Saturday, October 4, 2008

Dad was inducted into the Army in May of 44 at age 35 with a wife and 2 daughters. He listed his occupation as Hydraulic Engineer. In March of 1945 he found himself in the European theather assigned to the 15th Combat Engineer Battalion. The history of the 15th appears to parallel closely the history of the 101st Airborne as depicted in Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose. Band of Brothers was presented as an HBO miniseries by Tom Hanks and Steven Speilberg.

Combat engineers could act as infantry and did so frequently. In the Battle of the Bulge, a handful of engineer battalions proved to be a vital asset to the American Army.

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