The WWII 300th Combat Engineers

	German prisoners from Paris

Photo Gallery: France During WWII, 1944

Basic Training - Stateside
Invasion Training - England, 1944
France During WWII, 1944
Belgium During WWII, 1944
Germany During WWII, 1944-45
Images of WWII

After VE-Day, 1945
One GI's Scrapbook
Portraits
Reunions
Revisiting WWII
Military Photographs

New Additions

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Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944. Map drawn by Randy Hanes, 300th ECB, Co. C.
Photo: RH

Gliders used on D-Day
Photo: FN

Damaged rail yard at Cherbourg
Photo: PR

Pont L'Abbe, Normandy, France
Photo: FN

A church in Normandy, France
Photo: AS

TEC5 Alton A. Schmidt (on right), driver for Co. A (1st squad, 3rd platoon) with a destroyed Panther A tank (Panzerkampfwagen V, Ausführung A) of the Panzer Lehr Division in Normandy, France
Photo: AS

TEC5 Alton A. Schmidt, driver for Co. A (1st squad, 3rd platoon) with a destroyed Panther A tank (Panzerkampfwagen V, Ausführung A) of the Panzer Lehr Division in Normandy, France
Photo: DG

Engineer poses with destroyed German tank

First 300th Treadway bridge across the Douve River, Pont L'Abbé, Normandy, France, June 14, 1944
Photo: RH

Co. A 31 Squad in Normandy, France
Photo: AS

Kenneth "Cowboy" Morris about to butcher a cow for steaks in Normandy, June. Cpl. Warren E. Chancellor remembers eating one of these steaks.
Photo: KM

Kenneth Morris with a cow for steaks in June Normandy France

(left to right) Kenneth "Cowboy" Morris, Lum Curtis and Paul Puckett cutting steaks in Normandy, June. Cowboy "liberated" a cow and used his civilian occupation as a butcher to give some of the 300th a hearty meal.
Photo: KM

Kenneth Morris Lum Curtis and Paul Puckett cutting steaks in June in Normandy France

Lawrence J. Piering bivouaced in Normandy, France
Photo: AS

Sgt. Alfred Stein June 23, 1944 in France
Photo: AS

S/Sgt. Strempher (replacement) 3rd platoon, was killed 7/4/44 while rebuilding a bridge over a rail line in Normandy
Photo: AS

John G. Petralia, Co. A, at Picauville, France near St. Mere Eglise
Photo: AS

St. Saveur Le Vicomte, France
Photo: FN

The first fixed bridge constructed by 300th on June 27, 1944 after the invasion of Carentan, Normandy, France. It was built while under fire by the Germans and Commanding Officer, Major John Tucker, was killed.
Photo: RH

North side of St. Lo
Photo: FN

South side of St. Lo
Photo: FN

Docks at Le Harve, France
Photo: FN

Le Harve dock area, France
Photo: FN

Le Harve, France
Photo: FN

Charters, France, the damage of war
Photo: AS

A German grave near Charters, France. The hat on the stick is German and has a bullet hole. To the right of the grave is a German motorcycle sidecar. The grave most likely belongs to a dispatch rider. If it had been a GI, there would have been flowers or a flag.
-Alfred Stein
Photo: AS

Complete destruction in Isigny, France
Photo: AS

Rebuilding in Isigny, France 1944
Photo: FN

Reunion in Isigny, France from Alaska, Sergeant Vencent D. Laney, Mark Coughlin, Loney Roach.
Photo: FN

Bastille Day at Isigny, France, July 14, 1944
Photo: FN

June 1944 bridge built by Co. B - Lucky Seven, Isigny, France. Left to right: Harvey Whittle, Tomas Maldonado, Gilbert Rodriguez, Lt. Webbendorfer
Photo: LB

Sgt. Thomas Rents (left), PFC Lynn Frilanbon (center) and Cpl Edward Celestino (right) of the 300th Engineers repair the under piling of a bridge destroyed by enemy fire along the Carentan - Cherbourg Road in France - June 30, 1944.
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WWI memorial on a battlefield in Soissons, France
Photo: FN

Statue for WWI victory in Soissons, France
Photo: FN

Co. A, 1st squad, 3rd platoon taking a break in La Capelle. No gas for 30 days - Eisenhower diverted it to Montgomery. Left to right: Raymond Caprin, Ralph McGreary, Fay Harris, Samuel Amorino, truck driver Alton Schmidt (standing in back), Pablo Hernandez, Colbert Snider, Hubert Burns,Carl Korth (standing behind), Foreman, Raymond Dudley.
Photo: AS