Description

1264th Engineer Combat Battalion
World War II

74 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Compiled by the battalion’s own editorial staff — editor Walter N. Hiller Jr., business manager James F. Long, and a team of writers and artists from the ranks — this unit history traces the 1264th Engineer Combat Battalion from its activation at Camp Bowie, Texas in February 1944 through training, its Atlantic crossing, service in England, France, Belgium (including the aftermath of the Battle of the Bulge near Stavelot and Malmedy), the construction of the Hodges Bridge across the Rhine at Bad Godesberg, and occupation duty in Germany at Eisenach, Göppingen, and Salach through September 1945. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original 1945 printed history, complete with photographs, cartoons, verse, and company rosters.

Campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace • Rhineland • Central Europe (Occupation)

Commanders: Lt. Col. Arthur H. Lahlum • Maj. Frank B. Stickney • Maj. William H. Reeves Jr.

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Activation and Cadre Training at Camp Bowie, Texas
Basic Training and Life at Camp Bowie
Furloughs and Preparation for Overseas Movement
Departure and the Atlantic Crossing
Arrival in England — Weston-Super-Mare
Unit Training and English Hospitality
Crossing to France — Cherbourg and Normandy
Movement to Belgium — Stavelot and Malmedy
Road Maintenance on N 32 and the Belgian Mud
Into Germany — Bridging the Rhine
The Hodges Bridge at Bad Godesberg
V-E Day and the Start of Occupation Duty
Occupation Life — Eisenach, Göppingen, and Salach
Farewell Letters and Roster of the Battalion

“We are history.”
— Foreword, 1264th Engineer Combat Battalion history