Dick Fietz sent me the following on this:

Marion Chard e-mailed me that you have a question or two re; The 10th.

I have a publication sent to me by its author, " The Impromptu LST Aircraft Carriers of The Mediterranean in World War II." He is Capt. Francis A Even.

The 10th was part of the 3rd Infantry Division.

I don't know if the publication is available elsewhere. If you can give me some specific questions, I'll try to answer them for you.

Also, Francis Even may still be alive. He has a law practice in Chicago, specializing in patent law.

helpfully,

Dick Fietz

The 10th was part of the 3rd Infantry Division.

Appendix C of Carlo d'Este book Fatal Decision, which is about Anzio, lists the 10th Engineering Battalion as part of the 3rd Infantry Division.

However, my table of Divisions lists the 3rd Engineering Battalion as the unit assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. This is confirmed by the unit history of the 3rd Division that was published for the soldiers at the end of the war.

Unit History of 3rd Infantry Division contains a list of attached units at the end. It does mention the 10th Engineering Battalion in the text. (Search for "Engr" and "10th")

My Reference Table of Divisions lists the regiments, artillery battalions and engineer battalions established in each Division.

Just my observations. A little confusing, eh?

Steve

Well actually here's the breakdown for infantry divs in WWII:

Organization Compositions of Divisions, Infantry

Here's the breakdown for the 3rd Infantry Division:

3rd Division Table of Organization

The 10th Engs were always a functioning unit of the 3rd Inf in WWII.

The engineer "attachments" for the 3rd Inf Div were:

• 36th Engr Regt
• 290th Engr C Bn
• 2831st Engr C Bn

The 3rd Eng Bn was organized as the 3d Battalion of Engineers on 25 March 1901, at Fort Totten, New York. On 1 October 1941, the Regiment was reorganized to form the 3d and 65th Engineer Combat Battalions. The 3d Engineer Combat Battalion became one of the organic components of the 24th Infantry Division. They saw their first action at Pearl Harbor and continued on in the Pacific Theatre of Operations.

Here's the complete lowdown:

History of the 3rd Engineers WWII

Well actually here's the breakdown for infantry divs in WWII:

Organization Compositions of Divisions, Infantry

Thanks for the Link. I'll cross-check it against mine. But you notice----that link is missing many divisions-----34th, 85th, 88th 91st, 92nd ----seems to be all the divisions that served in Italy, as well as the Airborne Divisions

I'll have to correct my table for some of the lower numbered divisions, such as the 3rd.

Steve

Yes, that particular site is missing info, but it served the purpose for our discussion here.

----that link is missing many divisions----

I see why. The title of the page doesn't explain it but the Link includes "ETO", which I guess excludes the Italian Front & the Pacific.

Steve

In case anyone is interested, they can find more info regarding the European and Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.

European Theatre of Operations

Mediterranean Theatre of Operations

There is a related link to this thread below. Scroll down to the bottom of the thread and read a couple of pages regarding the building of a bridge by the engineers in Sicily.

Cape Cavala Bridge - Sicily - August 1943

My Dad served in the 10th engineers from N. Africa to Germany. I am publishing his diary 70 years to the day he wrote it.

I keep track of the men mentioned in my Dad's diary and list them on this page: http://70yearsago.com/reference/

Look forward to hearing from anyone about the 10th.

John Bruns

Look very interesting! Thanks for posting all of this. I'm in the middle of an exercise at the moment, but I will dive in when the opportunity presents itself!!

Hello and welcome. Unfortunately I cannot get to your site and have tried several different configurations including:

www.70yearsago.com

70yearsago.com

Is anyone else having problems? This may be temporary, but I am a web design and hosting company and it feels like a DNS problem at your domain company.

Yep, had a 6 hour period today when our server was down, Had to happen when I introduced Dad's WWII Diary to the group!

Hope you try again

John

Sure thing. S--t happens! I know the feeling. I bought my own server about two years ago. Was getting tired of the down time I was experiencing from my old host company. Will look again today.

Loving it. Just started perusing the site. I'm signing your guestbook too.

Placed your link here and also on the What's New page. Gave it a plug on FB too.

https://ww2combatengineers.comlinksVICorps.htm - It's under the header - VI Corps Combat Engineer Links