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Following the outbreak of World War II, the battalion was activated as the 9th Armored Engineer Battalion, part of the 9th Armored Division. Landing in France in October 1944 from their staging base in England, the 9th Armored Engineers supported the division's movement across France, making first contact with the enemy in the Schoenfels ...
"Here, on the Ludendorf Bridge crossing the Rhine at Remagen, Combat Command B, 9th Armored Division -- headed by the 27th Armored Infantry Battalion -- with 'superb skill, daring and esprit de corps' successfully effected the first bridgehead across Germany's formidable river barrier and so contributed decisively to the defeat of the enemy.
3rd, 16th, and 73rd Armored FA Battalions 9th Armored Engineer Battalion 89th Cavalry Recon. Squadron, Mech. 9th Armored Engineer Battalion 482nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (detached 9 January 1945) 149th Armored Signal Company 11th Armored ("Thunderbolt") Division Brigadier General Charles S. Kilburn 22nd, 41st, and 42nd Tank Battalions
LT Hugh Mott of the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 9th Armored Engineer Battalion, led Sergeants Eugene Dorland and John A. Reynolds onto the bridge to remove live demolition charges while under fire. All three were awarded the DSC for their actions in taking the bridge. [118] [128]
7th Engineer Battalion (United States) 8th Engineer Battalion (United States) 9th Engineer Battalion (United States) 10th Engineer Battalion (United States) 12th Engineer Battalion (United States) 14th Engineer Battalion; 15th Engineer Battalion (United States) 16th Engineer Battalion (United States) 17th Armored Engineer Battalion; 19th ...
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion; 22nd, 66th, and 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalions; 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) 144th Armored Signal Company; 126th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion; 24th Armored Engineer Battalion; 4th Armored Medical Battalion; 504th CIC Detachment; 6th Armored Division [4] Major General Robert W. Grow
3rd Marines, Reinforced, serving as 3rd Combat team, 3rd Marine Division consisting of 3rd Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 9th Regiment; Company "C", 3rd Tank Battalion: Company "C", 19th Marine Regiment (Combat Engineers), and 3rd Band Section Regiment (United States) U.S. Marine Corps: July 21 to August 10, 1944: Battle of Guam
An Engineer Combat Battalion (ECB) was a designation for a battalion-strength combat engineer unit in the U.S. Army, most prevalent during World War II. They are a component of the United States Army Corps of Engineers .