Chapter XV, The 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.


Return to Chapter XV


Search CHM Online
Last updated 8 June 2005