Any and all info would be welcome.

The proud son of a WWII combat engineer wants to know as much info as possible. Our father was in the 125th Engineers of the 14th Armored Division and told us quite a lot about his wartime ordeals but I am sure there is more he did not tell us.

Thanks for any and all info DCM in Indianapolis, The Racing Capital of the World.

Ah, been there many times. Used to have season tickets to the Indy 500. Ah, the good ole' days.

I hope you saw my note from earlier today, for you can find some facts immediately here:

https://ww2combatengineers.comeng...?showtopic=3940

Let us know if you have any other questions. Will be happy to assist.

Thank you so much, Walts Daughter. This is info will be a great help to find more info on Dave's Father, 1tsr LT K A McClary of Bloomington IN.

I reside in Indy and have for 32 years.

Your father must be very proud of you for all you do here.

I am trying to find anyomne and everyone who might know more than we were told as kids about Dad's ETO tour of duty.

I am sure this site will help to find this.

Thanks for all you do and I am very sure your Father is proud of you as much as I hope ours are proud of us.

DCM

Indy

Nothing better in the world than the Month of May at 16th and Georgetown her in town.

Thnk you so very much.

Another proud kid of a WWII veteran, The Greatest Generatiohn by far.

So pleased I could help you out. Consider it a Christmas present from VI Corps Combat Engineers, to you and your family.

Nice to have you here and thank you for you very kind words.

Marion

I am also trying to find info on the patch in the lower left corner of this pic.

The one with the spider and the heavy armour.

Thanks

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Hi DCM,

Is that lower left hand patch perhaps showing a scorpion not a spider?

I believe it might tie in with a Scorpion flail tank used for mine clearance in WWII.

Good luck in your research.

Colin.

Eh, the one on the lower left corner is a so-called "sweetheart pin" and was given to girlfriends and wives.

The image is not a spider or scorpion but the Seal of the United States.

Erwin

Hi,

I've been reading through the forum, great site.

I was wondering if anyone had a photo of the shoulder patch worn by the 125th. My father was moved to the 36th before being discharged and his old uniform has the patch for the 36th (the seahorse). He does not have his old patch for the 125th and I am unable to find one online.

Thanks for the help,

Bob

In my American Society of Military Insignia Collectors (Engineers), it does NOT show one. Says, "No illustration available", but it does list a description:

On a shield, divided embattled white over tr red, a silver bayonet with a black annulet encircling tip of blade; a crest, a silver Fleur-de-lis charged with a tr red caltrap, above a tr blue ribbon, all on a sliver torse; a tr red scroll, turned silver, with motto: ABSQUE LABORE NIHIL, in sliver. 32X23 A of H.

tr=transparent

BTW, the Latin motto translates to:

Nothing without labor

Thanks Marion, this gives me a great starting point. I'll look through online photos for something that fits that description. I see a number of patches selling on ebay with no identification, just photos. It's worth a try, I'll let you know what I find.

Bob

Glad to be of service. And I forgot to give you a warm welcome to our forum. Sorry! Better late than never. Let me know what you discover.

M1

Success!

The National Historian for the 14th Armored Division Association sent me a scan of the insignia for the 125th. Thanks for your help.

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That is awesome. Good hunting!

Now we have another crest to add to our site.

Nice work!

Marion

Did a little digging and talked with my friends at the Army Corps of Engineer's Office of History. Many thanks Michael and Eric! This is correspondence between the two historians and myself.

Mike and Marion,

 

Attached is an image of the 125th Engineers Distinctive Unit Insignia. I

scanned the example we have in the Corps' Museum Collection. It is a

reproduction made by Charles Aresta, but it is the correct design.

 

Hope this helps. Any problems accessing the file, etc., let me know.

 

-Eric

 

Eric Reinert

Curator

Office of History

Headquarters

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers