Greetings,
I am looking for any information or photos of my Grandfather, Vernon Snodgrass - 1108th Group, 48th Combat Engineers Battalion, Company B.
To the best of my knowledge, my grandfather entered the service in 1942, trained at Camp Walthers Texas, Camp Gruber Oklahoma, Camp Polk Louisiana, and then traveled with the 48th to North Africa and onto Italy.
He was wounded on January 14, 1944 near San Pietro, Italy.... but I am not sure what happened after that.... Either due to injuries sustained in San Pietro, or injuries from a later enguagement, he was sent to a hospital, after the hospital stay he was reassigned to the 337th Quartermasters and spent the remainder of the war in Leghorn, Italy.
I would appreachite any assistance you can provide. Thank you In advance.
PS - Here is a general list of my Granddad's where-a-bouts during the war.
1941
September 11, 1941 - Entered Military Service
1942
September 23, 1942 - Married high school sweetheart
October 1942 - Private - CoD 64th Inf. Training Battalion (Camp Walters, Tx)
December 1942 - Made Private First Class
November 18, 1942 - Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
December 18-20, 1942 - Took weekend furlough from Camp Gruber and returned
home (Liberal, Mo) for a visit
1943
February 1943 - Captain
March 1943 - Training at Camp Polk Louisiana
June 1943 - Back at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
July (First week - 15), 1943 - On leave, back to Liberal, Missouri
August 14'ish, 1943 - Traveled to New England States
August 20, 1943 - Boarded USS Edmund Alexander on New York Harbor (for 2
week trip to North Africa)
September 4, 1943 - North Africa
October 21, 1943 - Italy
December 15-23, 1943 worked on the "Express Highway" (Italy)
1944
January 4-8, 1944 - 1108th Cited for Outstanding Performance
January 12, 1944 - Wounded (Purple Heart) - Near San Pietro, Italy (Spent
time in Hospital)
April 1944 - Reassigned to the 337th Quarter Master Supply Company
1945
April 1945 - Sergeant
May 8, 1945 - European VE Day
June 1945 - Leghorn, Italy
October 23, 1945 - Left Leghorn, for Naples to board a ship back to the
states
