Received the following:
I contacted John Fallon who was Company Commander of H Company 3rd Battalion 36th Engineers in World War Two and he stated he had in the past sent the letter from MG Truscott along with a few other things to DOD several times and got a routine computerized rejection.
He stated that he eventually sent his own records to his Congressman including a copy of the morning report on the day he was wounded showing he was fighting as infantry and got a CIB. He stated he had tried for a couple of years to get the entire Regiment eligible on the basis that they were not Engineers for the 45 straight days at Anzio and that did not work either.
He stated that he had seen SOs awarding the CIB to Engineers but they were written during the war before the chairborne commandos in Washington got so strict. It appears that the letter from MG Truscott has been arround since 1944 to no avail so my recommendations would be to present any records that an individual has to their own Congressman.
Thank goodness that has finally been taken care of with the Combat Badge of today that does not require infantry recognition. Best wishes for the Holidays.
Robert