Doing research...
Are you planing any info on the 247th my late father served in the engineering group.Steve BerryFather Charles F Berry
Well I did find a page for the group, but there's nothing but a home page without any links. Hopefully this is going to become a viable, working site!? Looks like there is an email link in the upper right-hand corner, though.
http://www.facesbeyondthegraves.com/pagina78.html
http://www.xixcorps.nl/XIX_Corps_Engineers_1944_-_1945.htm
http://www.xixcorps.nl/Engineer_Operations_September_1944.htm
Soldier and sailor in Parma remember World War II experiences on Memorial Day weekend
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/38457-1104th-engineer-combat-group/
http://www.82ndengineers.org/xixcorps.htm
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/wwii/12247/
In the book (which I have), there is mention of this unit on pages 41-43. First Across the Rhine - Colonel Pergrin.
http://www.geocities.ws/leaving_1/rhineland.htm
This book also mentions the unit - Last of the Horse Soldiers
This should get you started, will post more as time allows...
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Please see this book and the following pages. We often refer to this as our engineer's bible! The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Europe
371-72
374
421-22
492
494
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
My grandfather, PFC Wendell W. Townsend, served with the 247th Combat Engineers and was in Company A. I have very little information because he passed away at the age of 47 & I was only 18 months old.
I have everything of his that he had from WWII, which includes a couple of maps, his DD-214, a Red Cross letter informing him of his mother’s death & a company roster.
I am currently in Germany for surgery and we are planning to drive to Jülich where the 247th completed bridge construction for crossing the Roer River. I’ve attached a few pictures (not great quality because I had the maps framed when my dad gave them to me).
