Engineer History - Fifth Army
#1

Hi all:

 

Well thanks to my dear buddy, Al Kincer, I now have the complete set of

 

Engineer History - Mediterranean Theater - Fifth Army

 

It's a three volume set and he had given me the first book a few months back. Now I have all three and what a fine addition it is to my collection. I am very grateful.

 

The books are complete with detailed maps, history each unit and many have photos to go along with. A real treasure for me.

 

THANKS AL. YOU'RE THE BEST!

Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
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#2

The books are complete with detailed maps, history each unit and many have photos to go along with.

Aww, come-ON. You can do better than that.

Is it a boring history or does it describe some of the exploits of the engineers while under enemy fire?

What kind of maps? How detailed? Color?

Any tables or rosters of officers or such?

 

:direct: Get with the program, lady.

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#3

Tease, tease, tease. So there. That is all you get for now. :lol:

 

I promise (really, yah!) that I will tell more later. For now you are to be kept haning on... :lol:

 

I know, I'm rotten! :fireyhair:

Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
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#4

Okay here's the lowdown...

 

Yes, the books are filled with various photos of many of the engineer groups at work, building bridges, clearing minefields, constructing culverts, etc. They also include descriptions and maps of operation for the 5th army engineer groups.

 

The third volume is pretty cool too and is an entire book of appendices. One section has each job number, which unit was employed for that job and the description of the work they did. Pretty awesome. It goes on for page, after page, after page. They are quite a few entries for the 540th too. Here's a sample entry:

 

Job: #121

 

Unit deployed: 540th

 

Description of work: Maintain for 2-way, all traffic (weather), highway from BJ N-0078 from Madragone.

Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
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#5

WOW! That sounds like a must-have for Engineer historians!!!!

 

Congrats on that buy!

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#6

Yes, it is a real bonus for me. It will help me round out the history for the 540th. ANY info I can get for the site and especially my book will really come in handy. I'm just amazed at all the info that IS available on engineers. I'm tickled pink! :)

Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
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