Does anyone know what happened to the 163rd website? I think it has been taken down. Thanks!

Thanking everyone who's served this great country! Special thoughts go out to my father and all the combat engineers of WWII! God bless you all!

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My father served with the 344th Engineer General Service Regiment, Company C from May 1942 thru early Jan 1945. I am eternally grateful for having found the regiment’s history on this site some years ago. If anyone has a photograph of Company C at Camp Claibourne, please let me know.

Thanks, Peggy

My father received a field commission in early Jan 1945 that resulted in his posting to the 266^th Engineer Combat Battalion (which I understand was part of the 66^th Infantry Division). Previously he served with the 344th Engineer Regiment from May 1943.

A tranche of records for the 266th Engineers is held at the Eisenhower Archives in Kansas. As no history has been compiled to date, I was kindly provided with summary information as to the contents of these records. Recently I discovered that this information appears to conflict with the movements of the 66th Infantry Division. The 66th Infantry were heavily involved in the St Lazaire and Lorient sectors in western France until German surrender in May 1945 whereas information I was provided re the 266th Engineers includes operating boats over the Elbe River in April 1945 to allow American and Soviet commanders to meet at Torgau, Germany (south of Berlin). The distance between the two areas is over 600 miles which does not make sense to me.

I would be grateful for any assistance to help me determine where my father served during his time with the 266th Engineers from Jan 1945 through to deployment to the staging area in southern France.

Thank you!  Peggy

Absolutely incredible story - recovering the remains of a pilot in Germany.  A must read. A video is included.

http://worldwarwings.com/p-47-thunderbolt-pilots-remains-discovered-embedded-tree-72-years/