17th Armored Engineer Battalion in World War 2
17th Engineers during World War Two
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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
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Newspaper articles veterans A – E
Newspaper articles veterans F – Z
Organization & Equipment
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POM Markings
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Barenton “Then and now”
Routemap 2nd AD
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Introduction of the Roll of Honor
2nd Armored Division Battle deaths
Roll of Honor
An Adopted Grave
Graves of the 17th Engineers
Faces of the 17th Engineers
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
Company A
TEC4 Adelard Pelletier
SSGT Willis Wyatt
Company B
CPL Sam Payne
SGT Harry O. Thompson
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
Company: Unknown
Private Eldon W. Akins
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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Engineers of Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion
The 17th Engineers who served in this Company.
If they served in more than one Company, the last known Company he was in will be leading.
Captain Orville “Pete” Cowart
Ralph Edward Kephart
Technical Sergeant Gordon “Gordy” James Ketchpaw
Corporal Samuel James Larson
PFC James Patrick O’Dwyer