Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
292nd Engineers/1149th Combat Grp
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10-11-2005, 04:20 PM
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
12-26-2005, 12:00 PM
My Dad was in A co. in the 292nd. The 292nd is just one of the many co engr. units that will someday be completly forgotten because there is very little written history to be found about them. And worse of all the men who served in them will also be also gone. My dad died in 2004 and with him went the answers of the many questions I never asked
12-26-2005, 10:59 PM
The 292nd was one of the battalions that belonged to the 1149th Engineer Combat Group.
I have some initial information for them that covers the time period of the Roer River Crossing and the Remagen Bridge in Germany in April 1945. I am scanning it to a PDF file which you can download and save to your hard drive and then print it.
I'll keep you posted on anything I find. Good luck!
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
12-27-2005, 08:23 PM
Thank you very much.
12-27-2005, 08:35 PM
Here is a contact name. Try giving him a buzz.
292nd Engr (Combat) Bn
Mr. Vernon Gansebom RR 1, Box 156 Osmond NE 68765-9633
ph: 402-748-3864
Also try looking at the PINNED topics in my RESEARCH section for other helpful hints. Let me know what else I can do for you.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
07-11-2009, 08:08 AM
Ah, looks like the story continues after a few years. Love when this happens:
Received this email from our latest member:
I directed him to this post, and have found some additional info which I will post shortly...
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
07-11-2009, 08:12 AM
Here's a document which mentions the non-divisional units attached to the 9th Army:
http://www.oldhickory30th.com/9th%20Army%2...Div%20Units.pdf
Looks like these few pages are taken from a book called
Conquer: The Story of the Ninth Army
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
07-11-2009, 08:24 AM
Here's another. It's an after-action report from the 5th Armored Division from March 1945. It mentions the 1149th Engineers:
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
07-11-2009, 08:28 AM
Here's a daughter who was looking for info on her dad. Just spotted this. Always worth including, for you never know. Don't know if here email addy is still valid, for this was posted back in 2004.
http://66.43.28.32/wwii/messages/13612.html
It does list more info for the unit, so even if you can't get in touch with her...
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
07-11-2009, 09:01 AM
Huh, well this is interesting. This is a REFERENCE guide (Operation OVERLORD) which points to documentation for various units, including the 1149th. The document is called:
Armed Forces Oral History - World War II Combat Interviews
Look at page 46 of this PDF file. It points to the following documents:
CI-370 through CI-372
According to this reference guide, these materials are located at:
Washington National Records Center - Operated by the National Archives (NARA) in Suitland Maryland.
If you can get your hands on this docs....well that would really rock!
The CI stands for Combat Interviews, but as the user guide points out, the documentation includes narrative histories, operation reports, official journals, etc.
I am going to post this reference guide in my RESEARCH section too, since it encompasses a vast number of units. Can't believe I hadn't found this until now. But that is what research is all about. You start out looking for one thing and...
Marion J Chard
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