Fort Lewis

Activation & Training of the 246th Combat Engineers
1943

To read Charles M. Schleutker's essay on the formation, training & deployment of the 246th, click on the document image below.

Photo Gallery Stateside Fort Lewis, Washington

House to House Combat Training Village	To Maneuvers via Mt. Hood to Wagontire	Assault M2 Bridge Deschutes River, OR Constructed by 246th Combat Engineers	Arthur Ruckert & John Hanna Doing KP

Maneuvers Nagel, Denison, Bobb, Schultz, Herbert, Harris	Manuevers Shears,Schultz, Meyers, Dunlop,Ouderkirk	Arthur Ruckert, Lloyd Ruther, Alton Mahaffey, Overhalt	Howard Tulley, Russ Graves & Jack Taylor

James Mullineaux & Robert Perez	John Schneider & Jack Taylor	Robert Armstrong Motorpool	Robert Roy Motorpool

Chowline	Parade at the end of Basic Training		In front of the barracks Top: Ted Meyers Middle row from left: Sgt. Enright, Jimmy Ciccarelli, John Priest, Bob Faitel Bottom: John Mendham Company A, 3rd platoon

From the top: George Dunlop, John R. Priest, Robert Faitel Company A, Third Platoon	Ernst & Chief Clyde Matthews	Port Arms Harold Grundy, Charles Robinson & Beryl Amburguey	At Ease Harold Grundy, Charles Robinson & Beryl Amburguey

Officers of Line Companies	On Manuevers Back row L-R: Sgt. Staley, Bill Kaeckmeister, Harold Ratliff, Bob Grider Kneeling L-R: Griffith, Howard Shelp, Paul Helms


Building our first timber trestle bridge:
Preparing the Site	Cat on the Bridge	Jeep on the Bridge	Group at Finished Bridge

"A" Company: *(Row1 l/r)* 1Paul Dowicke, 2John Halajian, 3 Charle Amore, 4Frances Enright, 5Artis Rand, 6Buck Buchann, 7__, 8Lt. Morris, 9Capt. Hansen, 10Lt. Warful, 11Lt.Streater, 12RobertNash, 13Frank Kantor, 14Maury, 15Hilbert Flury, 16Andrew Taylor, 17Mansford Bodah, 18__ *(Row2 l/r)* 1__, 2__, 3John Metzigian, 4Lewis Woolf, 5__, 6Frank Denison, 7Robert Wilson, 8Roderick Snoeberger, 9__, 10Stanley Kalota, 11__, 12Don Staffin, 13__, 14Paul Bryant, 15James Bobb, 16Johnson, 17Jim Ciccarelli, 18Earl Komraus, 19Hank Pasack, 20__, 21__, 22Kenneth Kelsey, 23__, 24__, 25__, 26__, 27__, 28__, 29Luther Riggs, 30Robert Frasier, 31John Mendham, 32__, 33__, 34__, 35__, 36Roget, 37Joe Delosh, 38__, 39Rauk Avilla *(Row3 l/r)* 1__, 2__, 3Michael Modi, 4__, 5David Derakian, 6__, 7__, 8__, 9Roy Sullivan, 10__, 11Robert Frye, 12__, 13Edward Obregon, 14__, 15Marvin McClelland,16__, 17Oetter Jennie, 18__, 19__, 20__, 21 William Fitzsimmons, 22Pauncko, 23Ken Ouderkirk, 24Fil Filpot, 25Herman Reed, 26John Berryhill, 27Nick Sivado, 28__,29Stanley Piestrak, 30Don Church, 31__, 32Emil Nagel, 33Jim Mullineaux, 34Bob Baker, 35Ultis Wood, *(Row4 l/r)* 1John Metegain, 2__, 3__, 4__, 5Garner Spratt, 6Leo Zajack, 7Donald Wood, 8James Gant, 9Joe Foss, 10Bill Huff, 11Bob Squires, 12Stanley Pastula, 13Norman Sorensen, 14__, 15Bill Mager, 16Gilbert Paulson, 17Elias Lyons, 18__, 19__20Carl Koppinger, 21Julio Renna, 22Fred Wear, 23__, 24__, 25John Priest, 26Robert Faitel, 27Charles Howard, 28Earl Penny, 29Richard Day, 30__, 31Ed Gray, 32__, 33Joe Aja, 34__, 35Bob Daniels, 36Bill Wilkinson, 37__ *(Row5 l/r)* 1__, 2__, 3Milton Bennington, 4__, 5Larry Bockotyn, 6__, 7Vince Albas, 8__, 9Jack O'Dell, 10__, 11John Richnack, 12__, 13Wallace Duncan, 14Robert Fritz, 15Frank Grandaeck, 16__, 17Ted Meyers, 18__, 19Stanley Pastollo, 20Alex Yorko, 21George Apkarkian, 22Leon Williams, 23Frank Mauradian, 24__, 25__, 26__, 27__, 28__, 29Harold Harris, 30__, 31__, 32Vernon Shears, 33Ted Sosnowski, 34__, 35__, 36__, 37Robert Scharp *(Row6 l/r)* 1__, 2__, 3__, 4__, 5__, 6Joe Festa, 7Edward Opalewski, 8Clarence Palmer, 9__, 10__, 11Joe Solagie, 12George Matthews, 13__, 14Alvin Jeffries, 15George Dunlap, 16Ralph Ziel, 17Creighton Degroot, 18Charles Sweeny, 19__, 20Henry Boyd, 21Howard Tuttel, 22John Gillespi, 23Myre Smith, 24Valentine Kawallski, 25Walter Moore, 26Joe Moss, 27David Larson, 28__, 29__, 30Fred McQuarter, 31__, 32__, 33Dean Krebs, 34__Hubert Points, 35__, 36__, 37__, 38__, 39__

"B" Company: (Row1 l/r) 1William Stack, 2Raymond Pahl, 3Clarence Stanley, 4Edward Ciesta, 5Wayne Follis, 6 1st Sgt. Ernest Goswick, 7Lt. Joseph Berndt, 8Lt. Bernard DeCico, 9Lt. Duane Swindle, 10Cpt. OJ, 11Lt. Holton. 12Lt. Requarth, 13Lt. Scott,14Staff Sgt. Allen Raughton, 15Sgt. James Norman, 16S/Sgt. Emmigard,17Charles Whiting, 18Sgt. Harold Bailey (Row2 l/r) 1Lincoln Dodd ,2Paul Helms, 3Peter Mislak, 4Charles Mead, 5Walter Nault, 6John Hanahan, 7Ted Shepherd, 8Charles Steward,9James Marshall,10Chito Romero, 11George Stanley,12__,13Kenneth Thayer, 14Henry Tanks,15Donald Hoffman,16Arthur Benziger,17Fred Lush, 18Kenneth Halgren, 19David Hanson,20Charles Karschofski, 21Alfred Ponce, 22Leo Hernandez, 23Robert Perez,24Richard Gault, 25Ernest Nestor, 26John Nelson, 27Scott (Row3 l/r) 1Thomas Moss, 2William Sanderson, 3__,4Roland Roy, 5Carl Metzger, 6Carl Kraw, 7Carrol Watson, 8Orville Jasman, 9William Curyllo,10Arthur Fred,11Norman Burnett,12Emery Cook,13Dale F. Agnew, 14Walter Delaney,15Benedict Pryzbyla, 16Adrian Dodson, 17Charles Robinson, 18Clinton Simmons, 19John Piskorowski, 20Henry Pietka, 21William Kanalos, 22Jose Morales, 23Nestor Marquez, 24Vern Hepner, 25 Howard S. Shelp, 26 George Urick, 25Warren Griffee (Row4 l/r) 1Jack Herman, 2Donald Thornburg, 3John Alderson, 4,Casimar Maciolok. 5__, 6Frank Folicia, 7Henry Sokolosky, 8Peter Copeland, 9William Hoffman, 10Audwin Schreider, 11Golden Reid, 12Frank Cusato, 13Clifford Bell, 14Hobart Meyers, 15Jesse Ballard, 16Sam McKissick,17Al Batchelder, 18Robert Grundy, 19Ramon Jesus, 20Robert Lowery, 21Harold Bradshaw, 22Samuel Call, 23 Alton Mahaffey, 24Walter Blichard, 25Thomas Morales, 26William McWilliams, 27William Geile (Row5 l/r)1Charles Lawrence, 2Nelson Edgar Harper, 3Phillip Mullally, 4Howard Jaeger, 5SperoVoudouris, 6Robert Clevenger,7Leo Bemben, 8John Kolassa, 9Erhart Grambau, 10Edward Kiebzak, 11Fred Peabody, 12Eldon Cook, 13Charles Schleutker, 14Herbert George, 15Bill Keichmeister, 16Martin Conrad,17Harold Ratliff, 18Edward Strahota, 19 Beryl Amburgy, 20Leo Fertin, 21 Valentine Hickey, 22Robert Grider, 23William Hevener, 24Jack Parsons, 25 Irwin Gilbeau 26Joe Dominguez, 27Ernest Goelet (Row6 l/r) 1William Gross,2Mike Fruzzotti,3Giacomo Dragotti,4Calvin Phillips,5Howard Deyarmond,6__,7Roy Beamish, 8Elmer Randall. 9Edward Johnson,10Shaw,11Howard Groves,12Paul Williams,13Jesus Estrada,14Clarence Mielke, 15Raymond Brayer, 16Vernon Kron,17Arthur Ruckert, 18James Radke, 19Trinidad Garcia, 20Ernest Bowman, 21Clifford Gilbert, 22Robert Lee, 23Harold Grundy, 24Boyd Wood, 25Harold Greashaber, 26Pedro Morales, 27Robert Armstrong


"C" Company (Row 1) 1 Elmer Dixon, 2 1st Sgt Harold Hinshaw, 3 Sgt Harper, 4 Milton Ryder, 5 __, 6 Cpl McInerny, 7 __, 8 __, 9 Donald McNamara, 10 __, 11 Anthony Dascoli, 12 __, 13__, 14 __, 15 __, 16 __, 17 __, 18 __ (Row 2) 1Bruce H. Bower, 2__, 3 __, 4 __, 5 __, 6 __, 7 __, 8 __, ( __, 10 __, 11 __, 12 __, 13 __, 14 __, 15 Gene Nemeth, 16 __, 17 Ray Young, 18 __, 19 __, 20 __, 21 __, 22 Homer Jackson, 23 __, 24 __, 25 Dean Lehman, 26 __, Floyd Seeley __, 27 __ (Row 3) 1 __, 2 __, 3 __, 4 __, 5 Pete Baucum, 6__, 7 Simon Vedder, 8 __, 9 __, 10 __, 11 __, 12 __, 13 __, 14 __, 15 __, 16 Calvin Jackson, 17 Dirk Maymanian, 18 __, 19 __, 20 __, 21 __ ,22 __, 23 Emil Golick, 24 __, 25 William Payne, 26 __, 27 __ (Row 4) 1 __, 2 __, 3 __, 4 __, 5 __, 6 Robert Browne, 7 __, 8 __, 9 __, 10 __. 11Roger Marriott, 12 Sebastion Coli, 13 __, 14 __,15 __, 16 __, 17 __, 18 __, 19 __ 20 __, 21 Donald Oswald, 22 __, 23 __ 24 Savatore Gustafeore, 25 __, 26 __, 27 __, 28 Davis (Row 5) 1__, 2 __, 3__, 4__, 5 __, 6__, 7 __, 8 Frederick Watkins, 9 __, 10 __, 11 __, 12 __, 13 __, 14 __, 15 __, 16 __, 17 __, 18 __, 19 __. 20 __, 21 Clarence Morgan, 22 __, 23 __, 24 __, 25 __, 26 __, 27 __, 28 __, 29 Domonic Desanto (Row 6) 1 __, 2 __, 3__, 4 __, 5 __, 6 __, 7 __, 8 __. 9 __, 10 __, 11 __, 12 __, 13 __, 14 __, 15 __, 16 __, 17 __, 18 __, 19 __, 20 __, 21 __, 22 __, 23 __, 24 __, 25 __, 26 __, 27 __

Fort Lewis Now:
Mt. Rainier		Barracks		Wagontire
						John Priest at Christmas Valley
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