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The 109th Combat Engineers were a National Guard Unit, with most members from South Dakota. We were part of the 34th Infantry Division.We were mobilized soon after Pearl Harbor. We got into the “Ground Floor” of the war, and were among the first into Europe. We spent more days in combat as we worked our way through Africa and Italy than any other American Division.
Our Division casualties at the close of WWII were officially counted at: 3,737 killed, 14,165 wounded and 3,460 missing in action - a total of 21,362 battle casualties for a Division that started the war with about 14,000 men. We don't use that term, but our children do, so we gratefully if reluctantly accept it.
We have posted a substantial amount of information on the 109th Combat Engineers at:
109thengineers34thdivision.blogspot.com
Please email us any more information that you may have about the 109th.
Clifford Harlan Hullinger