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 | | Unit citation awarded to the battalion per Sec I, GO #29, Hq., First US Army, 17 February 1945. |
 | | The 51st Engineer Combat Battalion, United States Army, is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action against the enemy from 17 to 22 December 1944, in Belgium. |
 | | When German forces had penetrated deep into friendly lines on 17 December 1944, and were rolling westward rapidly, the 51st Engineer Combat Battalion was ordered into strongpoint defensive positions in the vicinity of Trois Ponts, Hotton and Marche, Belgium with the mission of impeding and containing the enemy advance at strategic points. |
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