Hi Tom:
Sorry for the delay in reply, but have been out of town for a few days.
Nice to hear from you and of course always excited when I hear the 540th mentioned too. A real plus in my book.
I don't know of anything off-hand, but that certainly doesn't mean that I won't find something that I haven't stumbled across as of yet. There very well may be info amongst my books and even within the over 2000 pages of National Archived docs that I now have within my possession.
You did mention a few things that you found, but have you seen this PDF file? This is in regards to the 1144th. They are mentioned on the page seven.
http://505th.net/505th_pda.pdf
I am going to place your request and my answer on the forum in the Engineer's section. In the meantime I will let you know if I come across any other info on the 1144th.
Thanks for writing. Would love to hear about the anything you have on the 540th. Consider adding it to the post I am going to place.
Regards,
Marion Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"