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

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I am trying to locate the Combat Aviation Engineer Unit that built the airfields in the Desert Training Center or CAMA during WW2. I am especially interested in any that may have served in Arizona from 1942-1944. The unit I am most interested in built the airfield  at Camp Laguna . The airfield was designated Laguna Army Airfield (LAAF).   Any assistance or guidance would be appreciated.

Yours,
Vincent Lacey