Barbara:
Nice to have you here. I can put you in touch with everyone associated with the 49th. Will send you the list tomorrow. Getting ready for bed tonight. Have an early interview with a radio station in Ottawa, Canada tomorrow morning at 8 AM.
Welcome. Would love to hear your dad's stories!
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Hi Marion, I want to again thank you for being so kind and hosting such a great site, thank you for all your hard work, care and concern.
I've been working on an extract from the NARA files to try and find a way to provide information to everyone. I have spent a lot of time compiling a spreadsheet with quite a few tabs along the bottom listing personnel, unit info, etc. Can I upload it to this site as an attachment, do you want me to copy and paste it or would you prefer to screen it first and decide how best to display it? The file size is 438Kb. Here is one of the tabs - 49th ECB CO's.
49TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION - COMMANDING OFFICERS
GENERAL ORDER RANK BRANCH FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME LAST NAME DATE COMMAND LOCATION NOTES
1 Major CE R. Ernest Leffel Thursday, April 01, 1943 Camp Carson, CO CE = Combat Engineer
5 Major CE R. Ernest Leffel Tuesday, September 21, 1943 Camp Carson, Colorado
4 Major CE James P. Neville Wednesday, March 14, 1945
8 Major CE James P. Neville Sunday, June 03, 1945
14 Major CE Julius R. Noble Thursday, August 16, 1945
15 Major CE Charles D. McLeod Sunday, August 19, 1945
16 Major CE James P. Neville Monday, August 27, 1945
17 Major CE Charles D. McLeod Monday, September 03, 1945
18 Captain CE Dale E. O'Brien Sunday, September 30, 1945
19 Lieutenant Colonel FA Fred N. Wisehart Monday, October 08, 1945 FA = Field Artillery
20 Captain IN Jack J. Jarvis Tuesday, November 06, 1945 IN = Infantry
Thanks.