Pfc. Thomas S. Durham was in Company A, 312th Engineer Combat Bn., 87th In Div. Roster of Co A: Durham, Thomas S. Pfc. Rt. 4, Charleston, Ark. KIA 1...

The general area were Cpl Lee was killed is about all were going to get from online records. XX Corps, & 90th Inf Div were holding a 16 mile front...

Been reading 90th Inf Div documents and at the time period we`re looking at ( 25 Sept) the 90th was attacking Metz, and the 179th ECB may have been in...

There is a copy at the Eisenhower Library in Abiline, KS. There will be a copy at the National Archives in College Park, MD. or you can by the book a...

Hi Rick, The 179th Engineer Combat Bn was under command of the 1139th Engineer Combat Group, XX Corps, Third Army. On 23 August 1944, the 179th ECB ...

Yes Todd, on the Officer Reserve Corp. The Army has so many abrev. they all might not fit on the forum Anyway, the most common ones i posted are ...

I`m not finding anything on Capt. Martin Tommer that put him in any unit. 8 out of 10 times just googling the name will bring up narative of a unit me...

From what i`ve read, the original enlistment card records were microfilmed in the late `40s. The enlistment records on the National archive`s AAD webs...

This is Martin`s enlistment record showing his original Army Serial Number. After he graduated OCS as an officer, he would have been issued a NEW Seri...

Hi David. There were many engineer units that built airfields on Saipan, Seabees, Army Engineers and Aviation Engineers so we`ll have to narrow it do...

Almost every unit of company size or larger designated an officer or qualified NCO to keep a history of the unit as an extra duty. Copies of these uni...

Well, the army marksmanship badges were have been aound since the 1880`s and the WWII versions were probaly around since 1921. So it would depend on t...

Brian, the M1 bar said M1 Rifle.

Beth`s search for her father`s service shows the importance of looking at and understanding ALL the information on a the DD-214 discharge document. Es...