You are very, very welcome. I'm happy to oblige. Will see what else I can find in any of my books. Stay tuned.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
I found a reference for the 2756th ECB, looks like the unit was formed from part of the 1st Engineer Amphibian Brigade, or 1st Engineer Special Brigade.
It looks like the 591st Engineer Boat Regiment evolved into the 1185th Engineer Combat Group and later the 591st Engineer Combat Group
1185th / 591st Engineer Combat Group:
2755th ECB
2756th ECB
2759th ECB
This info was found on a 591st 2001 reunion page: http://www.armyamphibs.com/html/1esb_meetings.htm
found on the site: http://www.armyamphibs.com/html/1st_esb.htm
Hope this helps, i`ll see what else i can dig up.
Larry
"I'm proud to be an American, Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died, Who gave that right to me."
God bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
Hey Larry,
Thanks for the information. This is something new for me to add. I was especially taken with the reunion information. Sure enough, right there was my dad's unit, the 2756th, along with all the others in his group.
Unfortunately, dad has passed away but I'm sure he would have been excited to see the information about this reunion. Heck, if he had known about it, I might have been able to talk him into going as he was still alive and doing pretty good in 2001. Especially since it was in Tulsa and he lived in central Arkansas. Not far at all really.
I appreciate you sending this on to me.
I will have some information to post soon that I have come up with. I'm waiting on a response to a letter I sent to the V.A. Hopefully, they will be able to provide me with something new. If not, I will post what I have and go from there.
Thanks again
Larry (NormsSon)
