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Builders and Fighters

U.S. Army Engineers in World War II

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Builders and Fighters

U.S. Army Engineers in World War II

Department of the Army, EP 870-1-42

1992

608 Pages

Illustrated

Cover

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Table of Contents

1. Section I - Mobilization

1.1 Organization and Responsibilities

1.2 The Air Corps Construction Mission

1.3 Building the Atlantic Bases

1.4 Air Ferry Routes Across the South Pacific

1.5 The Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

1.6 The Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

2. Section II - Military Construction, Continental United States

2.1 The Military Construction Mission

2.2 Constructing the Pentagon

2.3 Building the Road to Alaska

2.4 The Louisville Engineer District

2.5 Formation of the Manhattan Engineer District

3. Section III - Research and Development

3.1 The Portable SCR-625 Mine Detector

3.2 The Tank Dozer

3.3 The Bailey: The Amazing, All-Purpose Bridge

3.4 Landing Mat Development WES

3.5 Airfields for Heavy Bombers

4. Section IV - Civil Works

4.1 Civil Works Developments

4.2 The Pick-Sloan Plan

4.3 War in the Heartland; The St. Paul District

4.4 Mobilizing the Waterways: The Mississippi River Navigation System

4.5 Rivers in Miniature: The Mississippi Basin Model

4.6 Bonneville Dam's Contribution to the War Effort

5. Section V - Military Construction Overseas

5.1 The Persian Gulf Command: Lifeline to the Soviet Union

5.2 Reconstruction of Le Harve

5.3 The Ledo Road

6. Section VI - Combat Engineering: War in the Far East

6.1 Aviation and Amphibian Engineers in the Southwest Pacific

6.2 The Battle of Attu

6.3 The Liberation of the Philippines

6.4 Cave Warfare on Okinawa

7. Section VII - Combat Engineering: War in Europe

7.1 Engineers in Sicily

7.2 The Volturno River Crossing

7.3 The Normandy Landing

7.4 Engineers in the Battle of the Bulge

7.5 The Rhine River Crossings

Authors

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Index

Back Cover

Anzio Vets Remember. This was taken from the Anzio Reunion 2006 flyer.

Anzio_Memories.pdf

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Anzio Beachhead Veterans of WWII

27th Annual Reunion - April 19-22 2006

Fayetteville Plaza Hotel

1965 Cedar Creek Road

Fayetteville, NC 28312

I have copied the registration form, etc. for anyone who's interested. It's in PDF form. Just open, save and print.

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Their website:

http://www.anziobeachheadveteransofwwii.com/index.html

Anzio_Beachhead_Reunion_2006.pdf

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JET FUEL 02-11-06

Bud and Jim were a couple of drinking buddies who

worked as aircraft mechanics in PITTSBURGH.

One day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the

hangar with nothing to do.

Bud said, "Man, I wish we had something to drink!"

Jim says, "Me too. Y'know, I've heard you can drink jet fuel and

get a buzz. You wanna try it?"

So they pour themselves a couple of glasses of high octane

hootch and got completely smashed.

The next morning Bud wakes up and is surprised at how good he

feels. In fact he feels GREAT! NO hangover!

NO bad side effects. Nothing!

Then the phone rings. It's Jim.

Jim says, "Hey, how do you feel this morning?"

Bud says, "I feel great. How about you?"

Jim says, "I feel great, too. You don't have a hangover?"

Bud says, "No that jet fuel is great stuff - no hangover,

nothing. We ought to do this more often."

"Yeah, well there's just one thing."

"What's that?"

"Have you farted yet?"

"No "

"Well, DON'T, 'cause I'm in Denver."

A friend of mine from the 327th Engineers (WWII) posed the following question:

Dick, you might remember and if not, I'm sure Laurie will research it. The code names or abbreviations that were used for all of the different explosives we used. #1 TNT, #2 C4, #3 C2, #4 Primer Cord (cordite?), #5 Fomite of mercury caps(blasting caps), #6 Bangalors, #7 Pull Fuses, #8 Anti tank Mines.(no dynamite, it was dangerous!)

I'm trying to remember the things we used everyday and that I always carried in the jeep.

I did try to research it online - without much luck. I did find references & links to the Army field manual "FM 5-250 Explosives and Demolitions", but access is restricted. Could this be the document with the "codes"?

Thanks for your help with this!