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26th Division Chronicles
101st Combat Engineer Battalion Photographs
A visual record of the 101st Combat Engineer Battalion, documenting the service and sacrifice of its members during world war II.
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B company, Luxembourg
U.S. Army combat engineers of “B” Company, 101st Engineer Battalion, trudge through the densely wooded Ardennes forest after holding a woodland position all night against a German counter attack during the Battle of the Bulge. Near Wiltz, Diekirch District, Luxembourg. 14 January 1945.
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Infantry duty near Nothum, Luxembourg
26th Division Engineers (101st Engineer Combat Battalion fighting with the 26th Infantry Division) returning to their normal assignments after a brief tour of duty as infantry, taken in Luxembourg. The photograph was taken during the Battle of the Ardennes. This is a U.S. Army Photograph.
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Company A in Wiltz, Luxembourg
"Engineers of the 26th Division clear the debris from the roads of newly taken Wiltz. The debris was caused by heavy U.S. Artillery bombarment to the town. Company A, 101st Engineer, 26th Division." Original Field Number: ETO-HQ-45-9597. Photographer: Ryan
04
Lichtenau, Germany
101st combat engineers hurry to complete a plank bridge over a stream to enable jeeps and armored cars to cross to the support of infantry momentarily pinned down outside of Lichtenau, Germany, by stubborn resistance on the part of rearguard SS men defending the town.
05
B company, Czechslovakia
Members of the third platoon, company B, 101st Combat Engineer Battalion, and medical men assigned to the third battalion, 104th infantry regiment, Relax somewhere in czechslovakia, ten minutes after the troops received orders to stop all advances and fire only in self defense. This order went down to the troops on may 7, 1945
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Guarding a bridge
Three members of the 101st engineers Combat Battalion direct military traffic over a captured railway bridge over the Main river from their control point near Grossauheim, Germany. A similar crew is posted on the other side of the river. left to right are: Sgt. Joseph B. Spellman, Baltimore, MD. (with the binoculars): PFC. Charles N. Mattingly, Lockburn, O. (handling the telephone) and T/5 Charles R. Thorne, W. Va. (crouching with the rifle).
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B company, Luxembourg
U.S. Army combat engineers of “B” Company, 101st Engineer Battalion, trudge through the densely wooded Ardennes forest after holding a woodland position all night against a German counter attack during the Battle of the Bulge. Near Wiltz, Diekirch District, Luxembourg. 14 January 1945.
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B company, Luxembourg
U.S. Army combat engineers of “B” Company, 101st Engineer Battalion, trudge through the densely wooded Ardennes forest after holding a woodland position all night against a German counter attack during the Battle of the Bulge. Near Wiltz, Diekirch District, Luxembourg. 14 January 1945.
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Infantry duty near Nothum, Luxembourg
26th Division Engineers (101st Engineer Combat Battalion fighting with the 26th Infantry Division) returning to their normal assignments after a brief tour of duty as infantry, taken in Luxembourg. The photograph was taken during the Battle of the Ardennes. This is a U.S. Army Photograph.
03
Company A in Wiltz, Luxembourg
"Engineers of the 26th Division clear the debris from the roads of newly taken Wiltz. The debris was caused by heavy U.S. Artillery bombarment to the town. Company A, 101st Engineer, 26th Division." Original Field Number: ETO-HQ-45-9597. Photographer: Ryan
04
Lichtenau, Germany
101st combat engineers hurry to complete a plank bridge over a stream to enable jeeps and armored cars to cross to the support of infantry momentarily pinned down outside of Lichtenau, Germany, by stubborn resistance on the part of rearguard SS men defending the town.
05
B company, Czechslovakia
Members of the third platoon, company B, 101st Combat Engineer Battalion, and medical men assigned to the third battalion, 104th infantry regiment, Relax somewhere in czechslovakia, ten minutes after the troops received orders to stop all advances and fire only in self defense. This order went down to the troops on may 7, 1945
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Guarding a bridge
Three members of the 101st engineers Combat Battalion direct military traffic over a captured railway bridge over the Main river from their control point near Grossauheim, Germany. A similar crew is posted on the other side of the river. left to right are: Sgt. Joseph B. Spellman, Baltimore, MD. (with the binoculars): PFC. Charles N. Mattingly, Lockburn, O. (handling the telephone) and T/5 Charles R. Thorne, W. Va. (crouching with the rifle).
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