No one is here to FLAME anyone, so let's get that straight to all my SWEETHEARTS. 
First off let me make something perfectly clear; no one is trying to CHANGE any rules. We are merely trying to reinforce the rules that were written during WWII, and applied to my guys then. We aren't trying to start something new. We are trying to reinforce a rule that already existed.
Second, many of my guys already WERE awarded the CIB. They include such men as my dad who was a 540th Engineer, and Captain John Fallon of the 36th Engineers, who has one too. They were awarded to them during wartime, not after! That is very important. Many other engineers who acted as infantry and fought in the front lines got them too. Many did not. That is where the fight lies.
Third, we aren't trying to get them for ALL ENGINEERS, but those engineers who did perform as infantry and fell under the EXISTING conditions required to get the CIB. So don't think we are trying to award them to the engineer who was typing up morning reports several miles behind the lines. That is not the case!
Fourth, as I stated a few posts back, I now have documents proving that those who were awarded the CIB's, did deserve them and it wasn't a fluke or accident. I have the document showing when and where they were awarded to a group of men in my dad's unit. It is an official 7th Army document from the National Archives.
Our point is simply this; those who fought alongside men like my dad and John, should have gotten them too. Those are the men we are fighting for, not just ANYONE. We are simply stating that there is an inconsistency, and THAT inconsistency must be rectified. There are engineers who fought on the frontlines alongside their buddies from the 3rd, 34th, 36th, and 45th Infantry regiments. Right next to those guys. Our engineer units were attached to them AS INFANTRY, and it even states it thusly in the reports from headquarters. These men were officially infantry as declared by the US Army. Many of the engineer units fought on the front lines as infantry in a continous battle for weeks and months at a time. Documented. That is our fight, that is our only fight. I have made that clear from day one.
Lastly, the documents that I found, in particular the Army Circular dated 1944, states that these men that I'm fighting for WERE qualified, so help me God before they pass on, I plan to give them the justice due to them.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"