Description

840th Engineer Aviation Battalion

 · World War II ·

330 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Compiled by the officers and men of the 840th Engineer Aviation Battalion, this unit history traces the battalion from its activation at Bradley Field, Connecticut in September 1942 through training, its assignment to the IX Engineer Command of the Ninth Air Force, and combat construction operations across England, France, Belgium, and Germany during World War II. It includes company narratives, staff rosters, awards and citations, personal recollections, and photographs of the men and their work. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original printed history.

Campaigns: Normandy · Northern France · Rhineland · Central Europe · Ardennes

Commanders: Lt. E. E. Osborne · Lt. Col. Pierre V. Kieffer, Jr. · Maj. John M. Keane

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Battalion Narrative

H. & S. Company History

“A” Company Story

“B” Company History

“C” Company Narrative

Medics’ Story

Map

Chaplain Section

In Memoriam

Special Service

Poems

Awards and Citations

Officer’s Section

Staff

“Here then is the story, our story of the thousand days of our lives which we gave to our country.”

— Lt. Col. Pierre V. Kieffer, Jr., Commanding, 840th Engr. Avn. Bn.