On 11/12/2017 at 11:37 PM, drwstr123 said: My father was a diver for the 1053rd. Did the the ETO and wound up in the Philippians at war's ...

Some info I found today... The goals set for the Brittany ports were never realized and at most of them the engineer effort was considered "utte...

My Father in Law was in the 1053rd Port Construction and repair group as a marine diver. T/Sgt Carmen DeLucia. He enlisted in Nov 1942. Trained in NY ...