My buddy Jim, sent this to Pam in an email. Thanks Jim and aloha!
Hello Pam,
Jim Davis, Maui Hawaii - 1204th Army Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon - WW II here. Marian sent me your message to her website.
Here is what I can find on 324th Engineers:
1. it was an Engineer Combat Battalion
2. It was part of the 99th Infantry Division that entered combat in Belgium in early November 1944.
3. it was part of the 9th US Army and later the US 3rd Army.
4. It received Campaign Participation credit (tiny bronze stars (3) to be worn on the ribbon accompanying the European - African - Middle Eastern Medal) for these Campaign:
a. Ardennes - Alsace
b. Central Europe
c. Rhineland
4, It received credit for the occupation of Germany by having a "Germany" Bar attached to its Army of Occupation Medal.
5. it received the WW II Victory Medal.
I found a number of quite good websites on the 99th ID by going to 99th Infantry Division in Google.
Please contact me if you wish to dig deeper. Do you have your Grand father's medals, papers, stripes, etc.?
Help this is a bit of help.
Aloha,
Jim
Thank you so much Jim,and yes I would love to dig deeper, the problem is I have no records, medals strips, or anything except his headstone on his plot where he is burried, although I'd like to dig as deep as I possibly can, I don't even know where to start because of my grandmother not wanting to talk about him although I should have while she was alive ( I regrete it!) ............courious to know everything I can. Proud and ONLY granddaughter of Joe Boatwright. Pam Boatwright Marcus