Forums › World War II › WWII ENGINEERS v
New member from holland

Thread Modes
New member from holland
Walt's Daughter Offline
Walt's Daughter
*******
Posts: 0
Threads: 0
Joined: Jun 2004
#6
08-03-2006, 07:34 PM

http://www.lexingtonveterans.com/hellner.htm

 

Robert J. Hellner, Sr.

Private First Class - U.S. Army - 372nd Engineer Regiment

1943 - 1945

World War II

U.S. - England - France - Belgium - Germany

 

SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES

 

Construction of the Phoenix invasion breakwaters ( floating concrete breakwaters) for use in the Normandy Invasion

Participated in "D-Day" Invasion and the "Battle of the Bulge" as a member of the 372nd Engineer Regiment

Construction of several field hospitals

Combat duties in "Task Force Reed", a composite force of engineer, cavalry & tank destroyer units which were to hold the flank at the Moselle River

Construction of several POW enclosures

Reconstruction of bridges on the Moselle and Rhine Rivers

He and his wife, Betty lived in the Sommerset Villas.

 

Robert Hellner passed away at Lexington in 1999 and is buried in Ann Arbor, Michigan with full military honors.

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"
Find
Reply


Messages In This Thread
New member from holland - by henk0607 - 08-03-2006, 05:16 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 08-03-2006, 06:51 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 08-03-2006, 06:55 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 08-03-2006, 06:59 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 08-03-2006, 07:23 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 08-03-2006, 07:34 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 08-03-2006, 07:37 PM
New member from holland - by Dogdaddy - 08-04-2006, 03:06 AM
New member from holland - by Parnell-H - 08-04-2006, 04:28 AM
New member from holland - by henk0607 - 08-07-2006, 03:55 AM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 08-07-2006, 07:45 AM
New member from holland - by ricklind - 09-10-2006, 10:22 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 09-11-2006, 12:42 AM
New member from holland - by ricklind - 09-17-2006, 03:51 AM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 09-17-2006, 09:03 AM
New member from holland - by henk0607 - 10-23-2006, 08:20 AM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 10-24-2006, 10:22 PM
New member from holland - by henk0607 - 10-25-2006, 06:03 AM
New member from holland - by henk0607 - 11-10-2006, 04:39 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 11-10-2006, 06:01 PM
New member from holland - by henk0607 - 12-02-2006, 10:11 AM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 12-02-2006, 10:28 AM
New member from holland - by Ray C - 07-26-2009, 10:54 PM
New member from holland - by Walt's Daughter - 07-27-2009, 08:16 AM
New member from holland - by colinhotham - 07-27-2009, 11:46 AM

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Honorary Member - 39th Eng Bn Walt's Daughter 3 4,749 03-08-2011, 12:43 PM
Last Post: Walt's Daughter
  Another 540th member! Walt's Daughter 4 7,037 01-24-2006, 09:55 PM
Last Post: M.Jones



Users browsing this thread: 3 Guest(s)