THe 159th trained at Camp Rucker. moved into europe by way of north Ireland. Got into action just after 6 june D-day 44 Supported units like the 4th ID around to the west to Brest then Eat ward across Frnace into Belgium was in the Bulge on the south flank protecting Luxembourg city.
My brother Ken made it till 19 Dec. 44 when he was WIA. He is one of 3 other brothers. All 4 were in WW II and came home.
Welcome Paul. What a pleasure and honor it is to have you here. I know it is hard for you to see, so I will try and use larger fonts, etc.
I look forward to your postings and hearing more about your tour of duty. Would you consider submitting info for inclusion on this site? I would love to add your page to our ever-growing family.
Thanks again. God bless you.
We now have Mike Hinkle on board as party of our forum family. Mike is the great nephew of Paul Hinkle (he passed away in 2006). And yes, if you haven't checked it out, I DID create a page for Paul before he passed away. Would like to take a moment to say how much I still miss him. He was one of my email buddies.
http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/PaulHinkle.htm
Mike sent me a PM stating he would also like to find info on Ken who was a member of the 159th. Let's see what we can find for him.
Mike:
See Paul's notes under this topic, towards the bottom of the posts in the topic below. Going through all the old stuff this morning...
http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/eng...?showtopic=1445
Here's more too:
http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/eng...?showtopic=1289
This one shows the 159th as an attached unit to the 4th Infantry Division:
http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/eng...?showtopic=4048
The 159th figures on many pages in 'THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS THE WAR AGAINST GERMANY'.
This is under the heading: The VIII Corps Crossing at the Rhine Gorge
The 159th Engineer Combat Battalion after moving the 345th Infantry across the river, considered the crossing "not tough at all, that is, not like we expected it to be."
An understatement? Or what is meant by Seahorses - Stay RUGGED!
Colin.
We now have Mike Hinkle on board as party of our forum family. Mike is the great nephew of Paul Hinkle (he passed away in 2006). And yes, if you haven't checked it out, I DID create a page for Paul before he passed away. Would like to take a moment to say how much I still miss him. He was one of my email buddies.
http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/PaulHinkle.htm
Mike sent me a PM stating he would also like to find info on Ken who was a member of the 159th. Let's see what we can find for him.
I did find Paul's page and also these other posting by Paul. I am working on trying to get stuff from my dad as he has it since the passing of my grandfather in 1997. I have his draft record and his military number. I know that he recieved a purple heart. However I am not sure how or where to locate these records.
You can obtain records at his local Veteran's Admin. If he needed any kind of medical assistance, the VA would have his discharge papers. This is how I acquired my father's records. Many people do not know this and think that NARA in St Louis was the only place.
That and other sources of info are located here on our forum:
http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/eng...hp?showtopic=23
Local newspapers from his home town, are also good sources for info. You may often turn up a photo and/or article on a loved one during the war, as this was common practice. Therefore you may wish to contact/visit local libraries and newspapers.
Uploading the photo from Paul Hinkle's page, so you can see Mike's grandad too. He is on far right.
Thank you for reposting this picture of the 4 brothers. I am sure if they were still with us they would be very moved. I am hoping to find out alot more about them. I was too little to remember or too young to understand alot of thing he talked about. Ken passed away when I was 10 and there really is a day that goes by that I don't think about him. Now that I have started doing my genealogy it has a deeper meaning to me. I want to preserve the memories of him to pass onto my family. Also it happens all too often we forget those who have given so much for the freedoms we enjoy today.