@ Eric

I need to get off this "smart phone" and post only from my computer.  Obviously, I am not as smart as my phone.

I found very little on the 358th when I was searching for them but what little was found indicated they stayed up to 2-3 miles behind the line.  

What do you have that shows your Dad was with the 358th?  In my Brother in Laws case, be merely transferred to the 358th in November of 45 just to get back home faster.  

Are you going solely by his discharge papers? 

Pthompson38, 

I apologize for causing confusion about the different units mentioned in this discussion. While this site is clearly concerned with the combat engineers, some of the links posted above by "Walt's Daughter" point to information about the 358th Engineer General Services Regiment. It is not a unit of the combat engineers. I am not sure which link you are referring to in your post above. I did not mention nor reference the combat engineers anywhere in my post. The photograph I included with my post is not linked from another source. It is a lower resolution scan (to keep the size down) from the original in my files. It was taken by my father of members of Company A of the 358th Engineer General Services Regiment while they were in England prior to D-Day engaged in building airfield infrastructure for the 8th Bomber Command. (I have their names and even the name of their dog! Check the lower right hand corner.)

I read the following posted above...

On 9/10/2017 at 7:52 AM, Walt's Daughter said:

your friend that is doing further research for you, needs to tell NARA in Maryland (they have all the declassified records for units) that he needs the records for the 358th General Service Regiment in Europe,

My father was in Company A of the 358th Engineer General Services Regiment in Europe. Not the combat engineers. I was just wondering if anyone had information on the 358th Engineer General Services Regiment that could enhance the history that I already have compiled from my father's photos and recollections and the records of the unit found in United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services, The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Germany by Alfred M. Beck, Abe Bortz, Charles W. Lynch, Lida Mayo, and Ralph F. Weld 1985 and the Unit History of the 1st Battalion 358th Engineer General Services Regiment  by C. Hanburger Lt. Colonel, C. E. Commanding - 24 May 1945 and correspondence and reports of the company clerk S/Sgt. Russel F. Wampler during the movements of the 358th Engineer General Services Regiment from Antwerp into Germany in 1945.

A google search led me to this site, perhaps this was the wrong place to seek information on a unit that is not the main concern of the site. I apologize again for confusing the issue.

Eric, 

Go back and refresh... it's my bad.. I changed the reply

While the name of the site is VI Corps Combat Engineers (in honor of my father), nowhere on this forum (or main site) does it indicate that this is strictly for combat engineers. Anyone perusing my site will see dedication to and information regarding any type of engineer from WWII. Not only that, but we also keep data on units with ties to the engineers. It's all one big happy family. 🙂

It is interesting to note my data sheet on types of engineers from WWII.   😉

Here is a 358th photo album on ebay (I reached out and asked about the bumper numbers on the trucks):

MPS.CZ 358E                      F6 (F company?)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/233047017274?ViewItem=&item=233047017274

Thank you  for sharing this with the gang. I hope someone is interested and will buy and share with us.