3rd ESB

A site dedicated to my father John H. Denlinger,
Co A 533rd EBSR who passed away September 24, 2011
who inspired the creation of this site
and to all the soldiers of the 3rd Engineer Special Brigade.

NOTE: This website is no longer actively updated. My father, Ralph, passed away in 2021. We are maintaining the website

so that all of the research and work he put into this isn't lost.

This page has been developed as an introduction to the service record of the 3rd Engineer Special Brigade which served in the Southwest Pacific during World War II.

Chronology of the 533rd EBSR

Roll of Honor of losses and wounded of the 533rd EBSR

60th Anniversary of the Assault on Talasea, Willaumez Peninsula, New Britain by the 5th Marines and Company A, 533rd EBSR on March 6,1944.

533rd EBSR Reunion Information, June 2010. 68 YEARS!!!

3rd Engineer Special Brigade Reunion Information, June 2010. 68 YEARS!!!

3rd Engineer Special Brigade information.

544th EBSR information.

Formation of the Engineer Amphibian Brigades .

Rosters of 3rd ESB soldiers. 7839 identified to this date. Updated January 2020

New book to document the history of World War II in the Agusan area of Mindinao Philippines where the 533rd EBSR served near the end of the war!

Information on the Camp Gordon Johnston Association of interest to members of the 3rd and 4th Brigades may be found at the Camp Gordon Johnston Association website.

This page established 11/11/98 , activated at ebsr.net 09/10/02

Portions updated 08/22/19 Please contact the site manager Michael Denlinger
denlingerma@gmail.com
by email before using any information from this site. Members of the various units covered in this site may use the information freely, but are asked to notify the site manager of any use beyond personal.