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    1. Re: 150th ALabama Guard Unit Company F Rhine Bridge.
    2. Le Bateman
    3. Thank you supposedly according my grandfather's war record which my step-grandmother has Company F of 150th became Company C of 1342rd Battalion of Army Engineers. Is this company familiar. Le ----- Original Message ----- From: <Keithflk@aol.com> To: <ALHENRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 5:59 AM Subject: Re: 150th ALabama Guard Unit Company F Rhine Bridge. > Dear Le, > > I happen to have in front of me a picture that names the Engineer Groups that > constructed the Railroad Bridge accross the Rhine at Mainz. It is a picture > taken at the dedication of the Bridge which was completed in 9 1/2 days, bridg > e length- overall 4,502 ft, span 2.221 ft. This is the bridge that got > our troops to badly need oil and supplies. The picture belongs to my father > who mobilized with Co. E, 106th Engineers, 31st Dixie Division,of > Apalachicola, Florida. Soon after he was sent to Officers Candidate School > and ended up withe the 389 Eng. Gs Regt. I am afraid it is not proper to > insert the picture into a maillist document. > There are two signs on the bridge, one gives statistics, the second gives > > CONSTRUCTED BY > ADV. SEC. > ENGINEER GROUP "B" > 347 Eng. G.S. Regt. | 417 Eng. D.T. Co. > 389 Eng. G.S, Regt. | 3063 Eng. D.T. Co. > 333 Eng. Spc. Ser. Rgt. | 3088 Eng. Wld. Det. > 1057 Eng. PC.R. Grp. | 975 Eng. Main Co. > 329 H. C. Co. | 1995 Labor Supv. Co. > > . > > > Incidently, I am searching for KEITH, DIXON HEWLETT/HUELLET BOUTWELL, LOPER, > PIPPIN, and JAMES, families in central and southern Alabama, Florida, > Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. > > Frances > > __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

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