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The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD.) Dec 19, 1944 p2
BRIDGE HONOR TO ENGINEERS
Span in France Named For Two Negroes Killed In Action
France, Dec 18th - A vital link between two regions of France was reestablished today when a train, the first since the Germans left last August, crossed over the Dickerson-Amos Bridge, the largest piece of construction built to date by the American Army in France. I. D. Dickerson and Albert Amos were two Negro soldiers killed by enemy action. The bridge was dedicated this afternoon by their comrades of the 392d Engineer Regiment, who built it.
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The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh. PA) Jan 6. 1945
Engineers Master Giant Task
Dedicate Bridge to 2 Dead Heroes in France
Paris- Dedication of the rebuilt Darental bridge (largest in France) to two dead Negro soldiers, presentation of the Legion of Merit and Certificate of Merit to two heroic Tan Yanks and a tribute to the remarkable engineering feat of the Second Battalion of the 392nd Engineer Regiment, marked the unusual ceremony staged recently in Reuen, France.
There's an interesting story behind this colorful ceremony. It all started when retreating Germans placed 40 tons of TNT under the main columns of the bridge and blew up nine of its arches. This is where Negro soldiers, members of the 392nd Engineer Regiment, entered the story. The second battalion of the 392nd moved in and in eight days cleared the debris. In reconstructing the bridge they had to dig nine feet to reach a solid foundation. Working 24-hour shifts and hindered by rain, the engineers felled the trees to get timber required for the massive bridge. Neverless, they completed the bridge, much to the astonishment of the British and French. The bridge was named in honor of Pfc. I.D. Dickerson of Pikeville, NC., who was killed by an anti-personal mine at Carenton while clearing a mine field, and Pfc. Albert Amos of Cave City, KY., who was the victim of an anti-personal bomb while on guard duty in Brittany.
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Obituary - The Glasgow Times - Feb 28, 1946
Killed in northern France
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Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Albert S Amos
Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1919
County: Barren
Mother's Name: Cora Sanderson
Volume Number: 31
Certificate Number: 15469
Volume Year: 1919
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Albert Amos
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1919
Death Date: 9 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Cave City Colored Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Cave City, Kentucky
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The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD.) Dec 19, 1944 p2
BRIDGE HONOR TO ENGINEERS
Span in France Named For Two Negroes Killed In Action
France, Dec 18th - A vital link between two regions of France was reestablished today when a train, the first since the Germans left last August, crossed over the Dickerson-Amos Bridge, the largest piece of construction built to date by the American Army in France. I. D. Dickerson and Albert Amos were two Negro soldiers killed by enemy action. The bridge was dedicated this afternoon by their comrades of the 392d Engineer Regiment, who built it.
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The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh. PA) Jan 6. 1945
Engineers Master Giant Task
Dedicate Bridge to 2 Dead Heroes in France
Paris- Dedication of the rebuilt Darental bridge (largest in France) to two dead Negro soldiers, presentation of the Legion of Merit and Certificate of Merit to two heroic Tan Yanks and a tribute to the remarkable engineering feat of the Second Battalion of the 392nd Engineer Regiment, marked the unusual ceremony staged recently in Reuen, France.
There's an interesting story behind this colorful ceremony. It all started when retreating Germans placed 40 tons of TNT under the main columns of the bridge and blew up nine of its arches. This is where Negro soldiers, members of the 392nd Engineer Regiment, entered the story. The second battalion of the 392nd moved in and in eight days cleared the debris. In reconstructing the bridge they had to dig nine feet to reach a solid foundation. Working 24-hour shifts and hindered by rain, the engineers felled the trees to get timber required for the massive bridge. Neverless, they completed the bridge, much to the astonishment of the British and French. The bridge was named in honor of Pfc. I.D. Dickerson of Pikeville, NC., who was killed by an anti-personal mine at Carenton while clearing a mine field, and Pfc. Albert Amos of Cave City, KY., who was the victim of an anti-personal bomb while on guard duty in Brittany.
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Obituary - The Glasgow Times - Feb 28, 1946
Killed in northern France
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Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Albert S Amos
Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1919
County: Barren
Mother's Name: Cora Sanderson
Volume Number: 31
Certificate Number: 15469
Volume Year: 1919
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Albert Amos
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1919
Death Date: 9 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Cave City Colored Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Cave City, Kentucky
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The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD.) Dec 19, 1944 p2
BRIDGE HONOR TO ENGINEERS
Span in France Named For Two Negroes Killed In Action
France, Dec 18th - A vital link between two regions of France was reestablished today when a train, the first since the Germans left last August, crossed over the Dickerson-Amos Bridge, the largest piece of construction built to date by the American Army in France. I. D. Dickerson and Albert Amos were two Negro soldiers killed by enemy action. The bridge was dedicated this afternoon by their comrades of the 392d Engineer Regiment, who built it.
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The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh. PA) Jan 6. 1945
Engineers Master Giant Task
Dedicate Bridge to 2 Dead Heroes in France
Paris- Dedication of the rebuilt Darental bridge (largest in France) to two dead Negro soldiers, presentation of the Legion of Merit and Certificate of Merit to two heroic Tan Yanks and a tribute to the remarkable engineering feat of the Second Battalion of the 392nd Engineer Regiment, marked the unusual ceremony staged recently in Reuen, France.
There's an interesting story behind this colorful ceremony. It all started when retreating Germans placed 40 tons of TNT under the main columns of the bridge and blew up nine of its arches. This is where Negro soldiers, members of the 392nd Engineer Regiment, entered the story. The second battalion of the 392nd moved in and in eight days cleared the debris. In reconstructing the bridge they had to dig nine feet to reach a solid foundation. Working 24-hour shifts and hindered by rain, the engineers felled the trees to get timber required for the massive bridge. Neverless, they completed the bridge, much to the astonishment of the British and French. The bridge was named in honor of Pfc. I.D. Dickerson of Pikeville, NC., who was killed by an anti-personal mine at Carenton while clearing a mine field, and Pfc. Albert Amos of Cave City, KY., who was the victim of an anti-personal bomb while on guard duty in Brittany.
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Obituary - The Glasgow Times - Feb 28, 1946
Killed in northern France
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Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Albert S Amos
Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1919
County: Barren
Mother's Name: Cora Sanderson
Volume Number: 31
Certificate Number: 15469
Volume Year: 1919
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Albert Amos
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1919
Death Date: 9 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Cave City Colored Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Cave City, Kentucky
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The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD.) Dec 19, 1944 p2
BRIDGE HONOR TO ENGINEERS
Span in France Named For Two Negroes Killed In Action
France, Dec 18th - A vital link between two regions of France was reestablished today when a train, the first since the Germans left last August, crossed over the Dickerson-Amos Bridge, the largest piece of construction built to date by the American Army in France. I. D. Dickerson and Albert Amos were two Negro soldiers killed by enemy action. The bridge was dedicated this afternoon by their comrades of the 392d Engineer Regiment, who built it.
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The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh. PA) Jan 6. 1945
Engineers Master Giant Task
Dedicate Bridge to 2 Dead Heroes in France
Paris- Dedication of the rebuilt Darental bridge (largest in France) to two dead Negro soldiers, presentation of the Legion of Merit and Certificate of Merit to two heroic Tan Yanks and a tribute to the remarkable engineering feat of the Second Battalion of the 392nd Engineer Regiment, marked the unusual ceremony staged recently in Reuen, France.
There's an interesting story behind this colorful ceremony. It all started when retreating Germans placed 40 tons of TNT under the main columns of the bridge and blew up nine of its arches. This is where Negro soldiers, members of the 392nd Engineer Regiment, entered the story. The second battalion of the 392nd moved in and in eight days cleared the debris. In reconstructing the bridge they had to dig nine feet to reach a solid foundation. Working 24-hour shifts and hindered by rain, the engineers felled the trees to get timber required for the massive bridge. Neverless, they completed the bridge, much to the astonishment of the British and French. The bridge was named in honor of Pfc. I.D. Dickerson of Pikeville, NC., who was killed by an anti-personal mine at Carenton while clearing a mine field, and Pfc. Albert Amos of Cave City, KY., who was the victim of an anti-personal bomb while on guard duty in Brittany.
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Obituary - The Glasgow Times - Feb 28, 1946
Killed in northern France
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Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Albert S Amos
Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1919
County: Barren
Mother's Name: Cora Sanderson
Volume Number: 31
Certificate Number: 15469
Volume Year: 1919
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Albert Amos
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1919
Death Date: 9 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Cave City Colored Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Cave City, Kentucky
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