was a fierce week long battle for the city of Heilbronn. This Veterans Day we give THANKS to all who have served our country and continue to recognize those 416 men and women who served Deep River during World War II. less Co "B" plus Co "C" of the 294th Engr. 42. July 5, 1944: Co. "B" repaired damaged bridge at BAUPTE under artillery fire. August 30, 1944: Bn. Find out whether your WWII veteran was awarded valor medals for gallantry in action or for wounds received in the line of duty. How very nice to hear from you. 47. . Sewell, Sgt. It was the highest bridge constructed by the first army Engineer Combat Battalion in the E.T.O. 48. It was their third mission over Berlin and they were heading home. . The level of combat detail varies from unit to unit. October 20, 1944: Co "A" was attached to 297th Engr. #1 of Companies A, B & C arrive at bivouac area in vicinity of St MARIE-DU-MONT. (C) Bn. 16. She was also present on that fateful day. Once you look through everything, please let me know if you have any further questions. 61. 116. 123. 71. Near the end of the war, the food supply in Holland had been disrupted and there was widespread hunger. That is a very good idea to write your memiors, and I do want to read them and will be in line myself, behind Marion of course. Stan said their first job was repairing the main supply route from Utah Beach. was attached to 9th Infantry Division as of 1200 hours. Often the names of ships or number of the landing crafts a veteran traveled on- or went into combat aboard are included in the reports. One of the pilots was brought into our hospital and had his legs amputated. 82. Let me repeat how exciting it is to hear from someone who was part of the 294th. 105. The 249th sailed from the United States to England in May 1944, after equipping and preparing for combat, the Unit landed on Utah Beach in August 1944 under the 1137th Engineer Combat Group commanded by Colonel George A. Morris. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. One platoon of Co "C" was sent to clear the situation at Post #4; they killed one German. About a week after the explosion on March 20th, I was taken to a General Hospital in Taunton, Somerset for further treatment. I know Colin will be tickled pink to read this. Their job was to prepare housing for the advancing units. We. We traveled by train down to Sherborne in Dorset. 17. moved from ANDENNE, BELGIUM to RAEREN, GERMANY. The Battalion C.P. 97. In Germany, Carroll's unit liberated a forced labor camp, and he remembered that the prisoners were horribly emaciated. July 6, 1944: Battalion placed in direct support of the 4th Inf. 502nd Quatermaster Port Battalion: 6th Engineer Special Brigade: Colonel Paul W. Thompson (WIA 6 June 44) 147th Engineer Combat Battalion: 149th Engineer Combat Battalion: 203rd Engineer Combat Battalion: 293rd Joint Assault Signal Co.: 60th Medical Battalion: 7th Naval Beach Bn (attached): Commander L. C. Leever : 74th Ordnance Battalion: moved 100 miles on the night of August 24 - 25th to the vicinity of LA LUPE, arriving at 0830 hours on the morning of August 25th. POULAY, FRANCE.2 This society is an independent charitable organization. Everyone made it out of the plane except George "Danny" Daneau, the nose turret gunner, who went down with the aircraft. KAMM, GERMANY13 Considerable confusion resulted. XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS from April 3, 1945 to April 17, 1945, PLACE.NUMBER OF P.W's This is a free service. RONCEY, FRANCE.4 Then, began the grim task of collecting the personal belongings of the dead and preparing them for burial at sea. My guess is he was in another unit prior to his service in the 257th. as of 0800 hours. 114. Henk Duinhoven was lucky to be in the countryside, where gardens had been harvested. She worked as a secretary at the 228th while I was there. 58. His job in the 1st Armored Division was to be out in front with his eyes open, and he was doing just that when a huge amount of enemy was spotted. Bn. Thats when Stan saw a truck from his brother Franks outfit, 639 A.A.A. Chow detail going to Post #1 was ambushed by a 6 man patrol; the enemy patrol withdrew after a short fire fight. Co "B" constructed reinforced Heavy Ponton Bridge 465 ft. in length across the SEINE RIVER at MELUN in 9 hours and 30 minutes. March 14, 1945: The Battalion moved to DUISDORF, in the vicinity of BAD GODESBERG, GERMANY in preparation for the crossing of the RHEIN RIVER. ", Robert G. Sherrard Jr. collection 1930-1931, 1943-1957, 1967, circa 1986- 2003, Leonard R. Boyd collection, 1916-1946 (bulk 1918-1929), 1262nd Engineer Combat Battalion collection, 1944-1946, undated, World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories, Robinson, Edward G.,. After an accident resulting in a raft being sunk, the Battalion moved downriver to Mainz. Battalion noun Any large body of troops. 128. September 17, 1944: One Platoon of Co "C" demolishing pillboxes in the vicinity of ZWEIFALL, one platoon of Co "C" maintaining ford in MONSCHU. As a professional researcher and World War II historian, Bill Beigel provides research services to genealogists, historians, authors, and civilians who are looking for information found in WW2 military unit records. We could not launch the life boats because of the high seas and the Coast Guard told us later that if we sank they would have tried to rescue as many as they could. From there we were sent for desert training in Camp Pilot Knob in the Mojave Desert, near Yuma Arizona, which was started by Gen. Patton, as a training ground for the war in Africa. 77. Bn. Companies cleared abaties from roads in the vicinity of EUPEN and MONSCHU. I understand that this was done because placing a hospital near explosives was a violation of the Geneva Convention. 111. Exactly when your WWII veteran joined and left specific units of assignment. His name is on the link above. 14. 3. August 13, 1944: Bn. I find it strange that he was only credited with the Central European (22 Mar - 11 May 1945) campaign. Alongside those are the plaques with the names of the Sherborne men who were killed in World War II. After practicing law for 55 years, I'm sure you have more than a few stories to tell. It wasnt all work as they had opportunities to play ball and see shows by Bob Hope and company. Bn. ANTHEE, BELGIUM.11 In loving memory of my grandfather who served with Co. A in this unit, I would like to bring together friends and. Please see my link on where to go for help. The enemy lost 14 prisoners and 6 men killed. Frank Capuozzi was a rifleman who rode in a jeep ahead of the guns as they pushed across France. September 5, 1944: Co "C" started construction of Class 40 Timber Trestle Bridge under Bailey Bridge at MARIEMBOURG. The kamikaze had destroyed the starboard gun mounts and there were many dead and wounded. It was many years after the war that a local reporter, using the Freedom of Information Act, wrote the true story. July 25, 1944: The Battalion witnessed the "Carpet Bombing" of the breakthrough zone by 2,000 U.S. The 257th was also credited the Ardennes-Alsace campaign (9 Dec 1944-25 Jan 1945) and the Rhineland (22 Feb - 21 Mar 1945) campaign. moved to new location and relieved 297th Engr. I fell in love with an English lass, Noreen, in Leicester. Francis R. Fulton, Capt. September 26, 1944: Co "C" attached to 297th Engr. 86. Holtum, Netherlands. The reason for the withdrawal was that the position now had no tactical value due to the new enemy situation. Eight assault teams of the 299th Combat Engineer Battalion landed on OMAHA beach (Easy Red, Fox Green, Fox Red) with the mission of clearing eight 50-yard gaps in the underwater obstacles. I have been wearing hearing aids since 1946 and I am now profoundly deaf. You can literally trace the steps of your WWII veteran! Keywords : . The 294th built the second bridge across the Rhine River, and Carroll recalled that as the American army moved into Germany, all the cities they came across were piles of rubble. Part 1 of 2. moved to the vicinity of St GERMAIN-LAXIS. moved to BRISCOL, BELGIUM where the vehicles were parked. For more information, please contact the . He relates what he found out while hiding beneath Japanese planes. When he had to bail out, Jim Wicker was literally sucked from the cockpit when he released the canopy because of his high rate of speed. It was the highest bridge constructed by the first army Engineer Combat Battalion in the E.T.O. I went to visit him and he was cursing a blue streak in German. If so, when? Henk Duinhoven was in church with his family when the sounds of bombing started. My first suggestion? At the new bivouac area orders were waiting for the Bn. 98. Frances R. Fulton, Lt. Ray L. Whiteturkey, the Bn. The other officers that were supplied to the unit were second lieutenants from the 1943 class of West Point. was shelled by artillery from across the RHINE RIVER - T/5 Malone was killed, Capt. 3 March-31 Dec. 44, contains the following sections: Chronicle, Operations and training, Recreation, Battle casualties, Commendations, and Awards and decorations. as of 0700 hours. Bn. vehicles were withdrawn to an assembly area at MILLEY. Wes Ruth was eating breakfast when he saw the planes coming in. Normandy: 6-7 June 1944 Assault Landing. March 10, 1945: Co "C" relieved of attachment to the 4th Cav. The Bn. Infantry Regiment 28th Quartermaster Battalion 28th Troop Carrier Squadron 290th Infantry Regiment 291st Infantry Regiment 294th Engineer Combat Battalion 29th Bomb Group 29th Field Artillery Battalion 29th Infantry Division 29th . MARIEMBOURG, BELGIUM11 Companies A and C were ordered into the town of Arsdorf where the battalion was engaged in fierce combat for two days. The photographs, taken from January-December 1944, cover training, road and bridge work, the Marigny Drive, soldier life, and Germans, The 296th Engineer Combat Battalion was activated by the U.S. Army on 3 March 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He was in the hospital right at the time of the explosion . 29. 3RD ARMORED DIVISION 107. RootsWeb is funded and supported by February 24, 1945: Co "C" attached to 4th Cav. placed in direct support of the 9th Inf. Co "C" withdrew from position #11 and filled foxholes and emplacements of the position. Bob Darino Germany weather house cherry farm pie Berlin Telefunken Eisenhower concentration camp Governor's Island souvenir P-38 Zeiss Ikon subway. January 22, 1945: Co "C" (with the 4th Cav.) July 15, 1944: Co "C" began construction of Bailey Bridge at BIEHOU at 2000 hours; work was discontinued at 2330 hours due to artillery fire. . 4. It was the day of activation of the 284th Engineer Combat Battalion. June 24, 1944: Co "C" constructed a Class 40 timber trestle bridge at St MARTIN-DE-AUDOVILLE. 137. On March 20, 1944, I was lying in bed when there was a huge explosion and I was blown off my bed. He bunked with regular B-17 crew members, but Bill Livingstone was a gunnery instructor who was there to keep skills sharp. What are we going to do? was given the mission of straightening up the line. December 17, 1943 was the big day. 1st insignia of 90th Light Div. October 31, to November 7, 1944: Bn. Stan left by bus from East Hampton, CT with 13 other boys from Deep River and entered active service in the Army on March 8, 1943, in Hartford, CT. Hits - 2,910. October 21, 1944: Co "B" was relieved from the roadblocks by 294th Engr. September 26, 1944: Co "A" completed the Timber Trestle Bridge in VICHT. In November 1945, the 249th Engineers were sent on their final orders to Camp Lucky Strike, near Marseilles, France and then redeployed back to the United States.
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