P.F.C. Lawrence T. Page
148th Engineer Combat Battalion
Medical Detachment - Surgical Technician
Deployment/Battlefield Itinerary:
March 21 / Sept. 21,1943 Camp Shelby, Miss. 1st Army
Sept. 25,1943 Camp Miles Standish, Mass.
Oct. 8 1943 Shipped out on the Santa Elena*
Oct. 21,1943 Arrived in Liverpool ,England
Oct. 22, 1943 Camp Delamere in W.Cheshire, England
Feb.26, 1944 Left Camp Delamere for Camp Chisolton
Feb. 27, 1944 Camp Chisolton
June 6, 1944 Left Camp Chisolton to Southampton, England
June 7, 1944 Landed on Utah Beach
June 8, 1944 Joined 82nd Airborne, 101st Airborne and the 2nd
Armored to enter Carentan, France. Lost town, recaptured it the same day.
Remained with the 82nd until joining the 90th Infantry Div. in St.Sauveur LeVicomte as infantry support.
Rejoined the 82nd Div. before battle of LaHaye du Puits. Entered
LaHaye with the 82nd Airborne and 8th Infantry Div.
Joined VII Corp and entered Lessay, continued onto St.Lo in breakthru.
Stayed with VII Corp until joining VIII Corp in Paris.Was in the battles of
Mortain and
Alencon before entering Paris Aug.26, 1944. Little action from Paris to Liege, Belgium.
From Liege to Aachen,Germany, breakthru of Germans forced us out of Germany.
Joined the 82nd in Hamur, Belgium, participated in Battle of the Bulge.
Saw action in Stavelot, Monschau, Elseborn and Butenbach.
Arrived in Remagen, built bridge after collapse of the Ludendorf bridge.
Moved on to Bad Godesburg, Germany where the Hodges Bridge was built
across the Rhine River.
From Bad Godesburg to Beverungen, Germany. Built timber bridge across
the Wesser River thrn to Eisenach, Germany.
Was in Eisenach when war ended May 8, 1945
Joined 9th Army on Return to France. Returned to Camp Atlanta and 1st
Army.
Left France on the Victory ship Way Cross to Brooklyn, N.Y. then to
Fort Dix, N.J.
Fort Dix to Indiantown Gap, Pa. Then home by train to Canton, Oh.
*Santa Elena in Black Sea 11-6-43;
damaged by aerial torpedo, 11-7-43 collision, sunk.
Participated in building bridges:
Utah Beach and the Tucker Bridge (Purple Heart Bridge) in Carentan, France.
Class 40 &70 Bailey bridges between St.Sauver LeVicte & LaHaye du Puits,
France.
A Treadway bridge in Lessay for Patton's 3rd Army to cross going to St.Lo.
Rebuilt bridge and road in St.Lo.
Class 70 bridge in Huy, Belgium (12-25-44)
Class 40 Bailey bridge in Remagen, Germany (3-19-45)
General Hodges Bridge (1180 ft long) in Bad Godesburg, Germany 3-26-45
to 4-6-45 .
Awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.
Timber bridge across Wesser River in Beverungen, Germany
