Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 540th Engineer Shore Regiment yakashanda paCamp Edwards musi wa 11 September 1942, uye yakakurumidza kuenda kuEurope kunopinda muOperation Torch. 3rd Battalion yakadzingwa basa paCamp Edwards musi wa 3 Gumiguru; kubva ipapo yakanga ine mabhatani maviri chete. Yakagadzirirwa paCamp Kilmer, New Jersey, uye yakabva kuNew York Port of Embarkation uye Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation musi wa 23 October 1942. Yakagadziridzwa zita rokuti 540th Engineer Combat Regiment musi wa 25 Gumiguru 1942, uye yakarwisa French Northwest Africa musi wa 8 Mbudzi. Yakazotora chikamu pakurwiswa kweLicata, Sicily, musi wa9 Chikunguru 1943, paSalerno neAnzio muItari musi wa9 Gunyana 1943 na22 Ndira 1944 zvichiteerana, uye kupinda kwe
Maodzanyemba eFrance musi wa15 August 1944. Yakagadzirwazve 540th Engineer Combat Group musi waFebruary 15, 1945, ne1st uye 2nd Battalions kuva 2832nd uye 2833rd Engineer Combat Battalions. Yakadzimwa basa musi wa25 October 1945. 2832nd Engineer Combat Battalion yakadzokera kuCamp Kilmer musi wa13 Mbudzi 1945, uko yakaparadzwa mazuva maviri gare gare. 2833rd Engineer Combat Battalion yakadzokera kuCamp Kilmer musi wa 26 Mbudzi 1945, uye yakaparadzwa zuva rakatevera.