WWII Unit History
Month | Day | Year | Event | Order # |
April | 10 | 1942 | Activation of Unit | |
April | 11 | 1942 | Entrained at Flushing L.I NY | |
April | 15 | 1942 | Arrived Camp Shelby Miss attached to the 43rd division | |
July | 25 | 1942 | Left Camp Shelby Mississippi | |
July | 26 | 1942 | Arrived at Camp Gruber Oklahoma | |
Nov | 28 | 1942 | Louisiana Maneuver area. Spent at Camp Maxey and Barkadale Field | |
Dec | 10 | 1942 | Returned to Camp Gruber Oklahoma | |
April | 9 | 1943 | Completed Mental conditioning training at Camp Gruber | |
May | 7 | 1943 | Completed AGF physical test score 70.15 | |
May | 17 | 1943 | Entrained at Bragg Okla. For louisian maneuver area | |
May | 18 | 1943 | Arrived at Camp polk, Louisiana , bivouacked at Newton Texas | |
May | 19 | 1943 | Bivouacked at Hutton Louisiana | |
July | 10 | 1943 | Completed maneuvers and left for Camp Livingston Louisiana for intensive training | |
July | 18 | 1943 | Fired for qualification with rifle Caliber 30 at Camp Livingston | |
July | 23 | 1943 | Completed 25 mile road march | |
July | 28 | 1943 | Left Camp livingson enroute for Camp Gruber Oklahoma at 06:00 | |
July | 29 | 1943 | Arrived at Camp Gruber at 06:00 traveled 470 miles by convoy | |
Aug | 10 | 1943 | Fired for qualification with carbine | |
Aug | 16 | 1943 | Completed combat firing | |
Sept | 29 | 1943 | Completed close combat firing | |
Oct | 2 | 1943 | Completed combat in the cities firing | |
Oct | 4 | 1943 | Completed transition firing | |
Oct | 12 | 1943 | Completed Third Army air-ground training test | |
Oct | 19 | 1943 | Company transferred to P O of E at Camp shanks NY | |
Dec | 5 | 1943 | Embarked from New York, for foreign service at 10:00 hours on USAT Siboney | |
Dec | 16 | 1943 | Arrived at Newport England and sent to oakhampton. Devonshire England by rail | |
Jan | 7 | 1944 | Company assigned to 1st United States Army APO 230 | |
Feb | 25 | 1944 | Company went to Lupten Camp, painton England for loading and unloading from LCT’sand LCI’s | |
April | 11 | 1944 | Company fired for record withCarbine cal .30 | |
April | 12 | 1944 | Showground Camp, Oakhampton, Devonshire England United alerted | |
May | 12 | 1944 | Assigned codename Magazine Baker | |
May | 28 | 1944 | Left Oakhampton for marshalling area Camp V Kenfig Hill Wales | |
June | 3 | 1944 | Boarded MT’s202,203, and 214 at Barry Harbor. Wales | |
June | 6 | 1944 | Mission of Unit-To give ordnance service to first infantry division and attached units | |
June | 8 | 1944 | Debarked at Omaha Beach, Collevill-Sur-Mer, France/passed St. laurant-Surmen Vieville | |
Two men wounded during enemy air attack | ||||
June | 11 | 1944 | Bivouacked at LeCo Homeau, France | VT 718822 |
June | 14 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Le coudroy France | VT 718822 |
June | 15 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Balleroy, France | VT 675697 |
July | 15 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Briequeville, France Se of Trevieres | |
July | 29 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Les Champs de Lesque , France ( St. Lo Breakthrough) | VT4070 |
July | 30 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Lu Fosse, France | WT3760 |
Aug | 2 | 1944 | Bivouacked at la Rutie, France | WT3534 |
Aug | 5 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Montigey, France | WT4511 |
Aug | 7 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Corren France | WT6984 |
Aug | 16 | 1944 | Bivouacked at lignou France | WT9696 |
Aug | 24 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Le Thieulia France | WTR101002 |
Aug | 27 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Quin-ey Size-Senart France | S 173202 |
Aug | 28 | 1944 | Captured 49 German prisoners. Five in Co, area And the rest in surrounding areas with the aid of the FFI | |
Aug | 30 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Villers-Hellen France | |
Sept | 2 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Buirenfesse France | O. 206588 |
Sept | 3 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Le Pave France | O. 300882 |
Sept | 4 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Harveng Belgium | J.335056 |
Sept | 6 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Roquette Belgium | J 583070 |
Sept | 7 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Gothaine Belgium | J 967225 |
Sept | 8 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Viemme Belgium | |
Sept | 10 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Michevoux Belgium | K25 5272 |
Sept | 15 | 1944 | Detail ammunition run on Red Ball to Paris | |
Sept | 17 | 1944 | Two men hospitalized when truck jumps bridge on ammunition run | |
Sept | 19 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Astenet Belgium | K 575272 |
Nov | 26 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Stolberg Germany | 950447 |
Nov | 27 | 1944 | Unit awarded Battle participation credit for Normandy campaign | |
Dec | 16 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Aachen Germany | K 828422 |
Dec | 18 | 1944 | Detail set up emergency repair team at Sourbroot Belgium to give spot service to V Corps near enemy counter offensive | |
Dec | 26 | 1944 | Bivouacked at Goe Belguim one Bronze medal awarded & purple heart Injured during Starfing raid | K738249 |
Jan | 11 | 1945 | Unit awarded battle particpation credit for Northern France | |
Feb | 2 | 1945 | Bivowacked at Franecrchanps Belguim | k 738075 |
Feb | 10 | 1945 | Men under 31 years of age examined for conversion to infantymen | |
Feb | 11 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Kornelimunsteder Germany | K 905378 |
Feb | 28 | 1945 | Usual duties end of the month | |
Mar | 2 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Krezau Germany ( Crossed Roer river at Duren ) | |
Mar | 5 | 1945 | Capt Hume awarded Bronze Star Medal | |
Mar | 8 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Poll Germany | F353448 |
Mar | 10 | 1945 | bivouacked at Liblar Germany | F245433 |
Mar | 11 | 1945 | Unit relieved Fr attached 83rd ord attached to184 ord bn 52nd ord group | |
Mar | 14 | 1945 | Two men returned to US for rehabilitation | |
Mar | 21 | 1945 | M/Sgt Jake Barno awarded purple heart for shrapnel wounds received June 9 1944 air raid in channel | |
Mar | 22 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Lannesdorf Germany | F 608300 |
Mar | 25 | 1945 | Mission of unit changed to supportof 1st and 104th infantry division | |
Mar | 25 | 1945 | bivouacked at Rheingreitbach Germany Crossed Rhine river at Bonn | F 321398 |
Mar | 29 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Wehlbach Germany | |
Mar | 31 | 1945 | Mission of unit changed to supportof 1st division | |
April | 2 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Wunerbar Germany after travel 122 miles due north in blackout to close Ruhr pocket 1 6X6 over embankment | B667428 |
April | 8 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Schweekhousen Germany | B990353 |
April | 10 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Uslar Germany | G317422 |
April | 11 | 1945 | Bivouacked northeim Germany | C564477 |
April | 15 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Osterode Germany | C735507 |
April | 17 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Ellrick Germany | D011379 |
April | 24 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Riestedt Germany | D515276 |
April | 28 | 1945 | Bivouacked at Schwarzenback | O 996886 |
April | 29 | 1945 | t/Sgt Laskowaki Awarded Bronze Star | |
April | 30 | 1945 | Unit rel. Fr. Attacment to 184th Ord Bn and attached to 83rd | |
April | 30 | 1945 | M/Sgt Wright and S/Sgt Hotfelder awarded certificate of merit | |
May | 7 | 1945 | Bivouacek at Cheb (Eger) Czechchoslavakia | P310735 |
The War Ended in Europe the Next Day |