Hello Marion,

Thanks for the info. Sorry, can't help the gentlemen. We had no contact

with Engineer units, other than our own kind, during the war with one

exception. That was an Engineer Combat or General Service, Battalion or

Regiment who was rebuilding a railroad bridge on the Durance River at

Meyraguess in Southern France not long after the August 15 1944 landing.

The bridge was a Bailey, a triple/triple and the longest Bailey put up to

date at that time, reportedly. The length I have forgotten if ever knew.

But it was so long it required two supporting piers to hold it up. Our job

was to pump out the water in pier footings created by driving sheet piling

into the river bed. With the water out concrete could be poured. We used

fire trucks and trailer mounted fire fighting pumpers 24/7 for several days

and then moved on north with the advancing 7th Army of which we were a part.

Have no pictures, just memories as enlisted could not have cameras.

Aloha,

Jim

Marion's note: Posted this here for our friend and forum member Jim Davis.

James G. Davis, Member and Historian

1204th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

World War II

Author: "Fire Fighters in Fatigues - The 1204th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon - A History"

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