Description

5th Engineer Combat Battalion

· World War II ·

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Document Overview

“Potholes and Bullets: The Story of the Continental Operations of the Fifth Engineer Combat Battalion” was compiled in 1946 by the Battalion’s S-3 and S-2 Sections, drawing on the unit’s Official History and photographs taken by the official Battalion photographer. It traces the 5th Engineers from pre-invasion training in England through their Continental campaigns with the First United States Army and on to Post V-E Day operations, rounded out with awards, an officer and battalion roster, and personal photographs. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.

Campaigns: Normandy · Northern France · Rhineland, Part I · Ardennes · Rhineland, Part II · Central Europe

Commanders: Lt. Col. C. C. Holbrook · Maj. Arthur W. Starkey · Maj. Samuel Yarchin · Maj. Albert L. Kahn · Maj. Eugene R. Kline · Maj. Clyde H. Penberthy

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Foreword

Dedication

Preface

Pre-Invasion Preparations in England

Introduction

Normandy Campaign

Northern France Campaign

Rhineland Campaign, Part I

Ardennes Campaign

Rhineland Campaign, Part II

Central Europe Campaign

Post V-E Day

Awards

Officers of the Battalion

Battalion Roster

Personalities and Human Interest

“The Battalion… played an important role in the heroic stand made by Engineer Troops of First Army against Field Marshall von Rundstedt’s counter-offensive in the Ardennes.”

— Introduction, Potholes and Bullets (1946)