253rd Engineer Combat Battalion

[Walt's Daughter]

Here is more info provided by Richard Horrell of WWII Connections.

 

 

Dear Ms. Chard,

 

Commanded by Lt. Col. T.P. Hughes, the facts I have is that the 253rd was a part of Ninth Army. Not in my list for XIII or XVI Corps, so they must have been at the Army level.

 

Rather atypical for a unit of Ninth Army to have an Ardennes-Alsace Campaign credit, so they must have been in First or Third Army for a brief time before ending up in Ninth Army.

 

I will keep you up-to-date if I find further facts.

 

Happy July 4th Holiday,

Richard V. Horrell

WW 2 Connections

 

More info by Richard. This is an excerpt from his email to me:

 

Dear Ms. Chard,

 

Just a few more facts as per the 253rd.

 

Departed Boston Port of Embarkation, October 31, 1944

 

Sailed on the USS West Point AP-23

 

Arrived at Liverpool, England, November 8, 1944