Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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From last week: May 7,1945. My squad was assignedguard duty at Cuxhavento help guard a capitulatingGerman division.This is where my collectionof pistols and rifles are from. The 846th Engineers rebuiltthe airfield at Cuxhavenbefore going south throughKassel to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden,where we built thelarge airbase in use by ourAir Force today... The story continues: August 14, 1945. VJ-Day. The Japanese surrender. Three of us from my company have orders to go to Japan. We got as far as a...
From last week: The 846thEngineers were finally assignedto a Landing ShipTank 221. We loaded all thebattalion heavy equipment,trucks, jeeps, parts, ammunition,food and 1,500 menunder the cover of darkness.Early next morning, we setsail for Omaha Beach, acrossthe English Channel. An LSTis a flat-bottom ship to accommodatebeach landings,and with the rough sea, itmade me a little seasick. Itwas necessary to make thelanding at the beach duringhigh tide. Then we waited forthe tide to go out to lower...
