06-16-2009, 09:22 PM
"Would the amphibious forces patch be given for rivers too?"
No, but there are several posibilities, first i dont think was uncommon for guys to swap or "collect" shoulder patches from other nearby units. Second, if they were in England they may have trained with or were attached or assigned to an Amphibious Force Command. but were penciled in as an engineer followup unit instead of landing on D-Day.
I see the 1251st also has a campaign credit for Southern Phillipines, did your dad go to the pacific after the war in europe ended? They may have been under an amphip command there.
From what i gather, the patch was not from any certain engineer special brigade but used by Amphipious Force Command for engineer units.