OTHER HISTORIES - PAGE SIX

              

         

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                                        THE 36TH ENGINEER COMBAT REGIMENT

         

                                 THE CADRE FOR THE 353RD ENGINEERS CAME FROM THE 36TH

                            COMBAT ENGINEERS. AND THOSE CADREMEN WERE VERY HAPPY TO

                            HAVE DEPARTED FROM THE 36TH SINCE THEY HAD BEEN IN FORMATION

                            WHEN OLD "BLOOD AND GUTS" GENERAL PATTON GAVE HIS FAMOUS

                            SPEECH AT FORT BRAGG, NC.

         

                                 AN EXCERPT FROM A LETTER OF COMMENDATION FROM THE

                            SECRETARY OF THE ARMY COMMENDED THE 36TH "FOR EXCEPTIONALLY

                            MERITORIOUS AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN

                            AND ALLIED FORCES IN THE NORTH AFRICAN, MEDITERRANEAN AND

                            EUROPEAN THEATERS OF OPERATIONS DURING THE PERIOD NOVEMBER

                            1942 TO MAY 1945. THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD OF RIGOROUS COMBAT

                            DUTY, THE 36TH ENGINEER COMBAT REGIMENT DEMONSTRATED

                            EXEMPLARY COMBAT ENGINEER EFFICIENCY AND OUTSTANDING

                            PERFORMANCE. WHETHER MAKING ASSUALT LANDINGS IN NORTH

                            AFRICA, SICILY, SALERNO, ANZIO OR SOUTHERN FRANCE;

                            COMPLETING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ENGINEER TASKS WHILE UNDER

                            ENEMY FIRE; OR TEMPORARILY FIGHTING AS INFANTRY WHEN THE

                            SITUATION DEMANDED; GALLANTRY, VERSATILITY AND DETERMINATION

                            WERE THE HALLMARKS OF THE REGIMENT."

         

                            [EDITOR'S NOTE: DETAILS OF THE 36TH TRAINING IN THE STATES

                            CAN BE FOUND IN THE HISTORY OF THE 353RD ENGINEER GENERAL

                            SERVICE REGIMENT.]