179th Engineer Combat Battalion

[Walt's Daughter]

http://members.tripod.com/33rdscb/id38.htm

 

This is taken from the above page - The 33rd Signal Construction Battalion. The 179th is mentioned here:

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The first platoon of Company A moved from Tucquegnieux to Basse Yutz, a suburb of Thionville, on November 24. On December 1 the second platoon also moved to Basse Yutz, and Company A began extending the open wire construction from Thionville to Bouzonville. This lead was built through a heavily mined area. Personnel were obtained from the 88th and 179th Engineer Battalions to clear the right-of-way of mines. The second platoon was assigned to work from Bouzonville, and moved there December 8. This job was finished on December 20. Spiral-four was placed from Bouzonville to Ittersdorf, Germany.