WWII

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  • February 3, 2026

Hi friends! Starting this week, I’ll be adding the missing 540th files from the National Archives. These will include the months of December 1944, January, February, April, May, and June 1945. It seems I’m always thanking you for your patience, and it certainly applies, once...

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  • January 27, 2026
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I recently migrated all my websites to WordPress, with this being the last one. Given its comprehensive nature, it’s an arduous task. Still, it’s worth the time and effort because it not only requires me to update links (and remove those that are no longer viable), but also because our redesign makes it more user- and mobile-friendly. One item undergoing the most significant change is the Engineer Gallery, which sports a fresher interface and is much faster to navigate, and I’m proud to say, I completed it yesterday…

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  • July 18, 2024

What began as a simple one-page site in June 2004, after my initial research into my father’s military history, quickly and unbelievably snow-balled into what you see today. I now have a comprehensive understanding of the 540th after reading hundreds of pages of sitreps from the National Archives, talking with members of his unit, perusing through dozens of books, contacting various institutions, including the Army Corps of Engineers’ Office of History, and meeting people throughout the world…