I am posting this for David.

Dear Mrs. Chard:

My father was in the 1286th. Engr. C. BN., and I have been trying to find

any information that I can for my Dad. He has a hard time trying to

remember things now as he is 87. I can not seem to find anything. Would you

have any information on the 1286th? They were formed May 12, 1944 at Camp

Rucker, Alabama and inactivated ion 5 Nov. 1945 at Camp Cambell, Kentucky.

Any information or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

David Dings

David:

Nice hearing from you. I will try my best to see what I can discover. In

the interim please check out our forum Research section. It offers ways to

aid you in your research. One of the best ways is contacting the Office of

History at the Army Corps of Engineers. Super people!

I will post this on the forum for you this morning too. Others may see it

and have info to share.

Sincerely,

Marion J Chard

Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek

540th Combat Engineer WWII

www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com

David:

I hope you see this because I lost your email address as well as some others when I replaced my hard drive two weeks ago. Sigh! I did back-up and export my Outlook address book, but the danged file got corrupted. Luckily I had a previous export from Outlook, but alas it was two months old, so anything after it was lost.

I received this email from my friend Richard Horrell who runs a company that does research on WWII units. His site is listed on my Links Page and also in our Research Section. Here is an excerpt from his email.

"...Thank you for your newsletter. It is an excellent publication. Would you be so kind as to provide me with the e-mail address for David Dings, who's father was a member of the 1286th Eng. Cbt. Batt. I have quite a bit of facts about the unit...

Here is his web address:

http://www.ww2connections.com/pages/1/index.htm

Best of luck to you.