Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahohehia te 540th Engineer Shore Regiment i Camp Edwards i te 11 o Hepetema 1942, a ka tere haere ki Uropi ki te whakauru ki te Operation Torch. Ko te 3rd Battalion i whakakorehia i Camp Edwards i te 3 o Oketopa; i muri mai e rua noa iho nga roopu. I whakahaeretia i Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, a ka wehe atu i te Tauranga o New York o te Tauranga o Hampton Roads i te 23 o Oketopa 1942. I whakaingoatia ano ko te 540th Engineer Combat Regiment i te 25 o Oketopa 1942, ka whakaeke i te French Northwest Africa i te 8 o Noema. I muri mai ka uru atu ia ki nga whakaekenga whakaeke i Licata, Sicily, i te 9 o Hurae 1943, i Salerno me Anzio i Itari i te 9 o Hepetema 1943 me te 22 o Hanuere 1944, me te whakaekenga o
Te tonga o Wīwī i te 15 o Akuhata 1944. I whakaingoatia ano ko te 540th Engineer Combat Group i te 15 o Hui-tanguru 1945, me ona 1st me te 2nd Battalions hei 2832nd me 2833rd Engineer Combat Battalions. I whakakorehia i te 25 o Oketopa 1945. I hoki mai te 2832nd Engineer Combat Battalion ki Camp Kilmer i te 13 Whiringa-a-rangi 1945, i reira i whakakorehia ai i nga ra e rua i muri mai. I hoki mai te 2833rd Engineer Combat Battalion ki Camp Kilmer i te 26 o Noema 1945, a i whakakorehia i te ra i muri mai.