Can someone give me more information about the truck and the canon at the photo below? I received this picture yesterday and we want to add it to our now and then website with some information about the truck and the canon.
I just picked up a copy of Volume 1 The war in europe at the local farmers market flea market for $2. It`s well used but has a lot of great pics.
Engineer Ingenuity
"Outwitting The Nazis. Retreating Nazis intended to clog the Allied advance with this and other ships sunk in Naples harbor.When U.S. Army Engineers eyed this hulk, however, they recognized an asset. Quickly they guaged its position near the blasted docks, tested its stability. Satisfied it was stuck fast, they threw up a bridge and enabled full-scale docking operations to be carried out on the barnacle-studded hull. All five hatches of the Liberty ship shown moored alongside are being unloaded at once. Guns, clothes food flow to Allied forces clawing their way up Italy`s spiny terrain. Much of the Corps of Engineers` efforts to keep supply lines open lifted few eyebrows save those of experts in logistics. Here the ability of the Army`s builders to improvise, points up their deeds in spectacular fashion."
Papa Art passed away on Friday, July 25, 2008. Please see the Farewell section of our forum, for all posts regarding this. Please do not post here, in order to avoid duplication.
I am keeping this section intact, to preserve the memory of the very first veteran to become a member of our forum. He was a very dear friend indeed. I shall miss you dearly.
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While during a search of a site which was given to us by SonofaMP, I ran across this selection. Man, oh man, I have to get my hands on this. But, it's only located at THEIR building in PA. Will have to find a way to get a copy of these letters. Awesome. Check this out:
My uncle, Cpl. Dean Belmonte, served in Co. C, 292nd Engineer Combat Battalion, XIII Corps, Ninth Army, during 1944-1945. His unit built bridges across the Roer River under fire during Operation Grenade, and supported the 84th, 102nd Infantry, and 5th Armored Divisions across the Rhine and Elbe Rivers.
I have minimal info about the unit, and I am hoping to learn more about his particualr unit and Engineers in general. I am a retired Air Force officer and the author of a book, Italian Americans in World War II (Arcadia, 2001). I look forward to participating in these discussions.
Thanks to all the veterans who are on this list, I appreciate your service to our country.
