your_name: Jennifer Surface
address: 705 Monroe Street
cityst: Bedford, VA
zipcode: 24523
email_confirm: left off for privacy
through: Website
comments: I'm trying to find the group of combat engineers to which my grandfather was assigned. He won't say much, never has, but I know he spent some time in Iceland and is a member of the FBI (forgotten bastards of Iceland) and he came into France via Omaha beach. He also, at one time, mentioned that his unit missed being caught at the Bulge by less than 24 hours. His name is Daniel Bunn and he was raised in Tonowanda, NY. He enlisted right after Pearl Harbor and I think he enlisted in St. Marys, PA. I think he mentioned something about spending some time in Texas. Galveston if I'm not mistaken. Any information you have will be greatly appreciated.
Going to post links here regarding Iceland in WWII. Still trying to find out what units where there...
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/I/USMC-I-I-4.html
One paragraph from this page states:
While the 6th Marines' convoy was still in the Pacific heading for the Panama Canal, the wheels were set in motion to complete the organization of the projected brigade. One other major unit, the 5th Defense Battalion at Parris Island, was designated for duty in Iceland; its commanding officer, Colonel Lloyd L. Leech, flew to Washington on 7 June for a two-day round of briefing and reports. The battalion's antiaircraft guns and gunners were what was wanted, so when the order assigning the 5th Defense to I Corps (Provisional) was published on 10 June the 5-inch Artillery Group was shown as being detached. In addition to the 6th Marines (Reinforced) and the 5th Defense Battalion (less 5-inch Artillery Group), the budding brigade received a company of engineers, a chemical platoon, and a platoon of scout cars from the 1st Marine Division at New River. The port for the hurried assembly of ships, materiel, and men was Charleston, S.C.
http://www.lhg.is/starfsemi/adgerdasvid/sp...gjusveit/Mines/
http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/photos1.html - the listing for this one is towards the end of the page
http://www.army.mil/CMH/photos/Holiday/wwii.htm-
SC 150223. U.S. Soldiers Caroleers Circle Globe…The Christmas spirit is universal, the traditions unchanging even in the midst of war. Where ever our American troops are to be found throughout the world Christmas Carols will be heard in joyful hymns on the eve of the Nativity of Christ. In Iceland - "O, Come Ye, O Come Ye, To Bethlehem". 1942.
http://www.nordicway.com/search/WWII.htm