Description

865th Engineer Aviation Battalion
 • World War II •

84 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Compiled by the battalion’s own photographer, N. A. Helding, and editor, D. W. Hall, this pictorial record traces the 865th Engineer Aviation Battalion from its activation at Davis-Monthan Field in February 1943 through training in Idaho, overseas deployment, and combat construction work across the Southwest Pacific and Philippine campaigns. This listing is for a digital download (PDF) of a scanned copy of the original photograph album.

Campaigns: Finschhafen, New Guinea (1944) • Hollandia, New Guinea (1944) • Leyte, Philippine Islands (1944–1945) • Cebu, Philippine Islands (1945) • Mindanao, Philippine Islands (1945)

Commanders: Lt. Col. J. T. Crawford (Feb 1943 – Sep 1945) • Maj. J. C. Coughlin (Sep – Oct 1945) • Capt. F. V. Gorman (Oct 1945 – )

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Prologue — Activation and Stateside Training
Dedication to Fallen Comrades
Staff Officers
H&S Company Officers and Personnel
Medics
“A” Company
“B” Company
“C” Company
Finschhafen, New Guinea
Hollandia, New Guinea
Leyte, Philippine Islands
Cebu, Philippine Islands
Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Sayre Highway Bridge Construction
Chapel to the Prince of Peace, Maluko
Awards and Decorations

“Dedicated to our comrades in arms, who died that we might live in a better world.”
— Dedication, 865th Engineer Aviation Battalion Pictorial Record