04-30-2005, 02:29 PM
Okay here's the lowdown...
Yes, the books are filled with various photos of many of the engineer groups at work, building bridges, clearing minefields, constructing culverts, etc. They also include descriptions and maps of operation for the 5th army engineer groups.
The third volume is pretty cool too and is an entire book of appendices. One section has each job number, which unit was employed for that job and the description of the work they did. Pretty awesome. It goes on for page, after page, after page. They are quite a few entries for the 540th too. Here's a sample entry:
Job: #121
Unit deployed: 540th
Description of work: Maintain for 2-way, all traffic (weather), highway from BJ N-0078 from Madragone.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"