U.S. Army Combat Engineers, 1941-45

On the attack or on the defense, engineers led the way! During World War II, U.S. Army combat engineers were at the spearhead of fighting in all theaters, whether the battlefield was North Africa’s desert sands, Normandy’s fire-swept Omaha Beach, the Ardennes’ snowclad forest, or the Pacific’s jungle-covered islands. The 700 engineer battalions mobilized during …

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