The 51st Again! is the story of a hard-working successful engineer combat battalion that was formed in Texas, and trained in New York and England. Landing on Normandy in June 1944, the men had reached Belgium by November. There, they began sawmill operations. Then the Germans struck in the Battle of the Bulge.
The 51st, called on to help stop the enemy, soon found itself holding a 40-mile front, with numerous strategic roadblocks to defend.
Fighting as infantry as well as engineers in several pitched battles, elements of five divisions relieved the battalion as the Battle of the Bulge came to an end.
When the American counter-offensive began, the 51st was in the forefront clearing roads and mines and bridging the Roer, the Rhine, and the Danube, along other natural obstacles to the American advance.
When the war ended in May, the 51st had just finished several bridges over the Isar Canal.
The 51st then turned to helping the Germans rebuild their country. By fall it was preparing to go home. The 51st Engineer Combat Battalion was inactivated on October 27, 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Few of its orignal members remained.

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Although occasionally bogged down in necessary minutiae, this battalion history moves along nicely from activation to its finest hour, the Battle of the Bulge. It offers an honest and accurate portrayal of army combat engineers, busy with sawmill operations, suddenly fighting as infantry, defending several strategic roadblocks. Their command post was in Trois Ponts, a vital Belgian town with three bridges over two rivers. They blew them up as needed to prevent the Germans from crossing and held on admirably until relieved. In the American counteroffensive, the 51st not only cleared roads but built bridges crossing such major rivers as the Roer and Rhine. Throughout the narrative, readers receive a Bridge Building 101 course, from floating, assault, treadway, and trestle bridges to a Double-Double Bailey. The 51st Again! fills a void in regimental histories.
- Ralph DeLucia, Willoughby Wallace Lib., Branford, Ct.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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