52nd Engineer Battalion

The 52nd Engineer Battalion was originally constituted on 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army and activated on 15 July 1941 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. During World War II, the battalion provided critical engineer support in the European Theater, participating in campaigns such as Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. After the war, the unit was inactivated and reactivated multiple times, serving in various locations and supporting operations worldwide, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan during the Global War on Terrorism. The 52nd Engineer Battalion has a distinguished history of enabling mobility, survivability, and general engineering support for combat forces throughout its service.