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Havent found an exact date of death yet, first reported missing. if he died in 1944 he was in the 1278th Engineer Combat Bn. William A Sawatzky 19...
The caption on the photo posted by Brian M said: "Pascal Bridge. (from the Richard Purcell Collection) The Autobahn bridge was blown up by the Germans...
My guess would be before the crossing during the training of all units involved in the crossing since the actual crossing was at night/early morning. ...
Oh doesnt one wish that discharge documents listed ALL the units a soldier served with instead of just the last? We have another case of an after-th...
Every National Cemetery has an Administration building onsite, just stop in & ask.
I did some more checking & found that the 204th had 2 different embarkation dates, Looks like HQ & possibly Company A left 2 Jan on the Queen ...
Do you mean the at the National Cemeteries here in the US., or overseas? They should have that info on a burial card or file of the interment. I dont ...
Hello Beth, welcome to the forum. If you post or email me a copy of the separation documents i can compare the info on the docs to what i have on the ...
googled: "Rick Moore - Veteran's Affairs", no Rick, but a couple of hits for a Richard / Rich Moore at Veteran Affairs
After action report, 757th Tank Battalion, Feb 44-Jan 45, Apr-May & July 45. Operations of the 757th Tank Battalion,...
Here is an excelent account of of the crossing of the Sauer River on 7 Feb 1945. There is a 160th book listed on amazon.com, used $125. from...
could be, there was another hit with a post from his daughter, you might be able to contact her.
Captain Richard Paul Dorrough commanded Company G, 2nd battalion, 15th Inf. at the time of battles in the Vosges. just google search "Captain Ric...
There are many mentions of the 1051st in the book, Corps of Enginners, The War Against Germany, pages 152, 169, 233-234, 236-237.
If you go to the American Battle monuments Commision website , and do a search for Howard Garth E the memorial does say 1050th Engineer Construction...