To Any Foe: History of the Ninety-Eighth Engineer General Service Regiment of African American in World War II The Ninety-Eighth Engineer (General Service) Regiment; African American; embarked for North Africa in February 1943 and landed at Algeria. The regiment became nomadic and split up its battalions and c
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| Title | : | To Any Foe: History of the Ninety-Eighth Engineer General Service Regiment of African American in World War II |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1477245286 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 74 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2012-08-16 |
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Editorial : About the Author
I am a retired Army National Guard officer with twenty-two years of active duty; including two tours in Vietnam; and six years of inactive military duty. I served in the US Marine Corps; beginning in 1958 at the age of seventeen; and spent twelve years in what I call my "piss and vinegar days" Then; after getting my degree at California State University; Long Beach; I joined the Army National Guard and received a direct commission to captain. I then started working for the Guard full time as an AGR officer and spent another twelve years before I retired as a major. During this period; I went to several military schools; including Command and General Staff College; Fort Leavenworth; Kansas (class of 1989). I was a company commander of a mechanized company and served in several staff positions at the battalion headquarters as well as an assistant operation officer at the brigade headquarters. My last assignment was as a mechanized battalion executive officer. I star
The Ninety-Eighth Engineer (General Service) Regiment; African American; embarked for North Africa in February 1943 and landed at Algeria. The regiment became nomadic and split up its battalions and companies to work in different locations; including port stewards; road construction; and clearing mines in the Kasserine Pass. All the while; they were moving forward with the combat units until they reached Tunisia. In December 1943; the Ninety-Eighth loaded aboard amphibious vehicle landing ships and sailed to Naples; Italy. As in North Africa; upon arrival; the regiment was split up and sent to different locations. It began work on the ports; roads; railroads; and reconstruction of buildings; minesweeping; and bridges. It moved up the coast of Italy; ensuring that the roads and bridges could hold armor and other vehicles as combat units advanced up the boot. Eventually; the regiment reunited in Leghorn; Italy; where it added another battalion and worked in Pisa; Florence; and surroundin
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