The 160 Engineer Combat Battalion was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland in the Spring of 1943. They were formed there on April 27,1943 with 638 men. Dad doesn't remember much about their official duties at Fort Meade but he does remember a weekend pass that he and some buddies got and they took a bus to Washington D.C. to see the sights of the capitol. While they were there they got a craving for some southern fried chicken. They found some fried chicken but as Dad remembers it wasn't " southern fried". Dad's memory is a little fuzzy on this but he and his buddies might have gotten a little out of hand that weekend and had to answer for their behavior when they got back to the fort. These are pictures of some of the men from the 160th that were taken that Spring.
Oscar G. Anderson
Company Billeting
Frank W. Prinz
Charles V. Zimmerman
Edwin N. Blasingim
Kallam and Blasingim
Red Miller and Wife, Wife, Red Miller and Cpl Meyers
Anderson and Meyers
Sgt. Hu
Glen Blasingim, son of Edwin N. Blasingim