Some more on the 316th Engineer Combat Battalion. Extracted from Appendicies, Eng. History, Med Theater, Fifth Army.
The 316th Engineer COmbat Battalion was activated on 15 August 1942 at Camp White, Oregon, as part of the 91st Infantry Division. Its officer cadre had come from the Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, VA. Where it had been assembled from various units. The enlisted cadre came from the 8th Engineer Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division, at Fort Bliss, Texas. The battalion trained at Camp White until it departed on 1 September 1943 to participate in the IV Corps maneuvers in eastern Oregon. Following the maneuvers, the organization returned to garrison at Camp Adair, Oregon, refitting and training until alerted on 20 January 1944 for overseas movement.
The battalion departed from Camp Adair on 19 March, completed its staging period at Camp Patrick Henry, (Newport News) Virginia, and sailed from the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation (Newport News) on 1 April. Most of the battalion, together with other units of the 91st Division. landed in Oran, Algeria on 20 April, while the remainder arrived on 1 May. In Algeria, the engineers went into a period of intensive amphibious training along the Mediterranean coast east of Oran and each company participated in realistic landing exercises in the vicinity of Arzew. COmpany "A" left the battalion and went to Italy with the 361st Combat Team on 22 May 1944.