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General Dodge, Commanding Officer (Click on all photos for enlarged view) |
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 Major Roy T. Dodge, later General Dodge. Commanding Officer of the 308th Combat Engineer Battalion at Camp Atterbury, Indiana and in Europe. |
 Brigadier General Roy Tinsley Dodge,U. S. Army, Retired |
 General Dodge |
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| The 308th Combat Engineers Save Vincennes,
Indiana May 24, 1943 All photos and information courtesy of 'The Thunderbolt' Publication of the 83rd Division Association |
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 Newspaper Account of the Flood |
 Preparing the mud-filled panels |
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 Letter from Levee Committee to MG Milburn, Camp Atterbury 31 May 1943 |
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 Letter from the Vincennes, Indiana Chamber of Commerce to Major Dodge, 10 June 1943 |
 Letter from Governor Henry F. Schricker, Governor of Indiana, to MG Milburn, 31 May 1943 |
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 Commendation from MG Milburn to Major Dodge, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, 04 June 1943 |
 LTC Dodge pointing out bullet holes in his jeep in Normandy, July 1944. The 308th Engineer Bn landed in Normandy, 19 June 1944 and fought through 5 campaigns as part of General Patton's 3rd Army. They established the successful bridgehead across the Elbe River that opened the path to Berlin and the link-up with the Russins. |
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 Surrendering German Major General Erick Elster in September 1944 after being ferried across the Loire River by the 308th Combat Engineer Bn prior to his official surrender. LTC Dodge is on far right. |
 LTC Roy Dodge receiving Bronze Star from MD Macon, 83rd Division Commander. |
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| Also visit the 'Dinan Bridge' & 'St Malo Pillbox' | |||
| Page last revised 02/06/2015 | |||