More than 2,000 men served in the U.S. Army’s elite bomb disposal teams during the war; they suffered 10 per cent casualties in Europe alone. Yet, despite the critical wor… See more

Originally, eight U.S. Army Bomb Disposal companies trained for national defense. However, by early 1943, two BD companies were deployed to North Africa to participate in Algeria a… See more

For Operation Overlord, each Special Engineer Brigadeassigned to a Normandy beachhead included one Ordnance Bomb Squad. In the past, army engineers and bomb dispo… See more

No discussion of World War Two bomb disposal is complete without an exploration of the unique challenges of the Pacific Theater, where long distances, constant work, and j… See more