17th Armored Engineer Battalion in World War 2

17th Engineers during World War 2

• Welkom (Dutch)
• Re-enactment (Dutch)
  • Re-enactment
  • Evenementen
  • De uitbeelding
  • Organization &Equipment
  • TO&E MARS re-enactment
  • Distinctive Unit Insignia
  • The Service dress
  • The Servicedress Awards & Decorations
  • 2nd Armored in Europe
• Research
  • Research (Dutch)
  • Bridgecrossings year 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 year 1945
    • 1945, Jan 17, Houffalize, Belgium the L’Ourthe
    • 1945 February 26, Germany, Julich, Ruhr River
    • 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
  • After action reports
    • Headquarters “Combat Command A” (CCA), 2nd Armored Division June 1 to June 30, 1944
    • AAR from june 12th, 1944 to june 29th 1944
    • AAR Company D september 1st, 1944 to september 29th 1944
    • AAR from dec. 16th, 1944 to jan. 24th 1945
    • AAR from April 1st, 1945 to april 30th, 1945
  • Distinctive Unit Insignia 17th AEB
  • Organization & Equipment (English)
  • Awards and Citations
  • Lineage and Honors
  • POM Markings
  • Vehicle losses
  • Barenton “Then and now”
  • Routemap 2nd AD
• Remembrance
  • Remembrance (Dutch)
  • Geadopteerd graf (Dutch)
  • Introduction of the Roll of Honor
  • Roll of Honor
  • Officers of the 17th Armd Eng Bn
  • Faces of the 17th Engineers
  • Division casualty statistics
• Veterans
  • CPTN Orville P. Cowart
  • PFC James Patrick 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
  • Mr Ralph Kephart
  • TSGT Gordon “Gordy” James Ketchpaw
  • CPL Samuel J. Larson
  • PFC Heber L. McFall
  • TEC 4 Adelard H. Pelletier
  • PFC Frank T. Russo
  • LT Edwin E Spears
  • PFC Ernest W. Struble
    • Story PFC Ernest W. Struble
    • Letters 1943 PFC Ernest W. Struble
  • SGT Harry Oliver Thompson Sr
  • MJR Francis. C. Turner
  • SSGT Willis Wyatt
  • Newspaper Reunions
  • Newspaper articles veterans A – E
  • Newspaper articles veterans F – Z
• Roll of Honor
  • Introduction of the Roll of Honor
  • Roll of Honor
• Unit History
  • 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 Co. “A”
    • Phase III – Preparations for Entering the ETO
  • Tidworth Barracks – 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 Campaign 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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