924th Engineer Aviation Regiment

The 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment was activated in October 1942 at Richmond, VA, and arrived in the U.K. July 1943. In 12 months the regiment built 28 airfields in England. After D plus 32 it constructed and rehabilitated 47 airfields on the Continent. In the great final drive east of the Rhine, "Stripped-Down" mobile units of the 924th traveled with Armored Division spearheads to rehabilitate S and E fields in advance of the Infantry. These fields enabled the fastmoving forces to be supplied by air transport.

925th Engineer Aviation Regiment

The 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment landed on Omaha Beach 2 July 1944, then followed General Patton through Coutances and Avaranches, then eastward through Paris to the Metz-Thionville area. Wintered in this area then pushed into Germany through Trier, Bonn, Mainz, Frankfurt, Erfurt, Bamberg, Stuttgart, and Augsburg to Munich. During time Regimental headquarters was at Bonn within 400 yards of German outposts, Headquarters and Service Company built the first airfield East of the Rhine in the Regimen bridge-head area. Battalions attached to the 925th built 77 fields in a little over 10 months operations on the Continent of Europe.

926th Engineer Aviation Regiment

BORN AND WEANED: Richmond Airbase, Richmond, VA, June 1943. CHILDHOOD: Honington, Suffold, England with seven battalions and thirty-three jobs. ADOLESCENCE: Great Barrington with practice moves; Wethersfield, Cokethorpe; and Boomerang. ADULTHOOD: Cherbourg to Pilsen; D + 5 in Normandy dust; distance in Brittany; anniversary in Alençon; past Paris behind Patton; sod fields, mesh, hessian; winter home in St. Nicolas, winter work in mud with plank; Spring push over Rhine; tenting in Lorsch; furor in Furth; equipment always working with battalions; paper work never ceasing; spreading supervision over 76 airfields.

2nd Airfield Maintenance Regiment

The 2nd Airfield Maintenance Regiment (Prov) was established at Le Chesnay France, on the 27th of October 1944, for the purpose of supervising airfield maintenance and additional airfield construction in rear areas. This organization has included twelve battalions in its short history. At periods, this regiment has been responsible for the maintenance of as many as 65 airfields West of the Rhine. In April 1945, the plan for turning airfield maintenance over to civilian contractors was instituted, thereby releasing subordinate units for construction in forward areas.