Post by connie on Jun 24, 2011 12:07:14 GMT -5
Hopefully, those interested in talking about things related to the history of the 81st Engineer Battalion will do so in responses on this thread. The first post will contain links to 81st Engineer Battalion info on this board and elsewhere.
Additional Info on 81st Engineer Battalion
Site Soldier Index to men from this Battalion mentioned on this site:
106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=index&action=display&thread=423
History on Indiana Military Site:
www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Publications/CubInReview/04-UnitHistory.htm#81st_Combat_Engineers
Colonel Thomas Riggs and unit: www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Unknown%20Camp/Thomas%20Riggs/Riggs-Thomas.pdf
Wikipedia History below is a quote from the 106th Division entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/106th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
After the surrender of the 422 and 4234d Infantry Regiments..."The rest of the Division, reinforced by the 112th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division, withdrew over the Our River, and joined other units at Saint Vith. Along with the city of Bastogne to the south, St. Vith was a road and rail junction city considered vital to the German goal of breaking through Allied lines to split American and British forces and reach the Belgian port city of Antwerp. A scratch force of 106th Division personnel, in particular the division's 81st Engineer Combat Battalion, was organized and led by the 81st's 28-year-old commanding officer, Lt. Col. Thomas Riggs, in a five-day holding action (17–21 December) on a thin ridge line a mile outside St. Vith, against German forces vastly superior in numbers and armament (only a few hundred combat-green Americans against many thousands of veteran Germans). For this heroic stand, the 81st Engineer Combat Battalion was later awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for gallantry."
Engineers in the Battle of the Bulge by Baldwin:
140.194.76.129/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-42/c-7-4.pdf
Discussion Board Posts:
Some C company history recounted by Carl can be found on this thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=other&thread=563&page=1
Photos a photo of 81 C is found on this discussion board: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=photos&action=display&thread=714
Additional Info on 81st Engineer Battalion
Site Soldier Index to men from this Battalion mentioned on this site:
106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=index&action=display&thread=423
History on Indiana Military Site:
www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Publications/CubInReview/04-UnitHistory.htm#81st_Combat_Engineers
Colonel Thomas Riggs and unit: www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Unknown%20Camp/Thomas%20Riggs/Riggs-Thomas.pdf
Wikipedia History below is a quote from the 106th Division entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/106th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
After the surrender of the 422 and 4234d Infantry Regiments..."The rest of the Division, reinforced by the 112th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division, withdrew over the Our River, and joined other units at Saint Vith. Along with the city of Bastogne to the south, St. Vith was a road and rail junction city considered vital to the German goal of breaking through Allied lines to split American and British forces and reach the Belgian port city of Antwerp. A scratch force of 106th Division personnel, in particular the division's 81st Engineer Combat Battalion, was organized and led by the 81st's 28-year-old commanding officer, Lt. Col. Thomas Riggs, in a five-day holding action (17–21 December) on a thin ridge line a mile outside St. Vith, against German forces vastly superior in numbers and armament (only a few hundred combat-green Americans against many thousands of veteran Germans). For this heroic stand, the 81st Engineer Combat Battalion was later awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for gallantry."
Engineers in the Battle of the Bulge by Baldwin:
140.194.76.129/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-42/c-7-4.pdf
Discussion Board Posts:
Some C company history recounted by Carl can be found on this thread: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=other&thread=563&page=1
Photos a photo of 81 C is found on this discussion board: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=photos&action=display&thread=714
