112th Engineers

[jim harriss]

M-1 I have a freind, AMADOR BARBOSA, THAT ISN'T DOING TO WELL. WE TALKED

LAST NIGHT AT OUR, ''AMERICAN G.I. FORUM MEETING'', HE DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS

TO THE INTERNET. HE BELONGED TO THE 112 COMBAT ENGINEERS OF THE CLEVELAND

NATL. GUARD. WENT IN AT NORMANDY, BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND WAS ATTACHED

TO, 1st ARMY, 5TH CORPS. HE ASKED ME IF I COULD HELP HIM GET INFO ON THE

112TH COMBAT ENGINEERS. SO NOW I'M SAYING HELP!! Rocky

He came to me cause I'm the Vice Cmndr. of our Chapter.

[Jeeper704]

A short description of their action at Omaha Beach, 06.06.1944:

 

At Exit D-3, the Les Moulins draw between Dog Red and Easy Green, the 112th Engineer Combat Battalion commander was killed early on D-day, and the men were pinned down by enemy fire behind a seawall. Even with the assistance of a platoon of the 147th, which came in with most of its equipment during the day, the 112th Battalion was not able to open Exit D-3 until 2000.

 

Apparently, they were in support of the 116th Regiment/29th Infantry Division on D-Day.

 

From 02.09(September).1944, they were attached to the 4th Infantry Division.

So they probably were located in Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge.

 

Erwin

[SonofaMP]

Hi Rocky, the 112th ECB was under the 1121st Engineer Combat Group, supporting V Corps.

On the unit page on Military.com http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=104139

it says "The Battalion HQ in BrookPark has the original reports of the WWII travels of the units."

Here`s a contact for the 112 from the Normandy Allies website:

112th Engineers Combat Bn

Mr. Jack M. Houghtlin

14909 Hummel Road,#28

Brook Park, OH 44142-2039

(216) 362-6361

 

[roque_riojas]

THANKS ALOT LARRY; THE ABOVE INFO. GAVE ME SOMETHING TO GO ON.

I CALLED MY FREIND AND TOLD HIM, SO HE IS EXCITED AND I WILL SEE

HIM TOMORROW AT A SENIORS LUNCHEON, --THAT'S FOR OLD PEOPLE--

FRIDAY IS MY SPECIAL DAY. ROCKY---- -GROUCH

[Walt's Daughter]

Erwin and Larry - thanks for helping Rocky!

 

 

 

Marion's note: I removed the above four and started a new post within this WWII Engineers section. This was originally within a post where someone was introducing themselves, and really wasn't related. Thanks!

[roque_riojas]

Marion,Erwin,Larry thank all y'all for the help. I am going to see if I can get this

C/Vet Engineer to see if he can make the next Honor Flight to D.C. Oct. 1.

Rocky

[Jeeper704]

No problem, glad I could be of a little help to you.

 

Erwin

[Walt's Daughter]

Some further additions to this topic:

 

Hello,

My Dad was John M Urban and was a WW II Vet, with the 112 Combat Engineers out of Cleveland, OH. I am interested in any history/info I can learn about them and their activities.

Thanks,

Bob Urban

 

 

 

http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/eng/0112enbn.htm

 

http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/normandy/TS/COE/COE15.htm

 

http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=9914&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services

 

A video from Camp Shelby and England

 

http://www.veteransofthebattleofthebulge.org/2012/05/28/wesley-ross-146th-engineer-combat-battalion/

 

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/06/northeast_ohioans_served_varie.html

 

From book section on Amazon

 

Army Records kept at Eisenhower Museum

If you type in 112th Engineers into Amazon.com's Book section, this it was it turns up

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=112th+Engineers

 

Hope this helps you.

 

Warmly,

M1