10th engineer combat battalion

[Walt's Daughter]

Well actually here's the breakdown for infantry divs in WWII:

 

Organization Compositions of Divisions, Infantry

 

Here's the breakdown for the 3rd Infantry Division:

 

3rd Division Table of Organization

 

The 10th Engs were always a functioning unit of the 3rd Inf in WWII.

The engineer "attachments" for the 3rd Inf Div were:

• 36th Engr Regt
• 290th Engr C Bn
• 2831st Engr C Bn

The 3rd Eng Bn was organized as the 3d Battalion of Engineers on 25 March 1901, at Fort Totten, New York. On 1 October 1941, the Regiment was reorganized to form the 3d and 65th Engineer Combat Battalions. The 3d Engineer Combat Battalion became one of the organic components of the 24th Infantry Division. They saw their first action at Pearl Harbor and continued on in the Pacific Theatre of Operations.

 

Here's the complete lowdown:

 

History of the 3rd Engineers WWII