Taken from Builders and Fighters - Engineers in Sicily - James W Dunn
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...General Truscott then decided to try the left flank where he planned an amphibious attack for 7 August. A German air attack destroyed one of the LST's, postponing the operation until 8 August. At 0315, a task force structured around Lieutenant Colonel Lyle A. Bernard's 2d Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, landed in the vicinity of Sant' Agata about five miles behind the San Fratello Ridge. In addition to his own battalion, Bernard had two batteries of self-propelled 105-mm artillery, a platoon from the 10th Engineers, and another engineer platoon from the 2d Battalion, 540th Engineers.
While the 540th Engineers used D-7 bulldozers to clear away beach obstacles, the 10th Engineer Platoon went forward with the tanks and artillery as Bernard positioned his task force to cut Highway 113 and block the withdrawal route of the 29th Panzer Division. But the 29th had already withdrawn, and by the time Bernard's force made contact with the 7th Infantry, only Italian rear guard troops were captured...
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540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"