289th Engineer Combat Battalion (United States)
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The 289th Engineer Combat Battalion was a combat engineer battalion of the United States Army during World War II. It served under XXI Corps of the Seventh Army in action mainly in France and Germany in 1944 and 1945. It received campaign credit for participation in the Ardennes-Alsace campaign ,
Rhineland campaign,
and the Invasion of Germany.
Shoulder sleeve insignia
World War II recruiting poster for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Combat engineers ferrying infantry in M2 assault boat
Infantry support bridge over Saar River erected by 289th Engineers at Volklingen
Engineer Combat Battalion
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An Engineer Combat Battalion (ECB) was a designation for a battalion-strength combat engineer unit in the U.S. Army, most prevalent during World War II. They are a component of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
World War II recruiting poster for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Combat Engineers ferried infantry and special forces troops in craft such as this M2 assault boat at Dornot-Corny, Lorraine in World War II
Infantry support bridge over the Saar River erected by 289th Combat Engineers at Volklingen, Germany
1269th engineers attached to the technology-capturing T-Force of the Alsos Mission dismantle a nuclear pile built by German scientists in Haigerloch, Germany, April 1945