Super-duper! Thanks for doing that. Love the photos and descriptions.

I would like to add this link to this topic Marion:

http://www.105th.org/index.html

I hope to add more pictures soon, I am still looking for them.

Very good. Happy to give them some exposure.

Well finally I can post some more pictures to this topic. I don't have much information but I hope to add that ASAP.

First a map about the situation in this area in September 1944. Argenteau is just South of Vise. The 113th cavalary was also fighting in this area.

Pontoonbridge across the Meuse river near Argenteau, Belgium.

We know the exact locations. The situation has changed a bit but the houses are still the same.

Regards,

Frank

By the way there were 2 pontoonbridges as you can see. they made pictures from one pontoonbridge to the other. Perhaps one was for vehicles crossing the Meuse river and move up to the front and the othe rone was for vehicles who were coming back from the front and had to go to the rear.

Frank

Yes, I saw the two different ponton bridges. One is a treadway. For the sake of those who don't know, the treadway is the one with the two individual steel tracks across the pontons and would carry heavier loads such as tanks.

Floating bridges were as follows:

The Light Ponton Bridge M1938 was a floating bridge capable of carrying 10-ton traffic in one direction.

The Heavy Ponton Bridge M1940, although similar to the light ponton, was much heavier and carried a 25 ton load.

The Steel Treadway Bridge was designed to carry medium tanks. It had steel treadways for runways, which were emplaced by means of a truck mounted crane. It used special rubber pontons.

Show me bridge pictures anytime and you know I'll be a happy camper.

Yes, and I should acknowledge your comment about two bridges in the same area handling traffic in two different directions, as this often happened. This of course would alleviate traffic jams.

Good post frank, and yes i can see it 🙂

Marion, thanks for the explenation of the ponton bridges.

Best regards

Ronald

Thank you very much for this valuable information Marion.

Regards,

Frank

Anytime gentlemen, anytime!

One of the men who gave his life for our freedom. I hope to find out more about him. I made this picture on March 27th ... take a look on the date. Strange feeling especially because it's my father's birthday on the 26th.

I just found out that there are only 5 men of the 105th buried in Margraten and 7 men in Henri-Chapelle.

There are 18 records about them on the ABMC website.

You can rest assured his family would be very happy to see this.

Received this a few weeks ago...

Hi! I’m hoping you can guide me. My father Rocco D. Petruzzi (deceased 2013) was a member of 105 Combat engineers, 30th Division in WWII. I’m not sure what company he was in but I know he was assigned to water point. I know he was in Mortain and Mogdanberg, Heerlen,Maastricht and he was there when the German propaganda leaflets were dropped. I’m trying to find out the path and time line of his march across parts of Europe. He always said he landed in Normandy D-day +6. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

Also, do you know how I would find out about a uso show held in a theater that featured the showing of the film of latest baseball world series. It also had special appearances of Mel Ott one of the players.

Sincerely,
Maryke Petruzzi

Gave her some of the info from our forum and I also added these links of interest: