Enjoyed your site -- I served in the 2nd Corp Engineers, 5th Army in Italy. At the end of the war in Europe, was aboard ship heading to Japan when peace was declared. The ship was then rerouted to Newport News, VA. I ended my army career at 2nd Corp headquarters in Louisana.
Never received any info regarding reunions perhaps because I was overseas such a short time, having joined the unit in northern Italy as a replacement. Do you have any interesting info on this unit's activities?
One proud Veteran
Robert H. Eklund
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He wrote back and added that he was with the 401st Combat Engineers that I joined in Udine, Italy in 1944.
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Here's some info I gathered. I will have more hopefully this weekend.
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Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as the 19th Engineers
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 19th Engineer Combat Regiment
Regiment broken up 1 March 1945 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
1st Battalion as the 401st Engineer Combat Battalion
(Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Engineer Combat Group; 2d Battalion as the 402d Engineer Combat Battalion -- hereafter separate lineages)
401st Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 6 December 1945 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
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Here's a link for the Order of Battle. Your bn was attached to IV Corps earlier in the war:
http://www.milhist.net/ordbat/4corpsus.html
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The 401st and 402nd Battalions started off as the 19th Combat Engineer Regiment. Here is a name for a gentleman. I'm afraid I can't tell you for sure if he is still alive, but it's worth a try.
19th Combat Engineer Regiment (WWII)
Mr. Robert Lenecker
(916) 331-4915
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Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"