The 1321 st was an engineer general service regiment which means that its personnel were well trained in the various building and engineering trades before deployment overseas the regiments job was to build and maintain bridges roads and various structures needed to keep wartime supplies stored and supply lines moving in the course of its service in france and germany from december 1944 until several months after germanys surrender the 1321. Army corps of engineers office of history portion of title history of the 1321st engineer general service regiment notes title from pdf title screen viewed aug 13 2012 text displays in parallel columns ep 870 1 69 includes bibliographical references and index contents the history of the 1321st engineers. Nothing but praise a history of the 1321st engineer general service regiment government printing office jan 11 2010 history 124 pages 0 reviews ep 870 1 69 by aldo h bagnulo edited by michael j brodhead provides a history of the 1321st regiment an african american regiment which served in europe during world war ii includes many black and white photographs item 0338 b . Internet archive bookreader nothing but praise a history of the 1321st engineer general service regiment . Portion of title history of the 1321st engineer general service regiment contents the history of the 1321st engineers beginnings training in the carolinas training in tennessee return to north carolina preparing to deploy from boston to britain across the channel eastern france german advances work near epinal spring offensive into germany leaving france