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GI Engineers
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GENE W. WALLACE
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| This realistic novel conveys a soldier's recall as an Army Engineer in action in North Africa and Italy during World War II. The story begins with Army engineers training in Louisiana. The engineer regiment then ships out overseas to England for duty in the European Theater of Operations. Soon the engineers are in combat support operations in North Africa and later in Italy, including the famous Monte Cassino campaign. Clearing deadly mines, building desperately needed bridges and doing other vital work; the engineers in Italy experience some of the worst conditions faced by US soldiers in World War II. In the deadly Liri Valley; one engineer, taken prisoner by the German Army, plans a very daring and dramatic escape. This novel is filled with the realistic GI language of those days; "There are P-38's, look a Kraut bomber on fire!" "Shu mines are bad, but 'S' mines are deadliest!" "I'm turning yellow from the Atabrine pills." "Incoming shells hit all around and the Canadians laughed as we hit the dirt." These are some quotes from the book that indicate just some of the soldiers' stories that are told in detail. War veterans, relatives of World War II veterans, members of the military and anyone who enjoys a good war story will want to read this book! |
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The author joined the 113th Engineers, 38th Infantry Division, in November 1940. In January 1941, his division was Federalized and sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi. After declaration of war on December 7, 1941; the author's cadre unit formed and activated the 344th Engineers in Camp Claiborne. After training, it went to Ft Dix and then convoyed to England on the USS Monterey. After work and training in England, the regiment sailed through U-Boat infested waters to North Africa. There it was involved in many construction projects until November 1943, when the author's unit shipped out to Naples, Italy on the USS Dickman. In Italy, the author's unit performed bridge, road, and mine clearing work in Capua, Mignano, Venafro, Colli, Isernia and near Monte Cassino. In the final Battle for Cassino, Operation Diadem, the author's regiment, temporarily attached to the French Expeditionary Corps (FEC), supported it as the FEC breached the Nazi Gustav Line. The US 3rd, 34th, 36th, and 45th Divisions and supporting units broke out of Anzio; and Rome was taken. The author's regiment was then assigned to the 7th Army for the invasion of Southern France. After landing near St. Maxime, his company was attached to Butler Task Force with elements of the 36th Inf Div to head north, join up with Patton's 3rd Army in Lyon, cutting off the German 19th Army. Mission completed; the author's company rejoined the regiment for further work and operations in France and Germany until the war's end. The author was demobilized in July 1945 at Camp Attenbury, Indiana. The Author returned to Italy and France in 1993 with his oldest son; visiting and videotaping the battlefields where he served.
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