17th Armored Engineer Battalion in World War 2

17th Engineers during World War Two

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• Nederlands (Dutch)
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    • Re-enactment
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    • De uitbeelding
    • Organization &Equipment
    • TO&E MARS re-enactment
    • Distinctive Unit Insignia
    • The Service dress
    • The Servicedress Awards & Decorations
    • 2nd Armored in Europe
  • Research (Dutch)
  • Remembrance (Dutch)
    • Remembrance (Dutch)
    • Geadopteerd graf (Dutch)
• Re-enactment
  • Re-enactment US
  • Portrayal: 17th Engineers
  • Organization& Equipment
  • TO&E MARS re-enactment
  • Events
• Research
  • Research (US)
  • Bridgecrossings 1944
    • 1944 August 28-30, Meulan, France, bridge “the Seine”
    • 1944 Sept 12, Belgium, Hasselt, the “Albert Canal”
    • 1944 Sept 15, Belgium, Canne, the “Albert Canal”
    • 1944 Sept 18 Holland, Nuth Holland, “the Geleenbeek”
  • Bridgecrossings 1945
    • Treadway Bridges Constructed January 1945
    • 1945, Jan 17, Houffalize, Belgium the L’Ourthe
    • 1945 Febr 26, Germany, Julich, Ruhr
    • 1945 March 24, Germany, Spellen, the Rhine
    • 1945 March, Germany, Wesel, Ruhr River
    • 1945 April 5, Germany, Ohr, “Weser river”
    • 1945, 14-15 April, Germany, Westerhusen, the Elbe
    • 1945 May 13-20, Germany, Hohenwarthe, “Elbe-Weser Canal”
  • After action reports 17th Armd Eng Bn
    • AAR from june 12th, 1944 to june 29th 1944
    • Narrative report of company “D”, early August 1944
    • AAR Company D september 1st 1944, to september 29th 1944
    • AAR from dec. 16th, 1944 to jan. 24th 1945
    • AAR from March 1st, 1945 to april 30th, 1945
  • After action reports 2nd Armored Division
    • Headquarters CCA, 2nd Armd Div June 1 to June 30, 1944
  • Newpapers
    • Newspaper Reunions
    • Newspaper articles veterans A – E
    • Newspaper articles veterans F – Z
  • Organization & Equipment
  • Distinctive Unit Insignia
  • Awards and Citations
  • Lineage and Honors
  • POM Markings
  • Vehicle losses
  • Barenton “Then and now”
  • Routemap 2nd AD
• Remembrance
  • Remembrance
  • Introduction of the Roll of Honor
  • Roll of Honor
  • Graves of the 17th Engineers
  • An Adopted Grave
  • Faces of the 17th Engineers
  • Division casualty statistics
  • Officers of the 17th Armored Engineer Battalion
• Veterans of WW2
  • Battalion Headquarters
    • MJR Francis. C. Turner
  • Company Unknown
    • LT Angelo A. Albano
    • TEC5 Frank Keith
    • PFC Heber L. McFall
    • Helmer I. Pylka
    • TEC 5 Paul J. Ouellette
    • PFC Frank T. Russo
    • SGT Harry O. Thompson
  • Company A
    • TEC4 Adelard Pelletier
    • SSGT Willis Wyatt
  • Company B
    • CPL Sam Payne
  • Company C
    • PFC David E. Hiett
      • Story of PFC David Edward Hiett
      • Year 1943 US Army service PFC David E. Hiett
      • Year 1944 US Army service PFC David E. Hiett
      • Year 1945 US Army service PFC David E. Hiett
    • LT Edwin E Spears
    • PFC Ernest W. Struble
      • Story PFC Ernest W. Struble
      • Letters 1943 PFC Ernest W. Struble
  • Company D
    • PFC Kenneth C. Hanna
  • Company E
    • CPTN Orville P. Cowart
    • Ralph Edward Kephart
    • TSGT Gordon J Ketchpaw
    • CPL Samuel J. Larson
    • PFC James P. O’Dwyer
      • Story PFC James Patrick O’Dwyer
      • Letters year 1942 PFC James Patrick O’Dwyer
      • Letters year 1943 PFC James Patrick O’Dwyer
      • Letters year 1945 PFC James Patrick O’Dwyer
• Roll of Honor
  • Introduction of the Roll of Honor
  • Roll of Honor
• Unit History 17th AEB
  • Original Unit History
  • Organisation and training in the U.S.A.
  • North African Campaign
  • The Sicilian campaign
    • Phase I – Operations of Co. “B”
    • Phase II – Operations of Company “A”
    • Phase III – Preparations for Entering the ETO
  • Tidworth – England
  • Normandy Campaign
    • Normandy Campaign – France
    • Phase I – The “Break-Through”
    • Phase II – Western France
  • Rhineland Campaign
    • Phase I – First push into Germany
    • Phase II – Breeching the Siegfried Line
    • Phase III – The Push to the Roer River
  • The Ardennes Campaign
    • The Ardennes Campaign
    • In rest areas: January/ February 1945
  • Rhineland Continued
    • Phase IV – from the Roer to the Rhine
    • In rest area: March 1945
  • Central European Campaign
    • Phase I – Bridging the Rhine – 24 March 1945
    • Phase II – From the Rhine to the Elbe
    • Phase III – Bridging of the Elbe
    • Phase IV – The last Day of Fighting
  • The occupation of Germany
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