348th Engineers landed on Omaha Beach in two groupings. The initial landing at H-Hour or in the First Tide involved 60% of the unit. This included the recon and heavy weapons units of the battalion as well as one platoon of Co. A and all of the units of Co.s B and C. They were attached to the 37th Engineers Combat Battalion and all were a part of the 5th ESB. Their original role was to help as the Gap assault teams in opening up Beach obstacles but as the initial assault was under heavy fire from the positions on the Cliiff , they attacked with members of the 16th RCT in trying to overcome the defenses. They helped in getting to the top of the bluffs of E-3 Draw with use of Explosives and frontal infantry assault so that they could go back to clear mines and establish the beachhead and create roads and lay tracks in the sand. But they had to stop the snipers and machine guns and 88's first. Co C's Sgt Art Sedillo led his squad of 16 recon troops in an assault on a pillbox and captured 11 Germans of which one that he shot was a woman. The second wave of the battalion which was the remainder of A company and the HS Co came in on the 2nd Tide accompanied by the 336th Engineers and most of their equipment. Still under Artillery and sniper fire these men began creating the area for offloading tons of men and material and built a CP on the beach for the 348th Beach Battalion to begin operating, while forward members of the unit was engaging the enemy with units of the 29th and 1st Div. Fully 30% of the assault troops on D-Day were Engineers . In photos you can distinguish the men of the 5th ESB by their distinctive white Arcs on the front of their helmets.
they landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day; they searched for bombs / mines; secured the beach so the troops could come ashore; they built a "city" on the beach as an entry point; they built bridges, searched for mines, they fought the Germans; they helped liberate POW camps; and they held their 45th and last reunion Oct 3 - 7, 2010 in St. Robert, MO.
348th Engineers landed on Omaha Beach in two groupings. The initial landing at H-Hour or in the First Tide involved 60% of the unit. This included the recon and heavy weapons units of the battalion as well as one platoon of Co. A and all of the units of Co.s B and C. They were attached to the 37th Engineers Combat Battalion and all were a part of the 5th ESB. Their original role was to help as the Gap assault teams in opening up Beach obstacles but as the initial assault was under heavy fire from the positions on the Cliiff , they attacked with members of the 16th RCT in trying to overcome the defenses. They helped in getting to the top of the bluffs of E-3 Draw with use of Explosives and frontal infantry assault so that they could go back to clear mines and establish the beachhead and create roads and lay tracks in the sand. But they had to stop the snipers and machine guns and 88's first. Co C's Sgt Art Sedillo led his squad of 16 recon troops in an assault on a pillbox and captured 11 Germans of which one that he shot was a woman. The second wave of the battalion which was the remainder of A company and the HS Co came in on the 2nd Tide accompanied by the 336th Engineers and most of their equipment. Still under Artillery and sniper fire these men began creating the area for offloading tons of men and material and built a CP on the beach for the 348th Beach Battalion to begin operating, while forward members of the unit was engaging the enemy with units of the 29th and 1st Div. Fully 30% of the assault troops on D-Day were Engineers . In photos you can distinguish the men of the 5th ESB by their distinctive white Arcs on the front of their helmets.
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they landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day; they searched for bombs / mines; secured the beach so the troops could come ashore; they built a "city" on the beach as an entry point; they built bridges, searched for mines, they fought the Germans; they helped liberate POW camps; and they held their 45th and last reunion Oct 3 - 7, 2010 in St. Robert, MO.
They fought up through the bunkers and killed everyone inside, and they throw smoke gernades to alert the p16 fighters to bomb the beach thus securing itAnswerThe 336th Combat Engineer Battalion was among the units that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. They were an independent unit, meaning they were not attached to support an infantry division directly. Here is a quote about their action on Omaha Beach.Four groups had assignments on OMAHA for D-day. The 37th Engineer Battalion Beach Group supported the 16th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Division, and the 149th was behind the 116th Infantry. The 348th was to facilitate the landing of the 18th Infantry, following the 16th on the eastern end of the beach. The 336th Engineer Battalion Beach Group was scheduled to arrive in the afternoon to organize Fox Red. All the groups were under 5th Engineer Special Brigade control until the assault phase was over; the 149th Engineer Battalion Beach Group would then revert to the 6th Brigade.The task of opening Exit F-1 belonged to the 336th Engineer Battalion Beach Group, which was scheduled to land after 1200 on D-day at Easy Red near E-3 and then march east to Fox Red. Some of the advance elements went ashore on E-3 at 1315 and made their way toward their objective through wreckage on the beach, falling flat when enemy fire came in and running during the lulls.Wading ashore at Dog Green about 1500, troops of the 336th Engineer Combat Battalion assembled at the shingle bank and began a hazardous march toward Fox Red, more than two miles away. The unit moved in a long irregular column, followed by a D-7 tractor that towed an Athey trailer loaded with explosives. As the battalion made its way around bodies and wreckage through smoke and gunfire, it witnessed the awful panorama of D-day on OMAHA. Artillery fire had decreased at Exit D-1 after destroyers knocked out a strongpoint on Pointe de la Percee about noon. It grew heavier as engineers approached Exit D-3, several times narrowly missing the explosive-laden trailer. At E-1 the fire let up, but congestion on the beach increased. Bulldozers were clearing a road through the shingle embankment, and the beach flat was jammed with vehicles waiting to join a line moving up the hill toward St. Laurent.The worst spot they encountered on the beach was at Exit E-3, still under fire as they passed. There the 336th Battalion's column ran into such heavy machine-gun fire and artillery shelling that the unit had to halt. The commander sent the men forward two at a time; when about half had gone through the area, a shell hit a bulldozer working at the shingle bank. The dozer began to burn, sending up clouds of smoke that covered the gap and enabled the rest of the men to dash across. As the troops proceeded down the beach, they saw a tank nose over the dune line and fire about twenty-five rounds at a German machine-gun emplacement, knocking it out; but artillery barrages continued hitting the beach in front of E-3 every fifteen or twenty minutes.At the end of its "memorable and terrible" march across OMAHA, during which two men were killed by shell fray meets and twenty-seven were injured, the engineer column reached the comparative safety of the F-1 area at 1700. The surrounding hills had been cleared of machine-gun nests, and although enemy artillery was able to reach the tidal flat, it could not hit the beach. The first job was mine clearance: the area was still so heavily mined that several tanks, one of them equipped with a dozer blade, could not get off the beach. The men had only one mine detector but were able to assemble several more from damaged detectors the infantry had left on the beach. More were salvaged when the last elements of the battalion came in from Dog Green around 1730.Quoted from: http://www.history.army.mil/reference/Normandy/TS/COE/COE15.htmIn summary, this unit landed on D-Day around Noon(12:00). Their job was to clear the beach and make roads so other heavier equipment could be brought to the beach and driven directly to the front lines.Links that list Units that were at Normandy:http://www.army.mil/d-day/forces.HTMLhttp://www.sproe.com/o/Omaha-beach.HTML
Take exit 142B You will come out onto 348th St. At the second stop light, turn LEFT onto PACIFIC HWY S / WA-99. Drive for half a mile. Turn RIGHT onto S 356TH ST. Drive for half a mile. Turn LEFT onto 1ST AVE S. Drive for a quarter mile. her house is on your RIGHT at 36001 1st Ave S, Federal Way, WA 98003
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