105th engineer battalion - also material on USO show Nov 1944

[Walt's Daughter]

Received this a few weeks ago...

 

Hi! I’m hoping you can guide me. My father Rocco D. Petruzzi (deceased 2013) was a member of 105 Combat engineers, 30th Division in WWII. I’m not sure what company he was in but I know he was assigned to water point. I know he was in Mortain and Mogdanberg, Heerlen,Maastricht and he was there when the German propaganda leaflets were dropped. I’m trying to find out the path and time line of his march across parts of Europe. He always said he landed in Normandy D-day +6. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

Also, do you know how I would find out about a uso show held in a theater that featured the showing of the film of latest baseball world series. It also had special appearances of Mel Ott one of the players.

Sincerely,
Maryke Petruzzi

 

 

 

Gave her some of the info from our forum and I also added these links of interest:

 

 

http://www.oldhickory30th.com/XIXSiegfried105.pdf - talks about September and Oct 1944

3d Platoon, Company B, 105th Engineer Combat Battalion earned a PUC for actions of 7 July 1944. Medical Detachment and Headquarters and Service Company earned an MUC for actions from 1 June - 31 July 1945. (Marion's note - PUC stands for Presidential Unit Citation)

30th items of Tech Grade 4 Joseph M Serena, Jr. 105th Engineer Battalion - scroll down the page until you see this name

See page 5 of this entry

http://www.facesbeyondthegraves.com/pagina70.html

http://campcroft.org/OHA/newsletters/OHA%20Newsletter%202011%20May-Jun.pdf - scroll down to section regarding the 105th

http://www.recorder.com/home/9196577-95/northfield-resident-recalls-wwii-service

Troop ship crossing - see entry for 43-2-12

See third paragraph of this journal

This looks really interesting, for it looks like a complete history of the 30 Infantry Division, which the 105 Engineer Battalion, was a part of.

That should get you off to a good start. Let me know.

Smiles, Marion