Documents, Articles, Information

In this section you will find a variety of information regarding the 327th Engineer Combat Battalion,
the 102nd Infantry Division, World War II and the US Army.
We welcome all contributions.

Morning Reports of Company B - Nov '44 - Feb '45

  Newspaper of the 327th Engineer Combat Battalion
produced May 11, 1945 – September 1, 1945

 Rifle Cal .30 M1 Training Qualifications - May 17 1944, Camp Swift - Added 12/17/05 (1,578KB pdf)
(Includes qualifications for Carbine Cal .30 M1 on pages 9 & 10)
 - Thanks to Steve Lay -

  Relative Rank of Officers - May 30 1944, Camp Swift - Added 12/17/05 (102KB pdf)
- Thanks to Steve Lay -

After Action Reports - Added 10/4/05

General Orders - Updated 8/1/05

327th Engineers - Statement of Service (Timeline)

Battle Honors - Roer River

Organic Composition of the 102nd Infantry Division During WWII

Army Force Structure

Engineers in World War II

WWII Combat Engineers - What Did They Do?

Here is some information sent to me by Michael J. Brodhead, Ph.D., Historian, Office of History, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from a reference work entitled Order of Battle U. S. Army, World War II:

The 327th Engineer Combat Battalion was formed 15 September 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas; left New York Port of Embarkation 12 September 1944; arrived in England 23 September 1944; arrived in France, European Theater of Operations, 23 September 1944; participated in the Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, and Rhineland campaigns; located at Neudietendorf, Germany, in August 1945 (end of the war with Japan); arrived at the New York Port of Embarkation 20 March 1946; inactivated 21 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.