Hi,
Looking for any info or history on my wife's grandfather's unit. This is his citiation: http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=36740
Any info on this unit, assault demo teams, and UDTs?
1st & 2nd BN, 18th Marine (Engineer), 2nd Marine Division, WWII
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11-12-2014, 09:48 PM
Hi,
Looking for any info or history on my wife's grandfather's unit. This is his citiation: http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=36740
Any info on this unit, assault demo teams, and UDTs?
11-13-2014, 01:43 PM
Hi and welcome to our forum. Let's see what I can dig up on this unit. Here's to your wife's grandfather!
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"
11-13-2014, 01:53 PM
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Marianas/USA-P-Marianas-A.html
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/132477-tarawa-short-snorter-18th-marines/
http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../units/units_american.asp
Here is something from my forum - http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/engforum/index.php?showtopic=7330
A brief history - http://www.seabeecook.com/history/nmcb_18.htm
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"
11-13-2014, 01:55 PM
Here's one for Harold O Lovett
Here's info from our friend Thurman
17th Marines -1st Marine Division.
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"
11-13-2014, 02:03 PM
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"
11-15-2014, 09:08 PM
Thanks! It seems though that in the online histories of the WWII UDTs, they rarely mention non-Navy members serving in them, and certainly not by name.
If he stayed on the ship he was on a month prior to Tarawa, that means he arrived on Red Beach 2.
11-16-2014, 10:43 AM
I would contact NARA in Maryland to see if you can obtain a unit history.
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/researcher-info.html
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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