First Engineer Special Brigade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_Engineer_Special_Brigade
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_M._Hoge
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formed 1942
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Camp_Edwards,_Massachusetts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Engineer Special Brigade
gptkbp:nickname 1st ESB
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:William_M._Hoge
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:First_United_States_Army
gptkbp:role combat engineering
amphibious operations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:36th_Engineer_Combat_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7