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Scenes of the 105th ENGINEERS (COMBAT)
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Lt Colonel Carroll H. Dunn, O-21427, Battalion Commander

Mr. Stittinus (Secretary of State), Major General L. S. Hobbs (Division Commander, Lt Col C. H. Dunn (Battalion Commander), inspecting floating treadway, erected by Co. B, at Spade Oak, England, 20 April 1944.

Inspection of minefield gapping by Mr. Stittinus (Secretary of State), and staff, with Major General L. S. Hobbs at Dropmore Hall, Slough, England, April 1944.

Inspection by General Montgomery, Beaconfields, England, May 1944

H & S Company, leaving England aboard LST for France, 14 June 1944.

Practice crossing of Vire River, Airel, France, July 1944.

Enemy tanks knocked out at Mortain, France, August 1944.

Company F bulldozer clearing streets of rubble at Mortain, France, August 1944.

Fort Eben Emael near Eben, Belgium, September 1944.

Ferry location used by Germans near Vise, Belgium, across Albert Canal, September 1944.

Footbridge across Albert Canal, near Vise, Belgium, September 1944

Footbridge across Albert Canal, near Vise, Belgium, September 1944.

Infantry support bridge across Albert Canal, near Vise, Belgium, September 1944.

Treadway bridge constructed by Company B, across L'Ambleve River, near Malmedy, Belgium, 26 December 1944

Duckwalk footbridge across L'Ambleve River, at Trois Point, Belgium, constructed by 2nd Platoon, Company A, December 1944.

Footbridge constructed by 1st Platoon, Company A, across L'Amblave River, at Trois Point, Belgium, December 1944.

Major General L. S. Hobbs, Division Commander, presenting awards to members of the battalion, in a hotel at Spa, Belgium, December 1944.

Anti-tank ditch in Siegfried Line, near Rimberg, Holland, 19 October 1944.

Fixed bridge constructed by 1st Platoon, Company B, near Kohlscheid, Germany, 31 October 1944.

Dragon's Teeth running along Siegfried Line near Blierheide, Germany, October 1944

Bridge and pillboxes near Palenburg, Germany.

Major General L. S. Hobbs, Division Commander, presenting medals to members of the battalion at Hongon, Germany, 2 December 1944