AH yes Christmas, who isnt busy this time of year? So much to do & too dern cold & snowy out there there to do it.
I`ll post some basic info to get Jeannie started in her quest.
The 9th Engineer Battalion was activated as the 9th Armored Engineer Battalion, a part of the 9th Armored Division.
There is an association contact for the 9th Armored Engineer Battalion:
9th Armored Engineers Association
Ms. Marie K. O'Donnell
53 Melrose Avenue
Lynbrook, NY 11563
(Newsletter)
(516) 593-1276
a brief history taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Engineer_Battalion_(United_States)
Following the outbreak of World War II, the battalion was activated as the 9th Armored Engineer Battalion, part of the newly 9th Armored Division. Landing in France in September from their staging base in England, the 9th Armored Engineers supported the division's movement across France, making first contact with the enemy in the Schoenfels-Wilwerdange-Bissen area. The battalion fought in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, with C Company figuring prominently in the holding of Bastogne, for which the company was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation.
On 7 March 1945, during the allied offensive to the Rhine River, Combat Command B of the 9th Armored Division arrived at the town of Remagen, discovering that the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river was intact. A detachment from B Company braved enemy fire to cut wires and dismantle explosive charges set to destroy the bridge. Although several charges were detonated, the Wehrmacht failed to destroy the Ludendorff Bridge; B Company secured the far side of the bridgehead. The next day, C Company kept the bridge open despite a continuous, intense artillery and aircraft attack that struck the bridge twenty-four times. When the smoke cleared, the 9th Armored Engineers had been instrumental in establishing the first bridgehead across the Rhine River since the Napoleonic Campaigns. The unit was awarded the oak leaf for their Distinguished Unit Citation for the combat at Remagen.
A few links:
Combat Chronicle 9TH ARMORED DIVISION