120th Prior to WWII

 

This is a group photo of Company F, 120^th Combat Engineers Battalion, 45^th Infantry Division, taken July 2, 1941 at Camp Barkeley, Texas. While at Camp Barkeley, the 120^th wsa reorganized and redesignated as the 120^th Engineer Battalion (Combat.) Company F was reclassified as Company C. I wish I had a copy of the original, but this version, published in the Daily Optic on July 4, 2008, will have to do.

The Daily Optic published a special section in his 2008 holiday issue that paid tribute to its “Hometown Heroes; The Veterans of World War II.” As I mentioned in my previous post, the story was told by historian Maurilio E. Vigil, a retired professor of Political Science and history at New Mexico Highlands University.

Clemente Gallegos

Eloy Gallegos

Carlos Gallegos

Tony DeTevis, Jr.