Combat
U.S. Army engineer units
engaged in combat from the
Vosges Mountains near the Swiss
.
border north to Oudenaarde,
Belgium. One battalion of the
310th Engineers even served in the
Archangel area of northern Russia
after the Russian Revolution.
Noteworthy among engineer
Together they successfully
combat service was the action of
defended the line before that
two companies of the 6th Engineers.
historic city from a heavy German
They stopped building heavy steel
assault in March and April 1918.
bridges to join British and Canadian
These two engineer companies
forces in front-line trenches before
suffered 77 casualties.
Wood
During June and July 1918,
of Vaux in the Aisne-Marne
troops of the 2d Engineers fought
campaign. This regiment suffered
as infantry in their divisions
casualties of nearly percent,
bitterly contested capture of
the highest for an engineer unit
of its size.
the Belleau Wood and the hamlet
Brigadier General Benjamin
and
Soldiers of the 6th Engineers, 3d Division,
his adjutant examine a map of the
build a trestle-crib bridge
the
Marne battlefield at
at
of
France,
France, August 9, 1918.
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