Robert J. Steinke served in the 160th Engineer Combat Battalion with my Dad. Sgt.Steinke taking bows with friends at the bridge they recently com...

The 160th left Fort Ethan Allen in October of 1943 and went to Tennessee. As neutral troops they did road repair and repaired damage done by troops on...

Camp Rucker Alabama was a new camp when the 160th was there. These three postcards show some of the facilities the U,S. Army used while training there...

Dr. Joseph Wayne Erickson (formerly Joseph W. Erickson, Ssgt., 160th ECB, B Company), gave this cribbage board to my Dad, Edwin Blasingim, in about 19...

History of the 160th Engineer Combat Battalion

CaptO, thanks for the reply. I didn't say anything else about my questions because I thought I might have touched on a sensitive subject, maybe someth...

Gekko, thanks for your post and the picture of your Dad. I have looked in my copy of the 160th ECB book and cannot add any information to yours. I kno...

This memory of my Dad's comes to mind occasionally. It is something he remembered after so many years so I will share it. Harold G. Baxter, Tec5, from...

Thanks Michael. Numbers 69 and 71 both could be one of two engineers. I listed them like your Dad did but I can't narrow it down. Maybe Wayne Nichols,...

Michael, I have a question about no 71. Your list calls him Pfc Tood. I do not show a Tood on B company roster but I do show two Todds. Would you chec...

Michael, I have not heard from James Corley's son. I am going to start adding the names of the engineers that your Dad has identified. I have searched...

Michael, this is great. The names you have fit mine when they are identified by both of us. We have one disagreement, that is you call number 96 Pfc C...

Thanks Michael. Give me some time to digest this list. I thought that my Dad should have identified more of the men in the B Company photo. There are ...

I am not new and still not so sure what I am doing either. We would love to see the names, scan them and post them here. January 13,1944 must have bee...

Marion, thanks for the help again. It was great to hear from Michael. I would love to hear anything he can share about his Dad, Combat Engineers, or t...