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Stories: Firsthand Accounts
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35th Engineer (Combat) Battalion
Northern France - Rhineland - Ardennes/Alsace - Central Europe
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Alvin C. Welling: HQ 35th Engineers. Welling was amazed by the engineers' determination to construct the Alcan Highway. Here you'll read a memo he wrote that details the tireless efforts of the engineers.
Ray Sobieszczyk: Company C. Alaska Highway/Camp White/France/Battle of the Bulge/Germany
Norman Igo: Company C. "Reminiscences of My Duty in World War II"
Lee Regenauer: Company B. Read an interview I conducted with Lee in 2002. Lee discusses many of his experiences from the Alcan Highway through the end of the war in Europe. I could not have done this interview without the selfless efforts of Lee's son, Dennis. Also read Lee's citation for his award of the Bronze Star Medal.
John "Jack" Dearinger: Company A. Read a detailed account of how Jack went from being a college student to fighting the Germans on France's Brittany Peninsula.
Chester Russell: Company A. Mr. Russell recalls an emergency operation conducted to save an engineer while constructing the Alcan Highway.
Orval Hovey: Company B. "Odds and Ends that Made the 35th Engineers Special"
Robert Greenwalt: Headquarters Company, Company E, and the 145th ECB. Mr. Greenwalt recalls his wedding at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, and building a bridge in Europe.
