Description

50th Engineer Combat Battalion
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Forces, Pacific • World War II •
56 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Produced by the battalion’s editorial staff with the cooperation of the 69th Engineer Topographic Company, this unit history opens with a message from Major General Hugh J. Casey, Chief Engineer, and follows the battalion from its activation as part of the 50th Engineer Combat Regiment at Camp White, Oregon, through amphibious training and combat shore-party operations in the Aleutians and the Pacific, closing with a pictorial history, company rosters, decorations, and commendations. This listing is for a digital download of a scanned copy of the original photo-illustrated volume.

Campaigns: Attu (1943); Kiska (1943); Okinawa (1945), including support of the Seventh and Ninety-Sixth Infantry Divisions; occupation duty in Korea.

Commanders: Col. Robert E. Coughlin (Regimental Commander); Lt. Col. Warmeldorff (Regimental Commander); Lt. Col. L. L. Kingsbury (Battalion Commander); Maj. Wilhelm (acting Battalion Commander); Maj. Gen. Charles H. Corlett (Commanding General, Amphibious Training Force 9); Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Casey (Chief Engineer, USAFPAC).

Unit paper: unknown

Table of Contents
Roll of Honor
Battalion History
Medical Detachment
Pictorial History
Companies Today
Decorations
Commendations

“The impossible had been accomplished, Japan had completely evacuated the island in spite of our constant naval blockade.”
— from the Kiska Operation account