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Unclassified THOSE DAMNED ENGINEERS AT THE BULGE David J. Ulbrich, Ph.D. Engineer Historian

Unclassified THOSE DAMNED ENGINEERS AT THE BULGE David J. Ulbrich, Ph.D. Engineer Historian. US Army Engineer units 1111 th EN CBT GP northern shoulder 291 st ECB 51 st ECB 299 th ECB 44 th ECB – Wiltz 35 th ECB – Bastogne 158 th ECB – Bastogne 81 st ECB – St. Vith

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Unclassified THOSE DAMNED ENGINEERS AT THE BULGE David J. Ulbrich, Ph.D. Engineer Historian

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  1. Unclassified THOSE DAMNED ENGINEERS AT THE BULGE David J. Ulbrich, Ph.D. Engineer Historian

  2. US Army Engineer units 1111th EN CBT GP northern shoulder 291st ECB 51st ECB 299th ECB 44th ECB – Wiltz 35th ECB – Bastogne 158th ECB – Bastogne 81st ECB – St. Vith Several other battalions as division assets

  3. LTC DAVID PERGRIN CDR, 291st Engineer Combat Battalion LTC JOACHIM PEIPER CDR, Waffen SS Kampfgruppe

  4. Initial German Advances16-19 Dec 44

  5. (painting of 28th Infantry Division)

  6. Engineers &Counter-mobility

  7. Trois Pont

  8. Situation at Habiemont 18 December

  9. LTC Joachim Peiper… “could only sit helplessly, pound his knee and swear, ‘The damned engineers! The damned engineers!’”

  10. American counter-attack26 Dec 44-15 Jan 45

  11. Engineers & mobility

  12. Engineers of the 307th used bulldozer to push an abandoned German vehicle from snow-covered forest road.

  13. Contact info:Dr. David Ulbrich 573-563-6365 david.ulbrich@us.army.mil Engineer History OfficeHoge Hall room 043

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