[Leaning Right]

I read a journal written by a combat engineer who built bridges usually under fire by the Germans.

I'm sure he wasn't the GI you were referring to, but comedian Mel brooks was a US Army combat engineer during WW II. He saw action during the Battle of the Bulge. When Brooks was asked about it, he said that it was really noisy and he couldn't get any reading done.

[kiryandil]

I think she was talking about Colonel David Pergrin, 291st Engineer Combat Battalion.

He wrote First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany, and Engineering the Victory: The Battle of the Bulge: A History.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Good to have a sense of humor but I would be too busy digging a foxhole with my helmet to find the humor in it. Funny guy, thanks.