Description

816th Engineer Aviation Battalion

· World War II ·

188 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Compiled and written by the officers and men of the 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion, part of the 922nd Engineer Aviation Regiment under IX Engineer Command, this unit history, “Passes in Review,” traces the battalion’s formation and training in England, its landing on the Normandy beachhead, and its airfield-construction work across France, Belgium, and Germany through V-E Day, including rosters of officers and enlisted men, unit awards and commendations, and photographs of personnel and job sites. This listing is for a digital download (PDF) of a scanned copy of the original printed history.

Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe

Commanders: Col. Thomas A. Glass, Col. K. B. Schilling, Lt. Col. Don A. Parkhurst

Unit publication: unknown

Table of Contents

Foreword

In Memoriam

Administration and Communications

Personnel

Special Service and Information and Education

Rest Home

Engineering and Operations

Battalion Missions

Supply

Medical Detachment

Headquarters and Service Company

A Company

B Company

C Company

Awards and Commendations

Roster of Officers

“The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”

— In Memoriam, 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion