509th engineer light ponton company

My grandfather was in the 509th Light Pontoon.  Please send me a message . 

Chessie509LP

My father Msgt. John Malley was in the 509th Eng.Light Ponton Compny. He enlisted in 1941 and.was discharged in 1946,.I know the 509th landed on Utah Beach in July 44. I'm looking for any info on the unit in general and /or any specific info on my Dad.

anything you can add is greatly appreciated. Dad was from Philadelphia.

How about your Grand father?
Thanks

Dan Malley

Thanks for the info.

Hi everyone,

Great to hear/read family from 509th Engineers Light Pontoon Company Engineers!
I am Dennis Kiekebos, chairman of 'Pontoon Group '40-'45', a living history group based in The Netherlands. Because of our collection (an original M2 Assault Bridge), we choose to tell the story of the 509th ELPC. We did a deep historical research about the 509th and also tried to get in contact with family members. It seems this would be a chance to get in contact, we would like to know more about the men from the 509th. 

It would be nice to share information about the history, places, pictures, etc.
Please feel free to check our website and get in contact with us: www.pontoongroup4045.com 

And hopefully you all are interested to get in contact.

Greetings,

Dennis Kiekebos

 I am new here . My father was in the 509th engineer light panton in WW2

I just stumbled on to this website looking for more information on them .

Hi Hydro1381

I just made contact with Chessie509LP as my father also was in the 509th Engineer Light Pontoon . I’ve been looking over her pictures trying to find him in them . I also shared with her his honorable discharge papers . I would love to find out why he received 5 bronze stars . What did he do to earn them ? My father’s name was Joseph Hanlon but he often went by Pat or Patty because he looked so Irish . We all come from around the Washington DC area . 

Hi Nyce61. I also questioned the notation about my Dad recieving 5 bronze stars and I believe the answer is that these are campaign citations and not the Bronze Star Medal for valor. One of my Dad's ribbons is the European, African, Middle Eastern Service Ribbon with 5 Bronze stars which designates the battles / campaigns he was part of as noted on his Army Discharge papers: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland & Central Europe. 
I hope this helps. Look at your dad's discharge papers and it should have similar notations.

besr regards

Dan Malley

Hi Dan 

Thank you for responding and yes my dad has the  same on his discharge papers . I just went and looked at it. Thank you so much  
  I found my dad and also my uncle in the group picture Chessie has . My dad is on the left side of the picture on the top row 3rd one in the young blonde guy . My dad was 10 days shy of his 19th birthday when he enlisted in March of 1943 . My Uncle also the same age as my dad is also in the  picture next row down to the right of my dad . My Uncle was originally from Vermont became my dad best friend for life and married my mom’s younger sister and settled in the DC area too. I am just thrilled to meet both of you. I’ve searched many times but came up empty handed till last week. Btw my name is Teresa Nyce 

Again Thank You 

I am new to this group.  My father was in the 509th ENGR LP Co from March 1943- November 1945.  He left me some photos and a few stories of his time there.  A couple years ago I looked up the friends he spoken of on the internet and at that point they had all passed also.  I was hoping to email photos to them or their families.  My father 's name was Claude Harlow.  I have looked at his photo notes and do not see the names of anyone on this string, I was hoping that I would but maybe eventually someone will show up that knew him. I have his medals, he received one Bronze star and his discharge papers say the same as you noted above.

I'm glad I found this forum and will keep an eye on it for others from his company,

Take Care,

Annette Harlow