Chapter XV, Corps of Engineers: The War Against Germany 1 War Dept, Hist Div. OMAHA Beachhead, pp. 38-42; Dept of the Army, Hist Div. UTAH Beach to Cherbourg pp. 43-44; Operation Rpt NEPTUNE, p. 80. 2 Fane and Moore, The Naked Warriors, pp. 51-52; Interv,
Capt William J. Bunting, Jnl, and FO 1, 299th Engr C Bn, in Notes
and Data, NEPTUNE. 3 Interv, Maj Milton Jewett, CO, 299th Engr C Bn, in Notes and Data, NEPTUNE; Hist 146th Engr C Bn; O'Neill Rpt. 4 Fane and Moore, The Naked Warriors, p. 50;
Intervs, Bunting and Jewett, Notes and Data, NEPTUNE. 5 The Adm and Log Hist of the ETO, vol. VI, "Neptune: Training
for Mounting the Operation, and Artificial Ports," pp. 14-15; Operation
Rpt NEPTUNE, p. 82; Col. Paul W. Thompson, "D-day on OMAHA Beach,"
Infantry Journal, LVI (June 1945), 40. 6 S. L. A. Marshall, "First Wave at OMAHA Beach," in Battle at Best (New York: William Morrow and Co, 1963), p. 52. 7 Interv, Lt Wood, in Notes and Data, NEPTUNE; Hist 146th Engr C Bn; Fane and Moore, The Naked Warriors, p. 53-64. 8 Interv, S/SgtJames M. Redmond, Team 15, Notes and Data, NEPTUNE. 9 Cornelius Ryan, The Longest Day, June 6, 1944 (New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1959), pp. 190-91; Operation Rpt NEPTUNE,
p. 85; O'Neill Rpt. 10 Morison, The Invasion of France and Germany, p. 141. 11 Operation Rpt NEPTUNE, p. 92; Cdr. Kenneth Edwards, RN,
Operation Neptune (London: Collins 1946), p. 149; Intervs,
Bunting and Jewett, Notes and Data, NEPTUNE. 12 O'Neill Rpt; War Dept, Hist Div, OMAHA Beachhead, pp.
43, 165-66; Fane and Moore, The Naked Warriors, pp. 65-66. 13 Col. Paul W. Thompson, "D-day on OMAHA Beach," Infantry Journal, LXI, no. 6 (June 1945), 34-48; Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack, p. 315; War Dept, Hist Div. OMAHA Beachhead, pp. 45-47. 14 Operation Rpt NEPTUNE, p. 37. 15 Ibid., p. 87. 16 Hist 37th Engr C Bn, Mar 43-Aug 44. 17 Ibid. Simon received the Silver Star, Peckham the Bronze Star. 18 Hist 20th Engr C Bn, Jun 44; Operation Rpt NEPTUNE, pp.
87, 92; Recommendations for Awards, 5th ESB, Aug-Oct 44. 19 Hist 37th Engr C Bn. 20 Operation Rpt NEPTUNE, p. 101; De Arman, Hist 5th ESB.
Drnovich was awarded the Silver Star posthumously. 21 Hist 336th Engr C Bn, 25 Jul 42-31 Aug 44. 22 Hists, 147th Engr C Bn, 29 Jan 43-4 Mar 46; 121st, 1 Jun-31 Aug 44; and 112th, 1944. 23 Hist 336th Engr C Bn, 25 Jul 42-31 Aug 44; Operation Rpt
NEPTUNE, pp. 98-100; War Dept, Hist Div. OMAHA Beachhead, pp.
101-06. 24 Operation Rpt NEPTUNE, pp. 96, 102-03. 25 Dept of the Army, Hist Div, UTAH Beach to Cherbourg,
pp. 14-42; Chester Wilmot, The Struggle for Europe (New
York: Harper, 1952), p. 245. 26 Dept of the Army, Hist Div, UTAH Beach to Cherbourg,
p. 47; Engr Opus VII Corps, vol. II, "Normandy," pp. 9-10;
Hist 1106th Engr C Gp, Jun-Dec 44; Jnl, 237th Engr C Bn, Jun 44; Interv,
Capt Roland G. Ruppenthal with Maj Robert P. Tabb, Jr., 6 Sep 44,
ML 1032, ETOUSA Hist Sect. 27 Interv, Tabb, 6 Sep 44. 28 Ltr, Col Thomas DeF. Rogers to Engr, VII Corps, 23 Jun
44, sub: Report on Demolition of UTAH Beach Obstacles; 237th Engr
C Bn Jnl, 1944; Commo. James E. Arnold, "NOIC UTAH," United States
Naval Institute Proceedings, LXXIII (June 1947), 675; Hist 1st
ESB (UTAH), sec. VII, p. 67; Interv, Tabb, 6 Sep 44. 29 Interv, Tabb, 6 Sep 44. 30 Engr Opns VII Corps, vol. II, "Normandy," p. 12; 1st ESB (UTAH), p. 52. 31 Interv, Tabb, 6 Sep 44; Hists, 238th and 237th Engr C Bns
and 1106th Engr C Gp. 32 Hist 1106th Engr C Gp, Jun-Dec 44; 1st ESB (UTAH), p. 65; Dept of the Army, Hist Div, UTAH Beach to Cherbourg, map 8. 33 Hists, 49th Engr C Bn, Jun, Jul, Dec 44, and 1106th Engr
C Gp, Jun-Dec 44; Dept of the Army, Hist Div. UTAH Beach to Cherbourg,
p. 53. 34 Hist 1106th Engr C Gp, Jun-Dec 44. 35 1st ESB (UTAH), p. 63; Ryan, The Longest Day, pp. 205, 233. Ryan based his account on an interview with Caffey. 36 1st ESB (UTAH), pp. 63-69; Hist 531st Engr Shore Rgt, 6-17 Jun 44. |