53012 - Field Fortifications W. Britain-War on the Nile After a year of inactivity

After a year of inactivity the French joined forces with Washington’s army and the combined force then marched to lay siege to the British at Yorktown

A variety of tunes were played

Another member of the fighting patrol

1944 as part of “Operation Market Garden”

The stipulation was that the Marine regiment be organized and equipped according to the new wartime tables of organization developed by the Army

53012 - Field Fortifications W. Britain-War on the Nile After a year of inactivityField Fortifications Military engineering is the oldest of the engineering arts and was the precursor of the profession of civil engineering. Construction of fortifications, roads, bridges, camouflaging positions, surveying, and mapping are the province of military engineers. Because they were in the vanguard of any military force these soldiers were called pioneers. Their main weapons were the pick, axe, and shovel. Pictured in this grouping are four