A platoon of the 19th Engineers relieved me , just one hour before, of the job of building the bridge across the Rapido river for the assault by the 36 Division in January 1944. No one ever explained to me why the switch was made. I suppose THe Lord had plans for the brave engineers from the 19th that died that night I commanded 1st platoon of co. B 48th Engrs. at the time. I have thought many times about the operation. Why, WE, were the ones that had trained for and had made a special reconnaissance of the site. Yes The 19th was in Italy!!! I tell of the operation in my writings. AL Kincer 48th Engrs
Added note from Marion -
Al and others. I've noticed that changing the font sizes, etc. are still a problem for many on this forum. Here's a helpful hint.
If you want to change the size of the font, etc., first highlight all the text with your mouse, then while it's still highlighted, go up to the size box and select from it.