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Builders and Fighters

U.S. Army Engineers in World War II

 

 

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Builders and Fighters

U.S. Army Engineers in World War II

 

Department of the Army, EP 870-1-42

1992

608 Pages

Illustrated

 

Cover

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Table of Contents

1. Section I - Mobilization

1.1 Organization and Responsibilities

1.2 The Air Corps Construction Mission

1.3 Building the Atlantic Bases

1.4 Air Ferry Routes Across the South Pacific

1.5 The Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

1.6 The Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

 

2. Section II - Military Construction, Continental United States

2.1 The Military Construction Mission

2.2 Constructing the Pentagon

2.3 Building the Road to Alaska

2.4 The Louisville Engineer District

2.5 Formation of the Manhattan Engineer District

 

3. Section III - Research and Development

3.1 The Portable SCR-625 Mine Detector

3.2 The Tank Dozer

3.3 The Bailey: The Amazing, All-Purpose Bridge

3.4 Landing Mat Development WES

3.5 Airfields for Heavy Bombers

 

4. Section IV - Civil Works

4.1 Civil Works Developments

4.2 The Pick-Sloan Plan

4.3 War in the Heartland; The St. Paul District

4.4 Mobilizing the Waterways: The Mississippi River Navigation System

4.5 Rivers in Miniature: The Mississippi Basin Model

4.6 Bonneville Dam's Contribution to the War Effort

 

5. Section V - Military Construction Overseas

5.1 The Persian Gulf Command: Lifeline to the Soviet Union

5.2 Reconstruction of Le Harve

5.3 The Ledo Road

 

6. Section VI - Combat Engineering: War in the Far East

6.1 Aviation and Amphibian Engineers in the Southwest Pacific

6.2 The Battle of Attu

6.3 The Liberation of the Philippines

6.4 Cave Warfare on Okinawa

 

7. Section VII - Combat Engineering: War in Europe

7.1 Engineers in Sicily

7.2 The Volturno River Crossing

7.3 The Normandy Landing

7.4 Engineers in the Battle of the Bulge

7.5 The Rhine River Crossings

 

Authors

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Index

Back Cover