11-27-2006, 03:05 PM
Contact this history professor too:
http://personal2.stthomas.edu/jcfitzharris/
More tidbits...
The 130th Engineer Brigade was constituted on May 5, 1943 as the 1303rd Engineer General Services Regiment. It was activated on July 15, 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois. The Regiment played an important role during World War II with campaign credit for Normandy, North France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe and the Asian-Pacific Theatre.
Company B was known as Patton's Fighting Bridge Builders
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006011350.html
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"