The document we posted on the main page, "Engineer History, 5th Army, Mediterranean Theater" has several mentions of the Engineer Firefighting Platoon...

What i got from a 89th Div website, VII Corps assigned the 1107th Engineer Combat Group to support the 89th`s crossing at St Goar. No mention of the...

Ya, sometimes you just have to use different search paramaters, the article didnt show up on a search for "1010th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company" b...

Hi Jeff, your grandfather wrote his memoirs of the war, ask your parents if they know about it or have a copy. An article with some of his memoirs a...

The thanks go to Christoph for finding the book. An excellent well written account of the 264th with great photos.

Here`s 2 photos of the 264th`s medics from the book: Bridges to Peace Below: Medical tent staffed by Manfred, Ungaleider and Carron ...

Hold up folks, i dont think the 264 Medical battalion is the right unit. "Med Det 264th Engr © Bn" this means: Medical Detachment, 264th Engin...

Hi Jeff, the document you mention probably just lists the units participating in the assault crossings of the Rhine. After the intitial assault crossi...

Hi Jeff, welcome to the forum, there`s not much about the 1010th probably because of the late date they arrived in europe, which appears to be around ...

Hi Dan, What was the ship name & date? The info you need on Longitude would be recorded in the ship`s deck logs. A deck log identifies a ship's...

By all accounts D-Day was probably the first widespread use of helmet markings for unit identification and mostly used by the assault troops. Markings...

There is a couple of books about the 348th you might be interested in, the first appearears to be a unit history written by Keith Bryan intitled: "Pac...

First of all, there were no Army regulations authorizing or governing the use of helmet markings. Prior to the D-Day invasion there didnt seem to be m...

Hi Suzie, welcome to the forum. We`ll be happy to assist you in your research. Transfers between units were common during or upon completion of bas...

The new document, Engineer History Fifth Army, has been uploaded on the main page in the Documents tab in the Army ETO History link. The ...