834th Engineers

Activated in April, this Battalion arrived overseas in Aug 1942. During the following 16 months they built Matching Airdrome. It was awarded the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for work on first invasion fields in Normandy, including an ELS, and an evacuation strip, a tactical field and a tactical air depot. On V-E Day, the 834th was working on Czechoslovakia's first American airfield.

837th Engineers

The 837th Engineer Aviation Battalion, after a year's service in Africa, Italy, and in the Mediterranean theater, joined the IX Engineer Command in the European Theater in March 1945. It started the development of the major international airdrome (Y-17) near Marseilles, on which it supervised more than 2000 German PWs continuously, until the 837th was released for redeployment.

Y-62 Niedermendig S & E 830 R & R 834 F/B 834 14-Mar-1945 17-Mar-1945 11-May-1945 Y-62 Y-62 Y-63 Coblenz S & E 832 29-Mar-1945 30-Mar-1945 11-May-1945 Y-63 Y-63 Y-64 Ober Olm S & E 832 R & R 832 F/B 832 25-Mar-1945 27-Mar-1945 20-Jun-1945 Y-64 Y-64 Y-65 Chantilly LIAS 834 18-Dec-1944 22-Dec-1944 8-Aug-1945 Y-65 Y-65 Y-66 Gollheim S & E 832 25-Mar-1945 26-Mar-1945 30-Apr-1945 Y-66 Y-66 Y-67 Gelnhausen S & E 840 31-Mar-1945 01-Apr-1945 30-Apr-1945 Y-67 Y-67 Y-68 Lachen/Speyerdorf LIAS CONSTRUCTION NEVER COMPLETED 3-May-1945 Y-68 Y-68 Y-69 Mittelbronn LIAS 819 22-Mar-1945 26-Mar-1945 3-May-1945 Y-69 Y-69 Y-70 Maitzborn S & E 825 29-Mar-1945 30-Mar-1945 30-Apr-1945 Y-70 Y-70 Y-71 Eudenbach S & E 925 25-Mar-1945 26-Mar-1945 30-Apr-1945 Y-71 Y-71 Y-72 Braunschardt S & E 832 F/B 850 M/B 826 STORAGE 27-Mar-1945 28-Mar-1945 Y-72 Y-72 Y-73 Frankfurt/Rhine-Main F/B 840 H/B 30-Mar-1945 10-Apr-1945 Y-73 Y-73 Y-74 Frankfurt/Eschborn S & E 832 F/B 825 TNSPT 859 30-Mar-1945 31-Mar-1945 Y-74 Y-74 Y-75 Frankfurt/Rebstock LIAS 825 15-Apr-1945 15-Apr-1945 Y-75 Y-75 Y-76 Darmstadt/Griesheim S & E 832 29-Mar-1945 31-Mar-1945 Y-76 Y-76 Y-77 Babenhausen S & E 832 30-Mar-1945 31-Mar-1945 30-Apr-1945 Y-77 Y-77 Y-78 Biblis S & E 850 R & R 850 F/B 850 01-Apr-1945 02-Apr-1945 Y-78 Y-78 A-1 St. Pierre Du Mont R & R 834 F/B 834 09-Jun-1944 13-Jun-1944 5-Sep-1944 A-1 A-1 Y-17 Istres/Le Tube CONSTR BY ENGR COMD MTO Y-17 Y-17