Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakahohehia te 12th Engineer Battalion i te 1 o Hōngongoi 1940, i Ft. I te Hōngongoi 1944 i tukuna te ope taua ki te Whare Taonga o Uropi, ka tae ki te Moana-a-Kiwa o Omaha hei tautoko i te mahi taunga whenua nui rawa atu i roto i te hitori. I muri mai, i uru te Piriona ki nga pakanga i Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland
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