Woah, this is my first watch of the video and after basic training it has footage of the Marine Raven (heading to the ETO) and some footage in Wales! ...

I've posted a 42 minute video of C Company 284th Combat Engineers in basic training at Camp Breckenridge on the website! Amazing amazing stuff! ...

Battle Map:

Brief history of the 285th: (my apologies for any spelling errors, the font is small and faded on the document that I'm reading for this) Arrri...

Now for a couple stories from Dale: Marine Raven: When we boarded to the Raven we had most of what we owned in a back pack. I forget the exac...

I guess I'll add some more details to this just in case someone else happens upon this while looking for information on the 285th. The 284th and...

I know this is kind of an old thread but I thought that I'd mention that the 285th is mentioned in the Battle of the Bulge book: I also h...

I have posted a lot of After Action Reports as well as some very detailed reports on the 284th's website. Some of them are by the hour and super inte...

The reunion was great! There was one soldier who'd never been to one before so it was a nice pleasure to have him visit! I put a few pictures up on ...

The 284th's annual reunion is coming up! I thought it best to post it here as well as on the 284th's website just in case word hasn't spread enough y...

Yeah, I figured that since the information on the 284th was so scattered that it would be a good idea to consolidate it into one location I did give...

Hi! Sorry that I've been a bit MIA in this thread. I just wanted to update you to let you know I'm currently working on 284thcombatengineers.com! I...

I spend a hour talking to Clarence on the phone last night! It was great to talk to him and we are planning to get together later this month! When I...

Thanks Marion! Another grandson of the 284th managed to find Clarence. They had a good conversation this morning and he will be heading out to ...