John Philip Manger |
John Phillip Manger, Bruhl, Germany, May 1945 | World War II, 1939-1946
Army
164th Engineer Battalion
Fort Logan, Colorado; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Camp Howze, Texas; Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi; Camp Shanks, New York; England; Normandy, France; Belgium; Germany; Ardennes; Rhineland; Central Europe
Captain
Laurium, MI
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John Manger put his college engineering degree to good work as a member of the 164th Engineer Battalion in the European Theater of World War II. Captain Manger and his men were responsible for building, fortifying, and protecting bridges that would speed the Allies push to victory in the wake of the Normandy Invasion. Their key job was at Remagen, an important railroad bridge across the Rhine River. The Germans were determined to destroy the bridge, even employing swimmers to attach explosives to its base. Mangers collection includes several documents which contain invaluable details about this story.
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