532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
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The 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment was a United States Army engineer unit that served in World War II [1] and the Korean War. It was designated the 532nd Engineer Amphibian Regiment in July 1943 and was assigned to the 2nd Engineer Special Brigade.
One member, Junior Van Noy, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Huon Peninsula campaign.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Heavey 1988, pp. 85–86, 102–104.
References
[edit]- Baldwin, William C. (1985). "Amphibian Engineers in World War II", Engineer, 4.
- Becker, Marshall O. (1946). The Amphibious Training Center. Washington, D.C.: Historical Section, Army Ground Forces.
- Stanton, Shelby L. (2006). World War II Order of Battle: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division, 1939-1946 (Revised Edition). Mechanicsburg: Stackpole
- Amory, Robert (1 January 1947). "Surf and sand, the saga of the 533d Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment and 1461st Engineer Maintenance Company, 1942-1945". World War Regimental Histories.
- Heavey, William F. (1988) [1947]. Down Ramp! The Story of the Army Amphibian Engineers. Nashville, Tennessee: The Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-123-7. OCLC 270398219.
- Fowle, Barry B. (2005) [1992]. Builders and fighters: U.S. Army Engineers in World War II. Office of History, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. pp. 507–510. ISBN 978-1410221773.