03-16-2011, 06:21 AM
Hello Janet and welcome,
My interest is the US Combat Engineers in Europe in WWII. We have as part of our research material what we call our 'bible' and the 49th has two mentions in it.
I have the hardback edition, but there is also an online version.
Here are three links covering the 49th. It's not much, but it will give you a flavour of what your dad was doing in Northern Europe.
Pages 336/337 http://www.archive.org/stream/corpsofengineers00beck#page/336/mode/2up
Pages 376/377 http://www.archive.org/stream/corpsofengineers00beck#page/376/mode/2up
MAP http://www.archive.org/stream/corpsofengineers00beck#page/378/mode/2up
Colin.