12-19-2004, 08:48 PM
Maybe I dont belong here but was a Combat Engineer in training in 1944 at Ft. Belvoir
and at end of combat eng. training my whole group along with many other groups were
suddenly transferred to Camp Howze TX for advanced infantry training for casualtiies
replacements in the infantry for 6 weeks then immediately shipped overseas to Inf.
units as casualty replacements. to France. Here I joined the 3rd Inf. Div. as a dogface
infantryman casuallty replacement and fought from France, thru to Austria till wars end.
However I believe the combat engineer training was at least as tough as infantry training and did teach me much which helped me survive. Joe