307th Engineer Battalion

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The 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion is a combat engineer unit of the 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, trained for bridge construction, demolition, mine and tunnel warfare, and other engineering tasks that support land-force combat operations. The battalion traces its lineage to World War I, when the 307th Engineer Battalion fought in the Saint-Mihiel, Lorraine, and Meuse-Argonne Campaigns. It was during these operations that the unit earned its motto, "I Maintain the Right," after protecting the right flank of the 82nd Infantry Division and repulsing an attack by a numerically superior German force. - AsNotedIn

Notable Position Person From To
Master Engineer, Company D Theodore B Wells 1917 1919

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1917/08/05 The 307th Engineer Battalion is activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia and attached to the 82nd Infantry Division. Established
1918/08/18 The 163d Brigade with the 1st Batt, Co A, 307th Engineers, arrive at Ville-au-Val. The men are quartered in barracks and brigade HQ is housed in the chateau. Over the next 3 weeks the engineers build dugouts and shelters at the top of a nearby hill. US Battalion Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR
1918/09/12 At the Saint-Mihiel operation the 82d Division forms the extreme right of the First Army. The 164th Brigade with the 2d Battalion, Company A, Engineer Regiment is assigned to the sector west of the Moselle river. US Battalion Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR
1919/05/17 The 307th Engineer Battalion, along with the entire 82nd Infantry Division, is demobilized at Fort Dix, New Jersey and placed on reserved status. History
1921/06/24 The 307th Engineer Battalion is reconstituted in the Organized Reserves as the 307th Engineer Regiment and assigned to the 82d Division. History
1921/12/00 The 307th Engineer Battalion is organized in Jacksonville, Florida. History
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