09-28-2007, 11:02 PM
Hi Misty, welcome to the forum. Hope we can help you out. Do you know what engineer unit Mr Sandretto was with?
If he was captured in Tunisia around Feb 20, 1943 that would be the time of the Battle of Kaserine Pass. There were several engineer units involved.
19th Engineer Regiment
1st Engineer Bn ( 1st Infantry Div)
16th Combat Eng Bn (1st armored div)
Also several other II Corp Engineer units were in the area
a good possiblity here would be the 19th Engineer Reg who on 18/19 Feb acted as infantry, occupying a three-mile defensive line that stretched from the infantry position to Djebel Chambi. They were overrun the night of Feb 19/20.
I`ll see what else i can dig up so be sure to check back in the next few weeks.
Larry