332nd Engineer General Service Regiment or 332nd Engineer Regiment[1] was was activated as a Special Service Regiment in May 1942, as a unit in the United States Army. Later this unit was redesignated a General Service Regiment. US Army Seal HHC, US Army Distinctive Unit Insignia The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

The unit formed and trained at Camp Claiborne Louisiana, then transferred to Camp Kilmer, a (then) new Army camp named after the American journalist and poet Joyce Kilmer. The unit shipped overseas to England in mid-1942, initially to build bases for the coming troops in preparation for D-Day in World War 2. Jump to: navigation, search Joyce Kilmer (full name: Alfred Joyce Kilmer, December 6, 1886 – July 30, 1918) was an American journalist and poet; his best-known work is Trees. The poem is notable for its anthropomorphism: the tree in the poem presses its mouth to the earths breast and... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

The commanding officer through the formation and most of the service during World War II was Colonel Helmer Swenholdt, a 1911 graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... Jump to: navigation, search 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The University of Wisconsin was founded in 1848 and is the largest university in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ...

This unit served with several of the Armies of World War 2 as is was part of ADSEC (Advanced Section, Communications Zone). ADSEC's mission was to support the U.S. First Army, U.S. Third Army, and U.S. Seventh Army acting in a support role building bridges and roads through France, Belgium and Germany. ADSEC represents The Advance Section, Communications Zone, which was formally activated at Bristol in February 1944. ... Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the U.S. First Army. ... // Activation and World War I The Third U.S. Army was first activated as a formation during the First World War. ... Jump to: navigation, search Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the U.S. Seventh Army. ...

The greatest accomplishment of the 332nd Engineer G. S. Regiment (as a member of ASDEC Engineer Group "A") was the construction of a permanent railway bridge 2,815 feet long over the Rhine River in the record time of six days, fifteen hours and twenty minutes. The site of this bridge was crossing the Rhine River between Duisburg and Rheinhausen, Germany. The railroad bridge was completed 8 May 1945 and was named the "Victory Bridge"[2]. Location of Duisburg Duisburgs inner harbour Duisburg is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Rheinhausen is a district of the city of Duisburg in Germany, with a population of 79,566 (December 31, 2004) and an area of 38. ...

Werner Von Braun visited the regimental headquarters on Friday, 29 June 1945 to tell of plans for the V-2 rocket which were buried near Bad Sachs, Germany. A nine man special detail was sent in a 2-1/2 ton GMC 6 X 6 truck to find the plans, which were successfully recovered. In May 1964, von Braun stands at his Marshall Space Flight Center desk in Huntsville, Alabama with models of rockets developed and in progress. ...

The regiment remained in Germany as part of the Army of Occupation (Germany) under the command of the U.S. Fifteenth Army, later being deactivated in 1949. There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). ... Shoulder sleeve insignia of the U.S. Fifteenth Army. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

In June 1950 the unit was reactivated and sent overseas during the Korean War. It was again deactivated in August 1953. Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁/韓國戰爭), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Another unit, 332nd Engineer Company (Dump Truck) is a reserve unit located in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. That unit recently returned from Iraq[3]. Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Senators Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ...

External links

• 332nd Engineers web page
• Victory Bridge at Duisberg
• Present day 332nd Engineer Company

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