Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1942, battalion yakatumidzwazve kuti "1st Engineer Combat Battalion" uye yakasvika pamwe chete nemauto ekutanga mukupinda kweNorth Africa
. Muna 1943, battalion yacho yakabvisa zvipingamupinyi zviri pasi pemvura ndokuparadza mabhokisi emasoja evavengi panguva yekumhara muSicily. Munguva yekumhara kweNormandy paOmaha Beach muna 1944, battalion yakatungamira mauto ekurwisa, ichipwanya maburi mumugodhi wemuvengi wakakura uye zvipingamupinyi zvemagetsi uye kuchenesa nzira dzekurwa dzinotungamira kumahombekombe.