Johan Willaert Posted December 28, 2012 Share #1 Posted December 28, 2012 Looking for all and any info about the above unit, especially its composition and organisation during WW2. Would like to find out what specialty the different subunits or platoons of this company had. Thanks, Johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share #2 Posted December 28, 2012 Would it be correct the say that an Engineer Maintenance Company during WW2 was composed of: *Company HQ *2 Maintenance Platoons *1 Contact Platoon I assume the primary mission of the MT platoons would have been maintenance of all Engineer equipment in their zone but what would the primary mission of the contact platoon have been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted December 30, 2012 Share #3 Posted December 30, 2012 Just a guess; supervizing the different tasks they had to perform? And maybe oversee coordination with other units? Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted January 5, 2013 Thanks Erwin, Any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderson150 Posted January 26, 2013 Share #5 Posted January 26, 2013 John, I have the 965th Company History written by Lt Benjamin Booth, I have over 300 pictures taken by their company photographer. I have identified over 150 soldiers who served in that unit and have located 11 soldiers still with us. Most of the men in there unit came from the New England Area. I also produced a 4 hr long movie based on their company history and the Corp of Engineers. I have also produced several movies of the men who were killed. You can google the name and their tree is on Ancestry.com Lenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Military Engineer Posted January 31, 2013 Share #6 Posted January 31, 2013 Engineer Maintenance Companies performed 2nd and 3rd echlon maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted January 31, 2013 Thanks! Any more ideas on the Contact Platoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted January 31, 2013 Share #8 Posted January 31, 2013 Have you asked on the Engineer Forum, Johan? They have a lot of good information on Engineer untis. Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted February 13, 2013 Share #9 Posted February 13, 2013 This is a very interesting subject for me,as I have an album put together by the unit showing their activities from arrival in England through to the end of the war. The album is in the format of a unit history but the pictures are all prints held in the book with photo corners and most are titled on the reverse with details of date and location. The actual text in the book is very limited indeed and I get the impression the album was intended to form the bases for a printed unit history. I thought this album/history was probably a "one off" due to the work it must have taken to compile,but now having read Lenny's post above I wonder if several were in fact produced?. I will add a few of the pictures later. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share #10 Posted February 13, 2013 Thanks Matt... Looking forward to seeing some pictures, especially if they show verhicle markings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted February 13, 2013 Share #11 Posted February 13, 2013 Here you go Johan!. The majority of the 300+ pictures show equipment,but few clearly show the 965th's own vehicle markings,in fact there are more shots of captured German equipment than anything. The shots below do show 965th unit markings,though you might need to enlarge them to get the detail. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted February 13, 2013 Share #12 Posted February 13, 2013 A couple more shots,no unit marking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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