The vast majority of memoirs below were personally relayed to me by vets or members of their immediate families. A few are stories that I was given permission to link to, or personal accounts found in magazines.
And… don’t forget to check out our Engineer Photo Gallery for a complete look!
John R Priest – 1277th Engineer
Larry Westbrook | Company B, 111th Combat Engineers, 36th Infantry Division
William J Moore – 38th Engineer – unfortunately, the video is now marked private on YouTube and unavailable for viewing
Robert J Steinke – 160th Engineer
208th Engineer Archived Journal – thanks to Floyd Mock, member of this unit
Joseph Anthony Calabrese – 294th Engineer
Wesley Ross – 146th Engineer Combat Battalion
Russell Caulkins Italian Diary – 316th Engineer
Johnny Thompson – 341st General Service Regiment
Frank Timmer – 631st Engineer Light Equipment Co
Curtiss H. Harlander -344th General Service Regiment
Donnell G Gale – 171st Engineer Combat Battalion
George V Jackson Jr. – 326th Engineer – video interview conducted by Pat Freeman
Excerpt from “Reflections of a WWII GI” – by C William Taylor – He belonged to the 287th Combat Engineer Battalion. I wanted to share his story from the Battle of the Bulge. This is one of many instances where engineers were used as infantry.
Memories of Tim Nelson – A story regarding his father’s service with the 19th Combat Engineers Regt – Tim, thanks for your permission to share the story on our site.
Milt O’Barr – 85th Engineer
Mel O’Barr – 85th Engineer
Sam B Hopkins – 85th Engineer
William (Bill) Gentry – 85th Engineer
Lee McCloud – 310th Combat Engineer
Richard Fietz Jr – 370th Combat Engineer
Charles Hurlbut – 299th Combat Engineer
Gene Fiducia – 631st Engineer Light Equipment Co
Lawrence T Page – 148th Combat Engineer
Rudy Arruda – 295th Combat Engineer
Harold R Whiting – 157th Combat Engineer
Brian Guy – 246th Field Co, Royal Engineer, 8th Brigade, 3rd Inf Div
Bill Douglass Sr – 1301st Engineer, 3rd Army
Red Ran the River – A combat engineer’s story crossing the Rhine
Ernest Napier – 49th Combat Engineer
Robert Hoedel – 359th Engineer
Joseph Elias – 1301st Engineer, 3rd Army
Charles A Wilber – 326th Airborne Engineer Bn, 101st Airborne Div
Steve Paulson (Pawlikowski) – 1301st Engineer, 3rd Army
Benjamin C Volga – 160th Combat Engineer
Vincent Leckey – 43rd Combat Engineer
Lester Cohen- 148th Combat Engineer
George Chandler – 341st Engineer General Service Regiment
Armonde Casagrande – 343rd Engineer General Service Regiment
Arthur William Jasper “Bill on the Hill” – 312th Engineer – 87th Inf Div
Nicholas Joseph Mastrangelo – 344th Engineer General Service Regiment
Ernest Wayne Warner – 19th Combat Engineer Reg – link to his biography