Re: 36th Engineer Group (C)

[Mike Davino <mdavino@yahoo.com>]

Here is what the unit homepage at Fort Benning says
about it:

Group History

                  The 36th Engineer Group has a long
and distinguished record during both war and peace.
The unit was formed over fifty
                  years ago, and fought with
distinction in World War II, the Korean War, and the
Gulf War. The 36th's proud history as one of
                  the first Engineer units to train
and fight using amphibious tactics is mirrored in the
unit's distinctive insignia, a seahorse on
                  a red and white shield, proclaiming
the prowess demonstrated during its many amphibious
landings made in Europe. The
                  Group's colors carry twenty-two
battle streamers, many earned in combat while
reorganized as Infantry, including service at
                  Anzio where, for fifty days,
soldiers wearing the seahorse shoulder patch held
seven miles of front lines and earned the
                  distinction by the Germans as "The
Little Seahorse Division". The unit earned nine battle
streamers during the Korean War
                  and, more recently, two streamers
for its outstanding support during the Gulf War. Today
the Group's 1,300 Forces
                  Command soldiers train hard, ready
to meet any contingency while providing a wide range
of support to the Infantry Center
                  and Fort Benning. Units assigned to
the Group at Fort Benning support the Infantry Center
not only with Engineer skills but
                  with other services to include
ammunition handling, local and line haul
transportation, direct support maintenance, and air
                  and ground ambulance support. Over
the last two years, the Group has been at the
forefront of the Army's emerging new
                  roles. In addition to building roads
on Post, the 36th has supported the 24th Infantry
Division at NTC and the Ranger
                  Regiment at JRTC; participated in
numerous training exercises from Fort Bragg to Fort
Polk to Kuwait; performed disaster
                  relief during the Georgia Floods of
1994 and conducted peacekeeping missions during
Operations CONTINUE HOPE in
                  Somalia and UPHOLD DEMOCRACY in
Haiti. Just recently soldiers of the 36th Engineer
Group deployed in support of the
                  Operation Fuerte Apoyo in Nicaragua.
 As was always true in the past, the soldiers of the
36th Engineer Group (Combat)
                  stand proud and ready to undertake
any mission.



                  Group Lineage

                  Constituted 1 October 1933 in the
Regular Army as the 36th Engineers

                  Activated 1 June 1941 at Plattsburg
Barracks, New York

                  Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the
36th Engineer Combat Regiment

                  Regiment broken up 15 February 1945
and its elements reorganized and redesignated as
follows:


                       Headquarters and Headquarters
and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 36th
                       Engineer Combat Group

                       1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions as
the 2826th, and 2827th, and 2828th Engineer Combat
Battalions, respectively -
                       (hereafter separate lineages)


                  Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 36th Engineer Combat Group, inactivated 30
November 1946 in Austria

                  Activated 5 May 1947 at Fort Lewis,
Washington

                  Reorganized and redesignated 10
April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
36th Engineer Group

                  Inactivated 30 May 1972 at Fort
Lewis, Washington

                  Activated 1 July 1973 at Fort
Benning, Georgia

WORLD WAR II 

      Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)

      Tunisia

      Sicily (with arrowhead

      Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)

      Anzio (with arrowhead)

      Rome-Arno

      Southern France (with arrowhead)

      Rhineland

      Ardennes-Alsace

      Central Europe


KOREAN WAR 

      UN Offensive

      CCF Intervention

      First UN Counteroffensive

      CCF Spring Offensive

      UN Summer Offensive

      Second Korean Winter

      Korea, Summer-Fall 1952

      Third Korean Winter

      Korea, Summer 1953


SOUTHWEST ASIA 

      Defense of Saudi Arabia

      Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

--- Ed Evanhoe <ede@oio.net> wrote:
> Does anyone have any information on the 36th
> Engineer Group (Combat)?
> Hq. was in Yongdongp'o in 1952 so was wondering in
> what roll it was employed
> and where?  Also what units made up the group?
> 
> 
> Ed Evanhoe, PO Box 916, Antlers, OK, 74523
> Author: DARKMOON: Eighth Army Special Operations in
> the Korean War
> Member: American Society of Journalists and Authors
> (ASJA)
> Life Member:  Special Forces & Special Operations
> Associations
> Web Site:  http://www.korean-war.com
> Co-list owner: KOREAN-WAR-L (University of Kansas
> listproc)
> 
> 
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