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  9th Armored Engineer Bn
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 08-07-2015, 02:20 PM - Forum: WWII ENGINEERS - Replies (1)


Received this email this week.

 

 

WATT, Jack B.
1921
1944
Cpl 9th Armored Eng WWII; Repatriated May 1949
SCWB
My Uncle jack died in the early days of the Battle of the Bulge. Dec 18 or 19th, 1944 I have heard his unit only lost 10 guys. Jack was the swim instructor for the Battalion back in LA before the shipped over on the Queen Mary(?)
Jack was very muscular , a football player, tall over 6'4" and a man of great compassion and character.
He and my dad were orphaned in 1939 when he was 16 yrs old and survived alone in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania until they were "taken in" by a local pastor.
His widow, though she remarried, kept his medals and a scarf he bought for her in Paris; giving them to our family when she passed away. Her son not related to Jack said he felt like Jack was his own father - She loved him that much.
I have asked for his war record to get any more details of his last days.Unfortunately the records may have been in the fire that destroyed the records of so many.
My hope is to visit the site where he could have been KIA. I would very much like to place something of remembrance for my Uncle Jack.
I plan to travel to Bastogne on Friday September 4th 2015 and would like to get as much info about the 9th Armored Engineers between Dec 16 - 20th,1944.

 

 

 

 

So I am doing a bit of research for her, including sending her the link to the STATES Veteran's Admin, so she can contact them for records. Below find related links. Will add to this as I go.

 

 

 

http://www.9tharmored.com/

 

http://www.history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/9ad-eto.htm

 

http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/eng/0009enbn.htm

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/9th-Engineer-Battalion/122347161121274

 

http://www.globeatwar.com/article/us-9th-armored-division-liberation-western-czechoslovakia-1945

 

http://www.battleofthebulgememories.be/stories26/32-battle-of-the-bulge-us-army/551-ccb-9th-armored-division-battle-of-the-bulge.html

 

http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/9tharmored/

 

http://www.allworldwars.com/The%20Remagen%20Bridgehead%20March%201945.html

 

Rhine River Crossing - 9th Armored Eng Bn - pdf

 

https://www.flickr.com/people/9thenginnerbattalion/

 

 

 

 

Also recommending that you contact the Army Corps of Engineer's Office of History in Alexandria, VA and NARA in Maryland, for they would have unit records from the war. Also

 

Fort Leonard Wood - Office of Engineer History
Historian, U.S. Army Engineer School
320 MANSCEN Loop, Suite 043
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO 65473
573-563-6365

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  WWII wallet found and returned after 70 years!
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 08-06-2015, 11:18 AM - Forum: ANYTHING WWII - Replies (5)


Heartwarming story. Just has to share with my group! WWII wallet found and returned after 70 years!

 

http://news.yahoo.com/video/wallet-lost-during-world-war-035356123.html?soc_src=default

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  Farewell Lawrence T Page - 148th Engineer
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 07-22-2015, 07:44 AM - Forum: Announcements, Get Well Wishes & Farewells - Replies (1)


My condolences to Dean Page on the loss of his father, Lawrence Page, who was a medic with the 148th Engineers, WWII. Dean signed my guestbook when my website was in its infancy and shared his father's history and photos with me.


He had just turned 91 on July 19. Rest in peace, sir.



http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/LawrencePage.htm


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  1st Engineer Special Brigade Veterans Association
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 07-20-2015, 08:19 AM - Forum: LOOKING FOR... - Replies (2)


Received this from my a friend who is a researcher.

 

 

Dear Mrs. Chard,
I hope this e-mail finds you well & enjoying a warm summer season. My e-mail to you is in regard to the 1st Engineer Special Brigade.
Have you any knowledge of a 1st Engineer Special Brigade Veterans Association? I need to contact someone with FACTS as per the history of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade.
Thank you for your time.
Respectfully,
Richard V. Horrell
WW 2 Connections

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  Hello All. Grandson of 292nd Combat Engineer here, Introducing myself.
Posted by: Joel - 07-12-2015, 07:44 PM - Forum: Introduce Yourself! - Replies (18)


Hello everyone,

 

I joined this forum more than a year ago when I began researching my grandfather's time in the army. He gave me a copy of his map which was given to him after the war that detailed all the places the 292nd went throughout Europe. There are pictures of ones like it here on this forum. His name is Paul Corzine and he is originally from Karnak Illinois. His brothers Ray and Jim also served at the same time in other sections of the army and he got to meet see each of them one time while they were all in Europe at the same time.

 

After a year of doing interviews with my grandfather and scanning in some photos, I finally thought it was time to share my photos on here. I'm still working on editing the interviews I've shot with him, but here are pictures which he shot while there. https://www.flickr.com/gp/129969616@N08/7nZA2a On the back of many of the photos he wrote names and such about what was in the picture. I have taken those words verbatim and titled the photos on Flickr the same way. Any photos which are titled "Corzinexxxx" is simply a picture which was not labeled in any way.

 

Please look through them and let me know if you recognize anyone or have any questions. My grandfather remembers some things very well about them, and some things not so much. I'm currently making a list of all the individuals notated in the photos, and I'll add that to this post later when it's complete so it's searchable by search engines, should anyone look for folks later.

 

One final note, there are several photos in this album which contain pictures of dead bodies. Most are from the Dachau concentration camp. I have marked those photos as "moderate" on Flickr's safety scale, so if you wish not to view them, please filter accordingly.

 

Thanks, Glad to meet everyone,

 

SaM Harrison

 

https://www.flickr.com/gp/129969616@N08/7nZA2a

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