Here are a few pages from an engineering book that I have. The 280th are mentioned on page 518. This is in reference to crossing the Rhine in the sp...

Here's another mention of the 280th at the Battle of the Bulge. They are listed here: Units at Unknown Locations ...

Found that the 280th Engineers were contributors to the National WWII Memorial You can find there name under the heading, Other Con...

Here's a contact name for you: 280th Engineer Combat Battalion (WWII) Mr. Marlin Kreighbaum 1726 W. Bel Aire Avenue Peoria, IL...

Several references to the 87th Heavy Ponton Engineers on this page, the 89th Inf Div.

March 22, 1945 XII Corps made the first assault crossing of the Rhine in the Third Army area at Nierstein, starting at 2200 hours. More than ...

Hello proud daughter. Delighted to have a fellow daughter of a WWII engineer. First off my deepest sympathy and condolences are extended t...

Welcome. It's nice to meet you and I am also glad that you stumbled upon our site. My name is Marion and I am the proud daughter of a WWII vet, now ...

Super "find" there. I would be proud to add that to my collection too. You have a real treasure. Hope someone jumps in and adds some real life stor...

My husband read your posts today and was telling me that our Uncle Chum (he is now deceased) was a Seabee and was in the Pacific. He is going to try ...

Al, that's a great idea! After all this is still a capitalist country. At least the last time I looked. Watch out, the "mambi-pambis" might want t...

Al, that's very nice of you. Thanks for the offer. They do have a copy available on Ebay right now, but it's already pretty expensive. We...

Here's a book from Amazon.com

Here ya go Joe my buddy: