The vast majority of memoirs below were personally relayed to me by vets or members of their immediate families. A few are stories I was given permission to link to, or personal accounts from magazines.
And… don’t forget to check out the revamped Engineer Photo Gallery for a complete look!
Walter “Monday” Poniedzialek – 540th Combat Engineer – my dad
Henry John Dieken – 540th Combat Engineer
Frederick C Woods – 540th Combat Engineer
Earl Ruzin -540th Combat Engineer
John Fallon – 36th Combat Engineer
James B Washington – 36th Combat Engineer
Rene Rousselle – 540th Combat Engineer
Phil Bub – 36th Combat Engineer
Edward Stephens – 540th Combat Engineer
Archie Armbruster – 540th Combat Engineer
Aubrey Festus Hughes – 540th Combat Engineer
Bill Vander Wall – 540th Combat Engineer
Charles Bryant – 540th Combat Engineer
Harold L Bare – 36th Combat Engineer
Irving Cherney – 36th Combat Engineer
Jack O’Brien – 540th Combat Engineer
Vito Cupertino – 36th Combat Engineer
Cecil E Addy – 36th Combat Engineer
Vernon Dotson – 540th Combat Engineer Regiment
This I Saw at Anzio – a poem by Walter Miller – 36th Combat Engineer
Clifford Duncan – 540th Combat Engineer Regiment
Clayton D. Gard discharge papers
Col Hugh M Connors – 540th Combat Engineer – Officer Qualification & Legion of Merit
Art Cook – 36th Combat Engineer
Larry Babine – 36th Combat Engineer
Carl Furtado – 36th Combat Engineer
Bob Feland – 540th Combat Engineer
The following men were part of II Corps and VI Corps during their activation
An Interview with Arthur F Peternel – 48th Engineer
Edward Schramm – 235th Engineer – letter with articles
Will Tully – 48th Combat Engineer
Steve Urick – 235th Combat Engineer
Alfred Kincer – 48th Combat Engineer
Stanley Dziuban – 39th Combat Engineer
Florentino B Pena – 39th Combat Engineer
Lester C O’Neal – 39th Combat Engineer
Paul Knudson – 39th Combat Engineer
David Wagner – 39th Combat Engineer
John Wack – 39th Combat Engineer
Ralph Leslie – 48th Combat Engineer