United States Engineer Regiments in World War II
This is a list of known United States Engineer Regiments in existence at the time of World War II.
- 13th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 38th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 41st Engineer General Service Regiment
- 42nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 43rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 45th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 46th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 47th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 91st Engineer General Service Regiment
- 92nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 93rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 94th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 95th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 96th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 97th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 98th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 111th Engineer Regiment[1]
- 175th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 177th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 224th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 226th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 330th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 332nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 333rd Engineer Special Service Regiment
- 334th Engineer Special Service Regiment
- 337th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 338th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 340th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 341st Engineer General Service Regiment
- 343rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 344th Engineer General Service Regiment[2]
- 345th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 346th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 349th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 350th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 351st Engineer General Service Regiment
- 352nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 354th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 355th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 356th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 357th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 358th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 360th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 361st Engineer Special Service Regiment
- 362nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 364th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 365th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 366th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 368th Engineer General Service Regiment north Africa norther France adrenness and rhineland
- 372nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 373rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 374th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 375th Engineer General Service Regiment in Belgium from Sept44 to the end of the Battle of the Bulge
- 377th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 388th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 389th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 390th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 392nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 393rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 393rd Engineer Special Service Regiment
- 398th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 465th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 531st Engineer Shore Regiment
- 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 533rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 534th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 540th Engineer Shore Regiment
- 542nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 543rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 544th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 592nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 593rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- 689th Engineer Base Equipment Company
- 868th Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 869th Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 922nd Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 923rd Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 926th Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 929th Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 932nd Engineer Aviation Regiment
- 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1306th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1307th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1310th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1311th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1312th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1313th Engineer General Service Regiment: The 1313th Engineer General Service Regiment, manned by Black soldiers was in Germany at the end of the war. James Austin Gray was a Staff Sergent in the regiment. He was awarded the Bronze Star for Bravery for action in Germany.[3] The 1313th was at the Battle of the Bulge as a part of the US First Army. It was in the VII Corps commanded by General Joseph Collins.[4]
- 1314th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1315th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1316th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1317th Engineer General Service Regiment: The 1317th Engineer General Service Regiment, manned by black soldiers, was assigned as support for George Patton's 3rd Army. The 1317th was activated in Camp Ellis, Illinois on 25 August 1943 and staged through Camp Shanks, NY, starting on 2 March of 1943. The 1317th departed from New York for England on 21 March 1944, arriving on the 27th. The regiment was deployed in the south of England to assist with the arsenal build up for D-Day and the advance through France. The 1317th entered France and then Belgium in February 1945 and Germany on 2 April. The 1317th served in the Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns and during the battle of the Rhine River the 1317th crossed the river on a bridge of their own making to hook-up with Russian troops. The 1317th moved to Marseilles France for shipment to the South West Pacific to partake in the final campaigns against Japan. They departed France on 7 August 1945, with designation of Shipment #R5218-S. The unit was en route to Okinawa when it was diverted to New York soon after the bombing of Hiroshima.
- 1318th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1319th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1320th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1321st Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1322nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1323rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1324th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1325th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1326th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1327th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1329th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1330th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1331st Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1332nd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1333rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1334th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1349th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1553rd Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1554th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 1749th Engineer General Service Regiment
- 2822nd Engineer General Service Regiment
References
- ↑ http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/36division/archives/111/111lin.htm
- ↑ http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/NicholasMastrangelo.htm
- ↑ stories told by my father
- ↑ other articles
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.