79th Engineer Battalion History

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Date: 2008-07-16 08:59:13
Name: George Stark
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Bruce,

Super Job with your web-site. I was stationed in Germany at the same time frame as yourself, in  Aschaffenburg. I do recall doing combined arms live fire on the ranges 12 and 80 at Grafenwohr, Was a 11B and your video of Graf in 1973 really put me back in time. The haircuts then were the norm from troops stationed in GermanyCool

Date: 2008-06-28 12:23:57
Name: Elaine Gideon
Location: Texas
This is a photo of my father, Albert B. Blake, who served with the 79th Engineers Construction Battalion.

Cpl.Technician Albert B. Blake

If you recognize my father, and knew him during WWII, I would enjoy hearing from you. 

Thanks to the individuals who constructed this site.  It's a wonderful tribute to the soldiers of the 79th.






Date: 2008-06-02 06:57:39
Name: Webmaster
Location: Atlanta
From a email to the Webmaster:

I want to say that I really enjoyed your article on the the Arch Bridge posted on the Internet. I was with the US Army in Korea in the mid 70s and used to fly over that bridge frequently while patrolling the buffer zone. The arch bridge and the Han T'an Gorge are very distinctive.

The reason that I am writing is because my father (COL Fred Sherman, Jr. ret) was the commander of A company, 79th Engineers in the Korean War and worked with Patterson and Herring to build the span and finish the bridge. He has the highest regard for these two men as well as the rest of the company who worked on the bridge.

My father corresponded with Lt. Patterson and Sgt Herring for several years after the war but has since lost contact. He would like to get in touch with them again if you still have their contact information and could send it to me.

I would be much obliged.

Regards,

Fred Sherman III
LTC, US Army Aviation (retired)
Date: 2008-04-05 16:49:03
Name: Webmaster
Location: Atlanta


Mark Kogut sent pictures of Graf in 1973.

Click Here For The Slideshow

Date: 2008-03-14 04:00:13
Name: Paula Guzman
Location: Grafenwoehr, Germany


Excellent web site! Loved the stories, lots of humor and read between the lines.

You have lots of good memories and I'm glad you have the knowledge of our computerized world to share it Smile

Date: 2008-03-12 07:01:35
Name: Webmaster
Location: Georgia
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Here is a picture of James Patterson in Korea. Notice who built the Yongsan Base.


Date: 2008-03-11 20:28:06
Name: Webmaster
Location: Georgia
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Tell your story here.

You can create links and add pictures from Flickr or another image host.

This guy was in the 79th during the Korean war.



Anyway, I just wanted to show how you can use this to tell a story.

79th Engineer Battalion History