Joe Veltre shared these with me. They are individual articles on men from the 540th Engineer Combat Regiment.

The first article on Albert H Phillips was posted in the Utica Observer Dispatch on March 10, 1948.

The second article on Jules Richmond was posted in the Long Island Star Journal on February 10, 1956. This one is a real heart breaker.

Thanks for sending these to me Joe. Appreciate your efforts.

Albert H Phillips article in newspaper.pdf

Jules Richman article in newspaper.pdf

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Hi

 

!! My name I Ralph Robert Hille and I was a T-4 in the S-2 section of Headquarters Company of the 1284th. I have lost track of all that I knew except for my buddy Victor Karpenko who lives in San Francisco. I will be 89 on July 30th and have many good memories of my service. I haven’t seen any reference to the nick-name our outfit had. One of the HQ guys was an inventive art type and he came up with the name “Big Ass Bird” which was displayed on all of our vehicle bumpers with colors used to depict what company. One fond memory was a trip several of us made to Bagio in northern Luzon. There was a small restaurant that had oysters which , of course, I had not seen for quite some time. What a feast we had that day.

 

Regards, Bob Hille

In researching "forgotten heroes" for a neighboring community, I joined the the VI Corps Combat Engineers site and enlisted Marion's assistance in further identifying 2nd Lt. Robert B. Nicol and the circumstances surrounding his death in combat in Italy in early 1944. Faster than tech-savvy "Garcia" of "Criminal Minds" could ever do, Marion confirmed that 2nd Lt. Nicol was the same serviceman I was researching and she also provided me with details surrounding his demise at Nettuno. Thank you, Marion, for a quick and thorough response.

Still looking for photos of Lt. Nicol, so if members can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated. My goal is to provide the mayor of Stewart Manor, NY with as much data about this combat engineer so that he may be honored during next year's Memorial Day service.

I did nto want to put this in the other forums but can anyone tell me what an Officers 66-1 for was and what information it contained? Also, I am trying to find what "S-1 equipment" may be refering to.

Thanks!

Brian

I'm a new member looking for info on my dads combat history with the 206th Military Police Company. He did receive a Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters. He was in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Austria and Germany. He served from February 43 to the end and was discharged in November of 45. I have the Bronze Star but not the clusters or details to go along with it.