VI Corps Memoirs

The vast majority of memoirs below were personally relayed to me by vets or members of their immediate families. A few are stories that I was given permission to link to or personal accounts found in magazines.

And...don't forget to check out our Engineer Photo Gallery for a complete look!

Walter "Monday" Poniedzialek - 540th Combat Engineer - upodate 11-19-14

Henry John Dieken - 540th Combat Engineer - added 12-9-2016

Frederick C Woods - 540th Combat Engineer - added 10-29-2014

Earl Ruzin -540th Combat Engineer - added 10-30-2014

John Fallon - 36th Combat Engineer - updated 06-10-09

James B Washington - 36th Combat Engineer - July '04

Rene Rousselle - 540th Combat Engineer - updated 06-12-06

Phil Bub - 36th Combat Engineer- updated 12-30-04

Edward Stephens - 540th Combat Engineer - added 11-10-04

Archie Armbruster - 540th Combat Engineer - updated 07-27-08

Aubrey Festus Hughes - 540th Combat Engineer - added 04-04-05

Bill Vander Wall - 540th Combat Engineer - updated 06-27-11

Charles Bryant - 540th Combat Engineer - added 09-28-05

Harold L Bare - 36th Combat Engineer - added 04-05-06

Irving Cherney - 36th Combat Engineer - updated 10-09-12

Jack O'Brien - 540th Combat Engineer - added 07-30-06

Vito Cupertino - 36th Combat Engineer - updated 08-23-06

Cecil E Addy - 36th Combat Engineer - updated 09-27-10

Vernon Dotson - 540th Combat Engineer Regiment - added 09-05-07

This I Saw at Anzio - a poem by Walter Miller - 36th Combat Engineer - added 04-17-08

Clifford Duncan - 540th Combat Engineer Regiment - updated 08-12-08

Clayton D. Gard discharge papers - added 07-27-08

Col Hugh M Connors - 540th Combat Engineer - Officer Qualification & Legion of Merit - added 07-27-08

Art Cook - 36th Combat Engineer - updated 12-20-10

Larry Babine - 36th Combat Engineer - updated 01-14-09

Carl Furtado - 36th Combat Engineer - updated 03-13-09

Bob Feland - 540th Combat Engineer - added 12-20-10

The following men were part of II Corps and VI Corps during their activation

An Interview with Arthur F Peternel - 48th Engineer - added 3-15-2015

Edward Schramm - 235th Engineer - letter with articles - added 11-21-2014

Will Tully - 48th Combat Engineer - added 10-26-12

Steve Urick - 235th Combat Engineer - added 10-31-2014

Alfred Kincer - 48th Combat Engineer - updated 08-25-07

Stanley Dziuban - 39th Combat Engineer - added 11-28-05

Florentino B Pena - 39th Combat Engineer - added 11-29-05

Lester C O'Neal - 39th Combat Engineer - updated 08-12-10

Paul Knudson - 39th Combat Engineer - updated 07-29-06

David Wagner - 39th Combat Engineer - updated 12-22-10

John Wack - 39th Combat Engineer - Updated 06-01-10

Ralph Leslie - 48th Combat Engineer - added 03-18-05

Orville O. "Bill" Munson - 48th Combat Engineer - updated 10-21-12

Edward Saraniero - 48th Combat Engineer - updated 10-17-2014