glen blasingim
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What the major is up to now

I am impressed! Nothing like live music, especially if you are making it. You are obviously a man of many talents. So when do the tickets go on sale f...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

I was in an Army Surplus store the other day and I picked up a couple of shoulder patches that I had seen in pictures of men from the 160th Engineer C...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

A few more pictures of the 160th Engineer Combat Battalion on maneuvers in middle Tennessee. First picture, four soldiers,...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

Like many of the U.S. Army's Engineer Combat Battalions that were destined for Europe, the 160th went on maneuvers in middle Tennessee. My Dad was fro...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

The 160th Engineer Combat Battalion lost twenty four men in its battles across France, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria. Chester P. Rydelski, Pfc. and ...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

CaptO, I just finished talking to my Dad and he does not remember anything about the " Olive's Old Man " sign painted on the jeep. He said the jeeps w...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

That is a good question CaptO, I will be talking to my Dad in the morning and I will ask him. Glen Blasingim

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

This is a picture of a schoolhouse that Dad remembers staying in just north of Thionville, close to the Luxembourg border. There were about 75 men sta...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

I have recently learned that the 160th Engineer Combat Battalion was formed at Fort Meade, Maryland on April 27, 1943. The full battalion consisted of...

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Robert Nichols - 160th Engineer

Thanks, Marion. Wayne is still trying to find a copy of the 160th Engineer Combat Battalion book. I haven't seen a copy anywhere, any ideas?

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Robert Nichols - 160th Engineer

Wayne, these are some pictures that have a remote possibility of having a recognizable picture of your uncle Robert L. Nichols in them. If you do see ...

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Robert Nichols - 160th Engineer

Wayne, I am posting a few pictures from my copy of the 160th Engineer Combat Battalion book. These pictures do not have a lot of detail. The best that...

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Vernon Snodgrass

There is a 1stLt. Frank B. Snodgrass and his picture is on Marion's website, any relation? It is a long shot but search for 160th and it is probably t...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

This picture was taken at the 160th's first anniversary also. It has a lot of the brass from the battalion, I would like to know anything that anyone ...

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160th Engineer Combat Battalion WW II ( new member)

Wayne sent his thanks for the picture of his uncle, Robert L. Nichols. The man on the dance floor with the number 2 written on the picture is his uncl...

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