I have tried to determine which Division the 360th Engr. GS Regt. was in/attached in April - October, 1944 without success.  The unit was involved in repairing ports, etc. in St. Malo, Cancale, Brieve before moving on to Brest. My stepbrother was in that unit at that time and his records were almost totally destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.  He is now deceased.  His final payment work sheet prepared at the time of his discharge on 11-14-45 showed him as being in the 264th Infantry Regt. which was part of the 66th Infantry Division.  However, part of that Division only sailed for England on 11-15-44 and the remainder on 12-01-44 and the 360th was not listed as being part of that Division at that time.  That has left me wondering about his Division during April - October 1944.

Hopefully, some reading this will have the answer.

Thanks,

Kirk

Kkirksey80@aol.com

This sounds awesome - and it's a story I hadn't heard of before. It is the story of the German POWs that were used to clear millions of land mines from the Danish coast. The movie focuses on a small group of young (and I do mean young) POWs that had to clear a certain beach for 40,000 or so mines. When they were done, they could go home - not everyone made it. Looking forward to watching it!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3841424/ 

Here's to all who fought this day - D-Day Normandy. God bless you all! 

Good day,

I am currently serving as Captain with the U.S. Army and would like to try and build some of my family's military history ties.

My grandfather was Gust Mihal, from Dubuque, Iowa, who commanded the 1035th Engineer detachment in France and the Pacific in WW2. I have not been able to find much information on this elusive unit, and pops never spoke about the war. After he passed, we found a Silver Star in a drawer in his basement, but have been unable to get the citation since.

After the war he achieved the rank of Colonel in the reserves and spent twenty years teaching at the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir from 1957-1977.

I was curious if anyone knew him, or at least had family that knew him, or any of his many brothers and cousins that fought in the war (Mihals were at Bastogne and pretty much all over the European theater). It's a long shot, I know, but if anyone knew what he did during the war I would love to know.

Thank you to everyone in advance,

Chris

A forum member sent me the following for Farewell Kenneth Button - 2756 Combat Eng Bn. Rest in Peace, sir

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesunion-albany/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=185027285