David:
I hope you see this because I lost your email address as well as some others when I replaced my hard drive two weeks ago. Sigh! I did back-up and export my Outlook address book, but the danged file got corrupted. 
Luckily I had a previous export from Outlook, but alas it was two months old, so anything after it was lost.
I received this email from my friend Richard Horrell who runs a company that does research on WWII units. His site is listed on my Links Page and also in our Research Section. Here is an excerpt from his email.
"...Thank you for your newsletter. It is an excellent publication. Would you be so kind as to provide me with the e-mail address for David Dings, who's father was a member of the 1286th Eng. Cbt. Batt. I have quite a bit of facts about the unit...
Here is his web address:
http://www.ww2connections.com/pages/1/index.htm
Best of luck to you. 
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"