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HISTORY 

OF THE 

718th RAILWAY 
OPERATING BATTALION 
TRANSPORTATION CORPS 



WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, 

ANECDOTES 

AND ROSTER 

AS OF V-E DAy. 



PREFACE 

Just what to call this volume is not too clear. It originally began 
as a history. But from time to time men in the battalion had been 
asking if pictures taken by the battalion photographer would be made 
available in an album. Shortage of photographic materials ruled against 
the album, so it was decided to print as many pictures as possible with 
the history, not all of them relevant to things mentioned in the history. 
Many of the men will be able to identify themselves in the pictures, 
but no attempt has been made, as a rule, to call attention to individuals. 
It is to be regretted that pictures involving every man could not be 
included, and likewise that mention of every man could not be made 
in the history. Some men and some activities of the 718th deserving 
special mention have not been included, not from arbitrary choice, but 
because they have not been brought to the attention of the historian, 
who finds it difficult to be omnipresent and all-knowing. For this 
reason, many rich and vitally interesting experiences of the battalion 
must be recorded only on the pages of individual memory, where, 
unlike the printed book, they will either fade or become richer and 
more , exaggerated with time. Credit for compilation of this printed 
record of the 718th can go to no one man. Special mention must be 
made of the collaboration of Captain Thomas G. Steinfield, in matters 
of text and factual informations, of Pfc WilHam F. Miller, who took 
most of the pictures, and of M/Sgt Israel Rosenfield, whose powers of 
persuasion made possible the underwriting of the cost of the book. 

This history had been completed and was already in the hands of 
the printers when it was decided to add a roster of the battalion as of 
V-E Day, and a supplement of anecdotes. Captain William G. Chase, 
commanding officer of C Company, receives the credit for this supple- 
ment. 

FLOYD R. WILLIAMS 

Mainz. Germany ' Chaplain (Capt), USA 

18 August 1945 Battalion Historian 



ANCESTRY 

The 718th Railway Operating Battalion, Transportation Corps, was 
constituted on the inactive hst as the 53rd Engineer Railway Battalion, 
pursuant to Letter, War Department, AG 320.1 (11 October 27) dated 
18 October 1927; and was redesignated the 53rd Engineer Battalion 
(Railway Operating), 23 September 193 3. 

There was a ?3rd Engineer Railway Operating Battalion, which was 
organized in February, 1918, at Camp Dix, New Jersey. The battalion 
served overseas during World War I, but did not participate in combat. 
It was redesignated the 52nd Regiment, Transportation Corps, 7 Sep- 
tember 1918, and, on 12 November 1918, became separate companies 
in the Transportation Corps. These companies returned to the United 
States and were demobiUzed in July, 1919. ■ 

In order to perpetuate the history and traditions of the 53rd 
Engineer Railway Operating Battalion, which served as a unit of the 
American Expeditionary Forces in World War 1 (as indicated above), 
it was redesignated, 24 September 1936, and consolidated with the 
53rd Engineer Battalion (Railway Operating). 

The 53 rd Engineer BattaUon (Railway Operating) was redesignated 
the 718th Engineer Railway Operating Battalion, 21 February 1941, 
and was redesignated the 718th Railway Operating BattaUon, Trans- 
portation Corps, 1 December 1942. The 718th Railway Operating 
Battalion, Transportation Corps, is entitled to Battle Honors, to and 
including 11 November 1918, as follows: 

WORLD WAR: 

(Without Inscription) 

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ACTIVATION OF 7I8th ' 

The 718th Railway Operating Battalion, Transportation Corps, 
(hereinafter simply called the 718th), was made active 14 December 
1943, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Cadre for this unit was furnished 
by the 720th Railway Operating Battalion, TC. Upon activition the 
battalion was commanded by Major Lewis W. Moss, with Captain 
Norman P. Patterson as Executive Officer and Captain Thomas G. Stein- 
field as Adjutant. The New York Central was the parent rail- 
road sponsoring the newly activated unit. 



BASIC TRAINING 

Although having the primary function of operating military rail- | 

roads, the battalion learned the meaning of „You're in the Army now," * 

and was given the basic training required of all soldiers. If it seemed 
for a time that the shrill blast of a first sergeant's whistle would per- 
manently displace the „toot" of a locomotive, more famiHar to the ears 
of a railroader, the basic training nevertheless was preparing for any 
eventuality, since modern warfare has made any zone a potential com- 
bat zone. 

Basic training was begun at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and reached 
its climax there on 30 January 1944, when the battalion tested its 
stamina in a 20-mile march to Camp Bullis, Texas. Here the training 
was continued under field conditions. Outstanding in the memory of 
those days are the training in village (fighting, night marching, infiltra- 
tion, and qualification in rifle, carbine, and machine gun. Less pleasant 
to remember was the rain. And mud. And infiltration by ticks which 
produced that peculiar brand of casualty known as „Bullis fever".. 
Camps Bullis had its mud shaken off finally on 20 February 1944 by 
a return march to Fort Sam Houston. This day was featured by the 
introduction of the battalion to „C" rations. Cold ,,C" rations. Arrival 

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at Fort Sam Houston brought little of the expected rest and comfort 
anticipated in comparatively de luxe surroundings. Orders were imme- 
diately cut for departure, and the little time allowed for packing 
personal and battalion equipment left no opportunity for relaxation. 
The battalion entrained on 22 February 1944 in two trains for Camp 
Claiborne, Louisiana, arriving there on 23 February. 



TECHNICAL TRAINING 

Technical training was undertaken at Camp Claiborne, the unit 
taking over the operation of the Claiborne & Polk Military Railroad 
on 1 March 1944. The nation-wide publicity given this railroad by 
an article in a January 1944- issue of the Saturday Evening 
Post, later condensed in the Reader's Digest, came to a 
climax while the battalion was operating the so-called ,, World's Worst 
Railroad", and the 718th was featured by movie shorts and a radio 
program. Foreshadowing future operations in an overseas theatre, the 
battalion had various detachments located along the 50-mile stretch 
of railroad. These detachments, at Camp Gray, Camp Big Oaks, Felton, 
and Camp Polk, found their technical training in all phases of railroad 
operation richly supplemented by lighter moments with ,, swamp 






Battalion Review, Camp Claiborne. 

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angels", alligators, and pet pigs. During this period at Claiborne each 
company vied with the others in putting on the most elaborate dance 
or party, and this rivalry was carried onto the baseball field with no 
team admitting the other was superior, even with the final score in 
favor of the other team. This, too, was the period of „gas mask 
Charlie" Crouch's fame in Company C, and of nighttime ,.gossiping" 
over the backfence with inhabitants of off-limits Boomtown. Those 
were the days when Company B's wrecking crew was going day and 
night, establishing some sort of record in clearing up 50 derailments 
and wrecks. Somewhere about then first sergeant McGilvry of Com- 
pany A was giving a visiting Major the ride of his life on a bucking 
motor car which finally left the rails, the Major, and ,iAac" in one 
wild leap. But with all the lighter moments serious training was not 
neglected. An important example of this was the training of company 
clerks in battalion headquarters under the supervision of the Adjutant. 
The results proved the efficiency of the training, when inspections then 
and later commended the well-kept records. One of the interesting 
phases of technical training was the collaboration of the 718th in 
experiments conducted by the Army, Navy, and by British experts on 
improving techniques in the sabotage of enemy railroads. 



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Color guard, Camp Claiborne. 



EN ROUTE 



Overseas movement was in the air toward the end of June, 
occasioned by the increasing number of inspections, and finally the 
„alert" came. On 15 July 1944 the 718th left Camp Claiborne in two 
trains which left on separate routes but arrived at the same terminal. 
Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts, on 18 July. The stay here was 
not prolonged, with a processing that clicked through like well-oiled 
machinery. Some men were fortunate enough to buck through long 
lines at the telephone booths for a last conversation with the folks at 
home, but the order for embarkation came quickly and deprived many 
men of the desired privilege. A short trip by train took the battalion 
to the pier in Boston Port of Embarkation on 23 July where the 
steamship „Mount Vernon" was boarded. 

Life aboard this big liner, which sailed without convoy because of 
its speed, had its interesting moments as well as its unpleasant ones. 

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Not all the men were satisfied with the food situation. And the 
cramped movements because of crowded space called for the patience 
of Job along with co-ordination of breathing at times, so that every- 
body wouldn't expand their „Mae West" at the same time. A new 
sense of space judgment had to be developed, for what in ordinary 
times was sufficient room to squeeze through became a trap for men 
who forgot to allow for the added girth of the „Mae West". Daily 
life boat drill, at first attended out of a sense of grim possibilities, 
quickly developed into a routine and became the starting line for a 
quick dash to the line-up for PX, in the vain hope that a Zippo lighter 
would be the reward. 

This line-up for PX proved to be a deadly trap for one GI. The 
718th was due for certain shots at the dispensary while aboard ship, 
and a strange GI from another unit seeing the 718th men form a line 
decided to get in on the PX deal. He waited patiently until almost at 
the dispensary door, then thought to ask, „This is the PX line, isn't 
it?" A wisp of smoke marked a suddenly vacated space when the 
answer came, „Naw, we're lined up for typhus shots." 

Daily entertainment was provided on the gun deck by a variety of 
talent gleaned from men of several units aboard ship, with the 718th 
providing a goodly share. Pfc Archie Mar Mar served as master of 
ceremonies much of the time. On one occasion entertainers at the 
„mike" found tough going, with audience interest shifting to an 
unscheduled performer. The latter was a full colonel whose trips 
around the promenade deck above the audience were so precisely 
timed that his appearance at the rail above the audience could be 
predicted within five seconds. So the entertainer learned it was just 
as well to „take a break" when he heard someone in the audience yell 
out, ^Fifteen seconds", then „ten seconds . . . five seconds!" A burst 
of cheering greeted the colonel as he came into sight right on the dot. 
He probably still thinks with a glow of his unaccountable but pleasing 
popularity with the men when he crossed the Atlantic in July 1944. 

After an otherwise uneventful sea crossing, the 718th arrived on 
1 August at Grenock, Scotland, and debarked. Late on the same day 
the battalion, after a long trip by train, arrived at St. Mellons, almost 

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midway between Newport England, and Cardiff, Wales, on the Welsh- 
English border. At St. Mellons the 718th found quarters had been 
provided for them by the Advance Detachment, which had preceded 
them from Camp Claiborne by three weeks, composed of Captain 
Steinfield, the Adjutant, Lieutenant Drewes, Supply Officer, and Ser- 
geant George G. Doughty, as assistant. 

After an eight day stay at St. Mellons, sampling a bit of British 
life from cricket field to village pub via narrow, winding lanes and 
left-handed highways, the 718th departed for Southampton 9 August 
by rail, arriving at the picturesque Nightingale Woods the same 
evening. Existence here was complicated chiefly by such items as 
learning that one does not wash but takes ablutions. A daily issue of 
free PX rations, accepted unquestioningly by some, led others to 
suspect it was a case of the condemned man being given a fine last 
meal. There was a tenseness in the air, with units constantly departing 
for the port, fresh units steadily coming in. Until the public address 
finally called the number eagerly awaited by the 718th. On 13 August 
the battalion was taken by truck to the port and embarked on LCI boats 
that evening. The channel crossing was not unduly rough, but many 
a paper bag was unwillingly filled with lunch below deck. If the crossing 
was not rough, the anchorage proved to be none too quiet, with wind 
and waves tossing the LCI's like corks. Anchors were lost right and 
left with snapping cables, and one boat, at least, after losing two 
anchors, deliberately beached itself to keep from being tossed around. 
Early on the morning of 1? August Headquarters and Headquarters 
Company disembarked on the Normandy beach of Utah, famous for 
D-Day landings, with other components of the battalion coming 
ashore at short intervals afterward, before dawn of day. After a march 
in from the beach to the assembling area some three or four miles 
distant, and a brief period of relaxing in an apple orchard behind 
hedgerows, trucks were boarded and the first units of the battalion 
arrived at Folligny, Normandy, on the evening of the same day. Here 
headquarters were established in another apple orchard adjacent to the 
ruined railroad yards. 



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FOLLIGNy 

First thoughts upon reaching Folligny were along the house- 
keeping line. Pup tents in an apple orchard sounded like a good idea, 
for fair weather. But rain and cold weather were approaching, and 
something more permanent, comfortable and weatherproof was neces- 
sary. So the GI genious for improvising quickly appeared, and many 
shacks sprang up throughout the orchards, built of scraps from demo- 
lished sheds and buildings. The architecture was suited to the scraps 
available, and accommodations were built in for a modest family of 
two men up to a clan of six. The Germans, upon evacuating Folligny 
two weeks before, had left behind a large store of small stoves and 
knocked down hospital beds. With this furniture as a beginning the 
men quickly were making themselves comfortable. However, it was 
thought advisable to seek better quarters as far as possible, and each 
company took over such houses as were available. Headquarters and 
C companies found houses in the original area and in the village of 
Folligny. Company A found a comfortable farmhouse and sheds a mile 
or so away, and Company B located at a house near the railroad yards. 
Within a few days battailon headquarters moved from a shed in an 




Yard at Folligny. 



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orchard to the old school building in FoUigny, and the chapel was "set 
up in the new school building. 

The days at Folligny were a period of great readjustments. There 

were seen the first evidences of battle casualties German bodies. 

It was there that the meaning of ,, trigger happy" was emphasized, with 
guards jumpy at night. This was the real training ground for supply 
and ration procurement. Trucks scoured the country around for days 
at a time trying to locate new dumps for gasoline, rations, or ordnance; 
when the old ones moved out over night. Out of these first experience^ 
gradually developed methods and techniques which stood the battaUoni 
in good stead during emergencies of the future. 

The 718th was given the territory from Folligny to Mayenne an(^ 
to Rennes, a substantial section of French railroad, to operate. Along 
with this came the responsibility of maintaining single track from 
Pontabault to Mayenne and from Ponterson to Fougeres, and double 
track from Folligny to Doh with supervision of French maintenance 
of double track from Dol to Rennes. 

Condition of the yards at Folligny and Mayenne was especially 
bad, with demolished cars and torn-up track to be cleared and repaired. 

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It was found that track over shell craters at various points required 
raising and maintenance daily. Water facilities presented a problem, 
through destruction of existing installations. In fact, the scene pre- 
sented was one of perfect destruction, the result of a smashing American 
advance and demolition by withdrawing Germans. Water facilities 
were installed at Pontabault, St. Hilaire, Lauvigne, Fougeres and Emee. 
Too, there was a lack of coaling facilities at various points, and it was 
necessary to coal locomotives by hand shovel in many instances, or 
by using a crane. 

Operation of the railroad was by permissive block, under blackout 
conditions. Flagging with fusee and lantern was permitted only in 
cases of emergency during blackout. Crews going out on a run never 
knew when they might get back. Sometimes they were sent on into 
other divisions if no crew from the other battalion happened to be 
available immediately. One crew is said to have finished its run 
beyond Paris, after the city was taken. 

While at FoUigny the battalion secured a mobile radio unit and 
became part of a mobile radio network for code communication. 



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A German radio unit would invariably blanket the night wavelength, 
and to avoid such interference it was necessary at times to use the 
daytime wavelength. Men assigned to operate the unit were Tec 3 
Ralph H. V/ickens, Tec 4 Marvin S. Tierney, and Tec 5 Thomas O. 
McCain, all of Headquarters company, and Pfc James A. Stewart of 
Company A, In addition to official communication, this unit provided 
radio news daily as a part of special services. 

It may be said that at Folligny the 718th operated under the most 
trying and hazardous conditions, and every officer and enlisted man is 
to be complimented for his efforts during those strenuous days. 

A change in command occurred at Folligny, when Major Lewis 
W. Moss was succeeded as commanding officer on 24 August by 
Major Robert D. McGee, former executive officer. Major McGee, in 
turn, was succeeded on 6 September by Captain Merle F. Savage, who 
was detached from the 708th Railway Grand Division, the 718th's 
next higher echelon. On 12 September Lieutenant-Colonel Frank B. 
Birthright arrived from the United States and took over command of 
the battalion, Captain Savage being given the position of executive 
officer. 




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BAR-LE-DUC 

Headquarters of the 718th moved on 15 September 1944 to Bar-le- 
Duc, where the battahon was given the operation of the railroad from 
Sommesous to Commercy and from Revigny, via St. Menehould, to and 
including the city of Verdun, famous in World War I days. With the 
change in territory came a change in higher echelon, the 718th coming 
under the 706th Railway Grand Division. 

In the new location, instead of operating entirely with GI personnel, 
as had been the case at Folligny, the battaUon operated a Phase II 
railroad, which was French operation under GI supervision. This made 
it necessary to procure numerous interpreters in order to overcome 
the language difficulty and the resultant delays and misunderstandings 
incident thereto. 

Quarters at Bar-le-Duc were estabUshed in a former cavalry 
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whole battalion. The former stable was converted into a kitchen, and 
the carpenter shop under the same roof became the chapel. For the 
first time prisoner of war labor was used extensively and the whole 
compound was quickly cleared of debris and made neat. 

The battalion was fortunate in having a Special Service Platoon 
attached while at the Camp, thus assuring movies two or three nights 
each week. In addition a special stage show was put on by the platoon 
and several units stationed around the city enjoyed the entertainment 
provided at the 718th ,, theatre", which was a huge garage with dirt 
floor and plank benches. 

Company B found the French roundhouse in good shape, located 
a short distance across the River Orne from the barracks. However, 
by this time a well-equipped mobile shop had been assembled and was 
caring for all but the heaviest repairs. This shop was set up in railroad 
cars and included not only a heavy duty generator for power, but a 

complete machine shop, welding shop, blacksmith shop, and tool car. 

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Another change in commanding officers occurred in October. 
Major Robert A. Wright, executive officer of the 706th Railway Grand 
Division, assumed command of the battalion on 7 October 1944, 
succeeding Lieutenant- Colonel Birthright, who returned to the United 
States because of ill health. On 9 October 1944 Second Lieutenant 
Arthur W. Fritton reported for duty and was assigned as assistant 
adjutant. 

The new commanding officer. Major Wright, devised the idea of 
detachments, with the detachment commander to be in immediate and 
direct charge of his particular territory. This arrangement seemed to 
be very desirable in view of the large area to cover and the spreading 
of the forces of the battahon. At this time, instead of the fifty miles 
originally contemplated to be operated by a battalion, the 718th was 
operating about 400 miles, and the personnel was beginning to feel 
the strain of such stretching. 

The barracks in which the battalion was quartered at Bar-le-Duc 
were taken over by a General Hospital on 11 October 1944, neces^ 
sitating the securing of new quarters for the men almost overnight. For 
some time, however, the battalion had been preparing for such a 
contigency, and had made arrangements for living on wheels by fitting 
up French and German coaches and freight cars. Compartments on the 
coaches were arranged to accommodate two enlisted men each. Orderly 
rooms, kitchens, supply rooms, mess halls and necessary office accom- 
modations were arranged by utilizing more or less damaged equipment, 
revising their plan to suit the occasion. Such facilities were devised 
with the idea in mind of being able to set up operations promptly at 
any point. Company C even fitted up a shower car, and many of the 
cars were utilized in a manner to suit best the problems confronting a 
railroad battalion. With approximately 400 miles of railroad to operate, 
this arrangement enabled the men on the line to live in reasonably 
comfortable quarters, which proved to be a big morale factor and 
contributed greatly to the success of the battalion in its operations in 
the European Theatre. < 



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SEZANNE 

Battalion headquarters closed at Bar-le-Duc and opened at Sezanne 
0n 12 October 1944. Company „B" retained headquarters at Bar-le- 
Duc, with Companies „A" and ,,C" locating at Revigny. The chief 
dispatcher's organization was situated at Chalons. This dispersal of thq 
companies was planned to bring about a more efficient utilization of 
the available personnel. 

At this time, by reason of the extended territory covered by the 
718th, the supply of telegraph operators was exhausted and it was 
necessary to levy on Company „C" for men to fill the position of 
operator. Company „C", however, at this point began having diffi- 
culties by reason of a shortage of crews, but, under the able guidance 
of the officers of that company, the shortage was satisfactorily handled 
so that the situation did not become critical. Territory operated reached 
from Sezanne through Verdun up to Stockem in Belgium, outside 
Arlon, and from Verdun to Conflans and beyond. 

Company „A" will remember the various work trains sent out, and 
especially the construction of a wye at Sezanne for the better handling 
of locomotives. The time of engine change here was cut from an 
average of more than two hours, to around half an hour, thus speeding 
up the movement of essential military supplies to the front. 

The 718th was selected to serve the railheads of the Third Army, 
then engaged in the drive on Metz. During the long siege of Metz, 
considered impregnable heretofore, the 718th consistently and dili- 
gently hurried supplies to the Third Army railheads. 

Enemy action was hurled against the detachment at Conflans 
through an artillery bombardment on 7 October 1944, lasting seven 
hours. There was no damage to rail facilities, although telephone com- 
munications were interrupted. Traffic continued to be moved through 
this area in spite of the attack, and highest credit is due the following 
men: 2nd Lt Sidney T. Davis, Sgt John A. Nagel, Pfc William H. Ar- 
ledge, Pfc Russell A. Christie. 

Another honor coming to the battalion was the award of the 
Certificate of Merit to Captain Merle F. Savage, executive officer, for 
outstanding performance of duties. 

While at Sezanne the battalion suffered its first overseas casualty 
in the death of Tec 5 Wilham C. Hedin, Company „C", who was killed, 
with four other men, including an officer of the 706th Railway Grand 
Division, in a rear end collision between two French trains near 

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Sommesous, France, on 8 November 1944. This was the second death 
within the battaHon, the first occuring in a speeder car accident near 
Camp Polk, Louisiana. ,,Billy" Hedin, as he was affectionately known 
by his comrades, was acting as brakeman on a freight train carrying 
supphes for the front, which was struck and telescoped by a following 
train. Hedin was in the caboose, which was practically demohshed. He 
was buried in a U. S. MiUtary Cemetery near Chalons^sur-Marne, 
France, in the picturesque champagne country. 

One of the significant changes in the organization of the battalion 
was the obtaining of a medical officer and six enlisted men to fill a gap 
that had long been noticeable in the 718th. Several enlisted men from 
Company „C" had volunteered early in the battahon's history to act 
as „medics". However, so far as a medical officer was concerned, the 
battalion had been an orphan. A general sigh of satisfaction arose when 
1st Lt Nathan Mattleman, MC, reported for duty on 11 November 
1944^ and took over the organization of the dispensary, which was 
quartered in a revamped third class passenger coach. 




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The detachment at Verdun had difficulty at first in finding satis- 
factory quarters, as well as adequate office space in the station for 
operating. In time both situations cleared up and 1st Lt Vercil V. 
Crouch found himself taking on the role of manager of a hotel across 
from the station, which provided comfortable quarters and messing 
facilities for his detachment. Good food and beds proved a drawing 
card from far around. Tim Sullivan and Harry Gaunt of Company ,,C" 
were names to conjure with around Verdun in those days. 

Another famed hotel was that quartering the detachment at Athus, 
Belgium. So homelike was the treatment given by ,,Mama" Welsch- 
billig that assignment to this place was considered a prize by the men 
in Headquarters end ,,C" companies. What went into the kitchen as 
,,C" or ,,B" rations came to the table as a feast. Even with occasional 
alarms over the dropping of enemy paratroopers around Athus giving 
the operators sleepless nights with one hand on telephone and the other 
on carbine, it would have been a major job to woo away from Athus 
Robinson or Baird, or Weir or Karczewski or McWilliams, not to 
mention others assigned there. 




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CONFLANS-JARNy 

Headquarters were moved to Conflans-Jarny, France, on 15 No- 
vember 1944, within range of the German artillery in the Metz 
region. On the day before, the detachment already at this place 
experienced another long-range shelling, one of the huge shells making 
a direct hit upon the room occupied by one of the men, which he had 
vacated but an hour before. The men receiving commendation in this 
shelling were Sgt David G. Blaquiere. Tec 5 Myron D. Jones, Tec 5 
Henry L. Klingle, Tec 5 Vincent M. Fagella, and Pvt Charles W. Croom. 

At Conflans a hotel adjacent to the station was utilized as a mess 
hall and recreation center, and the men were able to use dishes for 
.,chow". Too, there were showers, which were a welcome treat. It was 
possible to show movies occasionally and here the first dance by the 
718th in France was held. 

Territory covered by the 718th at this time extended from Athus, 
Belgium, on the north, to Chateau Salins, France, on the south, not far 
from Nancy. 

Being just back of the front, our outlying detachments were sub- 
jected to shelling and bombing from time to time, enemy aerial recon- 
naissance possibly spotting rail activities. Nevertheless, a compilation 
of the chief dispatcher's tonnage figures for November indicated that 
593,117 gross tons of freight were moved, not including French ton- 
nage. The last four days of operation from Conflans showed unusually 
large train movements. On these four December days a total of 
267 trains moved, 78 of them in one day, carrying a gross tonnage 
of 151,562 tons. 



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FROUARD 

On 4 December 1944 Headquarters opened at Frouard, France, just 
outside of Nancy. Company „A" had previously gone into that area, 
locating at Remilly. Company „B" moved into Nancy. Detachments 
were set up at Benestroff and Longwy. the first under Captain Merle 
F. Savage, executive officer, and the latter under Captain Ralph E. Bean, 
detached from Headquarters Company. 

At this time this sector of the Western Front was very active. As 
railheads were estaWished in Alsace beyond Benestroff, nightly aerial 
strafing was not unusual. The territory was largely inhabited by Ger- 
man speaking natives and often it was suspected that they had none 
too friendly an attitude. In spite of these obstacles, however, supplies 
rolled on to the Third Army. 

Great demands were made upon Company „A", maintenance of way 
unit, during this time, because of the destruction of all existing rail 
facilities by the Germans prior the their falling back to new lines. For 
a time, the „A" companies from the 712th and 733rd Railway Opera- 
ting Battalions were placed under the command of Captain Norman 
P. Patterson, and a highly creditable performance was the result. 
Much track was rehabilitated, and the officers and men of Company 
„A" turned out a meritorious piece of work in a critical spot. 

Company „B" also ran into problems, in maintaining the motive 
power, a considerable number of diesels being assigned to the 718th 
while at Frouard. Largely through the efforts of this company, headed 
by Captain Anton J. Reider, it was possible to keep the supplies mo- 
ving to the front lines. 

At Frouard, First Lieutenant Francis B. Wing, acting chief dis- 
patcher, was recalled to his old unit and was replaced by Captain Tho- 
mas G. Steinfield, adjutant, who had been designated by the Comman- 
ding Officer as detachment commander at Headquarters. 

During December the Germans opened their famous counterattack 
through Luxembourg and Belgium, into territory operated by the 718th. 
The shifting of the Third Army from the Metz front to the North to 
meet the German threat was a noteworthy achievement in military 
history, and it fell upon the 718th to play an important role in mo- 
ving supplies and equipment by rail from one sector to another. With 
pardonable pride in the achievement, the 718th moved without any 
interruption the Third Army's materiel and equipment from the 

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Benestroff area to the Longwy area, where, likewise, there was a 718th 
detachment. In addition there was the problem of moving in the Seventh 
A.rmy, which was replacing the Third Army, and this was accomplished 
also without halt. ' 

While at Frouard, several air raid alarms each night were not un- 
usual. Although there was no noticeable disruption in train service, 
Company ,,A" at Remilly suffered a casualty in the wounding of 
Lieutenant Davis when an enemy plane strafed the coach-quarters of 
the company on Christmas night, after a party. The wound was minor. 
However, the same night, in the early hours of 26 December, an aerial 
attack on the detachment at Benestroff resulted in the death of Ser- 
geant Howard G. Allen, of Company ,,C", and in the serious wounding 
of Pfc Thomas D. Dearing, also of Company ,,C\ Sgt Allen was buried 
in the U. S. Military Cemetery near Pont-a-Mousson, France. 

A photographic laboratory for amateur processing was set up, after 
due authorization, in connection with the official battalion laboratory, 
under Pfc William F. Miller. Besides this aid to the morale of the 
battalion, two other factors are noteworthy. One was the completion 
of the Chapel car, constructed out of a third-class coach, with office 
at one end and a colorfully decorated auditorium seating some thirty 
men comfortably, in the major portion of the car. The second morale 
factor was the organization of an orchestra, which gave a splendid 
exhibition on several occasions both outside and within the battalion. 
Notable was the occasion on Christmas Eve, at a party given for the 
men by the officers. It will be recalled, by all who were present, that 
it was a typical Christmas Eve party, with candy, cigars, cake, and last 
but not least, the proverbial Christmas punch. 

The night of 3 January 1945 will be remembered for the fire that 
destroyed the dispensary car. The blaze was discovered at 2230 hours 
by Tec 4 Joseph W. David and Corporal LeRoy Caldwell. While the 
former gave a general alarm, the latter aroused the medics to their 
danger, cut off by two doors from the dispensary section where the 
fire originated. What might have become a far greater tragedy than 
the material destruction, if the fire had spread to adjacent cars used 
as living quarters for Headquarters Company, was averted by the 
prompt and cool action, of Company „C" men who hooked on to the 
burning dispensary with a diesel engine and hauled the flaming torch- 
on-wheels to an isolated spot in the yards. The dispensary was a 
total loss. 

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LONGWy 

The battalion left Frouard on 5 January 1945 and opened Head- 
quarters at Longwy, France, on the following day. Longwy, best known 
as one of the fortress cities of the old Maginot Line, is situated almost 
at the juncture of the borders of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. 

Railheads served by the 718th reached northward from Longwy to 
Libramont, through Bastogne (famed for the spectacular defense of it by 
the 101st Airborne Division) north to St. Vith. Eastwardly, the 718th 
operated into Luxembourg City, which was under almost direct enemy 
artillery fire daily. Thus the 718th served truly as an international 
railroad, operating in three countries, France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, 
at the same time. 

Death struck again at the battalion while located at Longwy. Ser- 
geant Joseph Cushman, of Company ,,C", who had proved his worth 
on many occasions, died in a spectacular train accident near Messancy, 
Belgium, early on the morning of 10 January 1945. „Joe", as he was 
best known, had been air brake expert for the battalion, safety repre- 
sentative, an expert locomotive engineer, and of great assistance to the 
Adjutant since soon after the activation of the unit. He died when his 
train, the prize „Three Star Special", was struck by an ammunition 
train which rolled down the grade near Messancy. The ammunition, 
exploded by the impact, devastated the countryside. Joe tried to 
cushion the impact by backing up his train, and died a real soldier and 
hero. Although warned of the approach of the runaway train, he 
declined to leave his post. Sgt Cushman was buried in the LI. S. Mili- 
tary Cemetery at Grand Failly, France, near Longuyon. 

For action heroic and beyond the call of duty at this unfortunate 
accident, the following were awarded the Bronze Star: 

Captain Anton J. Reider, of MinneapoHs, Minn. 
Sergeant John G. ZabeL of Birmingham, Ala. 
Sergeant William H. Pierce, of Terre Haute, Ind. 
Tec 5 Robert E. Voss, of Cleveland, Ohio. 
Pfc Oscar L. Smith, of Sylacauga, Ala. 

Presentation of the Bronze Star to the above men was made by 
Brigadier General Ewart G. Plank at Luxemburg City, 5 March 1945. 

(Cont'd on page 62) 

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During January the 718th was commended by the Commanding 
General, Advance Section, Communications Zone, and also by the 
Commanding General of the Second Military Railway Service for the \ 

rating of Superior accorded the battalion by inspectors general from the 
Advance Section. ^ 

On 16 January 1945 Lieutenant Raymond W. Drewes exchanged 
his gold bar for a silver one, and the accompanying glow went far to 
alleviating the coldest month yet experienced, with deep snows and 
:near-zero temperatures, especially at the northern end of the division. 

Not publicized, but indelible upon the memory of those involved, 
were the exciting days in early January around Libramont and 
Bastogne, when trains of materiel were evacuated or hauled in under 
artillery fire, when the yards filled with ammo or gas were subject to 
strafing or bombing, and sometimes engines had to be dug out of huge 
snowdrifts. Diesels had to be kept running constantly to keep their 
water systems from freezing, and in forward areas steam locomotives 
had to conserve their water supply carefully, going no farther than 
they had water to get back, for lack of watering facilities. 

January proved to be the outstanding month thus far for volume 
of traffic. 3,624 trains, consisting of 29,217 loads and 22,336 empties- 
were moved, with a gross tonnage of 1,104,969 tons. 

With battalion headquarters at Longwy, Company „A" was 
stationed at Athus, Belgium; Company „B" was at Stockem, Belgium, 
and Company „C' located at Mont St. Martin, France, a mile north 
of Longwy. 

During this period the 718th was called upon to contribute its 
quota to the combat forces, and these men were replaced by others 
who had served in the combat line. Also, the Bridge and Building 
Platoon of the 746th Railway Operating Battalion was attached to 
Company „A" of the 718th, and some thirteen other members of the 
746th were attached to Company „C*\ The B and B Platoon was under 
the command of First Lieutenant Albert Rootberg. 

Formal activation of the Medical Detachment took place in 
February, with First Lieutenant Nathan Mattleman, MC, designated 
as Commanding Officer, and the following medics, who were formerly 
attached to Headquarters Company: S/Sgt Albert R. Gunn, Tec 4 
George W. Hertzog, Pfc Robert Y. Plasse, Pfc James S. Wales, Pvt 
Stanley Fischer, Pvt John C. Kovaschetz. Following the loss of the 
dispensary by fire, another car was fitted up more elaborately by 
Company „C'. A second car was utilized when necessary for infirmary. 

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LUXEMBOURG 

\ The next move of Headquarters took the 718th to Luxembourg 
■City on 14 February, opening there next day. According to policy the 
various companies established themselves at different locations. Head- 
quarters and „C" Companies settled at Luxembourg City: ,,A" Com- 
pany at Kruchten, and ,,B" Company at Bettembourg, both in the 
principality of Luxembourg. 

Luxembourg will be remembered as one of the most attractive 
places yet visited by the 718th. Picturesquely situated on hills, flanked 
;by medieval fortifications, yet modern as an American city. Luxem- 
bourg seemed more like home than any other community in Europe. 
The shops were reasonably modern, and while certain commodities 
were scarce, yet it may be said that the sojourn there afforded more 
ithan the customary degree of pleasure. There were more opportunities 
for relaxation and recreation, with Red Cross Clubs and movies and 
bowling and basketball. The orchestra gave noteworthy performances, 
among them being a dance in the commodious dining hall of the large 
railroad station, and request performances at the Red Cross Club. 

Nevertheless, the volume of traffic handled by the railroad at this 
time was huge, and often operating problems were presented which 

(Cont'd on page 66) 




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required much mature thought and collaboration, but every situation 
was handled in a manner befitting the reputation of the battalion, 
which, by now, had become known throughout the European Theatre 
as a top-notcher among railroad units. 

Operations went on both north to Gouvy, Belgium, and thus to 
Germany, and also eastward to Trier in Germany. The line to Gouvy 
from Ettelbruck was through territory crisscrossed with streams and 
cluttered wath steep hills. There were 27 bridges to be replaced before 
the line could operate, and 18 tunnels were found. For some unknown 
reason the enemy demolished the bridges but left the tunnels intact. 
The devastation of the line from Gouvy to Bleialf, Germany, was tre- 
mendous, yet the rails were pushing on behind the immediate front. 
Hazards from mines, bombs, artillery became a daily diet for the 
detachment at Gouvy under Major Merle F. Savage and Captain Ralph 
E. Bean. It was this detachment that was responsible for moving the 
first train of the 718th into Germany, on 3 March 1945, carrying 
mail, rations, gas, oil, and coal. Much of the track along the route 
was newly laid, skirting bomb craters and shell holes. The train was 
derailed three times en route, a result of wavy rail and lack of ballast, 
bringing back memories of technical training days on „The World's 
Worst Railroad". Just short of the destination there was a delay of 
40 minutes while the last track was laid into the railhead. Along with 
Major Savage and Captain Bean were Captain WilUam G. Chase and 
1st Lt Russell L. Talley, and the following composed the two crews 
operating the diesels: Sgt Gilbert D. Fikes, Tec 4 Fred N. Wyatt, Tec 5 
Myron D. Jones, Pfc Raymond R. Dempsey, Pfc Lewis R. Finkbeiner; 
and, Tec 5 William J. Brown, Tec 4 Joseph W. Thorn, Pfc Daniel C. 
Ray, Pfc John G. Blagg, Pvt Charles W. Croom. 

A change in the tactival situation diverted the flow of traffic from 
the Luxembourg-Gouvy line to the Luxembourg-Trier line. Company 
,,A" was called upon to reconstruct two bridges between Mertert and 
Wasserbillig on this line, and after engineers completed a large bridge 
across the river forming the boundary between Luxembourg and Ger- 
many, operation into Trier and Ehrang was begun, and quickly assumed 
tremendous proportions. Two factors contributed to this, the over- 
whelming number of prisoners of war being moved back and at the 
same time the imperative need for gas and other supplies to be deli- 
vered to the Third Army railheads. To add to the operating difficulty^ 
single-track operation only was available from Wasserbillig to Trier^ 
Committals given the Third Army for huge volumes of supplies alloweq 
not a single minute of let-down in the top-notch pace of delivery for 
two solid weeks, and the flood of prisoners going back required superb 

(Cont'd on page 70) 

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dispatching, operation on the minute, and many a silent prayer for 
handhng the two-way traffic on the single line. Something of the 
herculean task is seen in the loading and sending back of more than 
18,000 prisoners in one day, while 120,000 were moved m two weeks. 
During this period, the men of the Operating Company worked long 
hours with very little rest between work periods. However, by this 
time Company „C" had gained the reputation of being „on the job", 
and always worked hard to keep this reputation. It might be added 
that they were not backward about stating this fact. 

At Luxembourg six officers received promotions, Captain Merle F. 
Savage, executive officer, being advanced to Major; and Second 
Lieutenants Harley J. Aldrich, Arthur W. Fritton, Francis Herman, 
Edgar Y. Perkins, and William K. Volkmann being advanced to First 
Lieutenants. 

The Purple Heart was awarded to Second Lieutenant Sidney T. Davis 
as a result of injuries sustained during enemy action, previously 
mentioned. 

The Theatre Commander's Certificate of Merit for achievement or 
service of outstanding merit was awarded to the following officer and 
enlisted men on 13 March 1945: 2nd Lt Sidney T. Davis, Sgt John 
A. Nagel, Tec 5 David G. Blaquiere, Tec 5 Vincent M. Fagella, Tec 5 



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Myron D. Jones, Tec 5 Henry L. Klingle, Vic William H. Arledge, Pfc 
Russell A. Christie, Pvt Charles W. Croom. This award was for meri- 
torious service during enemy shelling of the railroad yards at 
Conflans, France, 14 November 1944. 

Company „B", with headquarters at Bettembourg had men on 
detached service at Bassie Yutz, Libramont, Luxembourg City, Stockem, 
Gouvy, and Metz. Seven men at the latter place formed the 706th RGD 
wrecking crew. No shop facilities a side from the mobile shop were 
available at Bettembourg, but the heavy volume of traffic handled, as 
mentioned above, indicates that Company ,,B" met every demand 
adequately. 

A diesel-operated autorail car, acquired while at Longwy, was put 
to heavy use while at Luxembourg. It poked its nose beyond the most 
advanced American line more than once, unintentionally, on recon- 
naissance trips; was used on Sundays by the chaplain for a travelling 
chapel, and during the week in carrying PX rations and finally all sorts 
of rations and supplies to outlying detachments. It is suspected that 
the headaches given dispatchers in clearing the line for this fleet autorail 
were responsible for its being commonly referred to as Hitler's „Secret 
Weapon". 




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Pfc Oscar L. Smith, Sgt WiUiam H. Pierce, Tec 5 Robert E. Voss. 



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MAINZ 

The ever changing front again required a change in operating plans, 
and on 1 April 1945 our territory was relinquished to the 712th Rail- 
way Operating Battalion, and an advance detachment under Captain 
Ralph E. Bean moved to Mainz, Germany, and established Headquarters 
at that point. On 2 April the Commanding Officer and Executive 
Officer, with their personal staff, moved to Mainz, followed by a 
detachment of „C" and „B" Company. The Adjutant, Captain Stein- 
field, was left in charge of the battalion at Luxembourg, with the 
responsibility for arranging the movement of the remainder of the 
battalion at the earliest possible date. This was accomplished on 
9 April. With this final move into Germany the quartering of the 
718th on wheels ceased, and billets for the men were secured in 
buildings. Headquarters and „C" Companies occupied the former head- 
quarters for the German Railways in Mainz, „A" Company established 
a camp in barracks at nearby Uhlerborn, and ,,B" Company settled in 
Bischofsheim across the Rhine river. 

The first period of operation covered a fine stretch of double- 
tracked railway from Bad Kreuznach to Mainz, approximately 30 miles. 
In this particular stretch of railroad were located a great number of 
railheads, and it soon became popularly known as the „30 mile yard", 
because of the numerous switching problems which, most of the time, 
could be met only by using the main tracks, involving considerable 
movement against the current of traffic and always taxing the ingenuity 
of the dispatching force. At Mainz Captain Steinfield returned to his 
primary duties as Adjutant, and Second Lieutenant Thomas F. Dechan, 
recently commissioned, assumed the position of Chief Dispatcher. ^ 

During this time, our old friends the 347th Engineer G. S. Regi- 
ment, supplemented by other Advance Section units, had been assigned 
the tremendous task of constructing a single-track bridge over the 
Rhine river at Mainz, and called the Roosevelt Bridge in memory of 

our recently deceased President. On 14 April this bridge was formally 

(Cont'd on page 80) 

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opened by Lieutenant-General George S. Patton, Jr., and the first train, 
a special train carrying General Patton, operated over the bridge at 
1430 hours. At 1505 hours, the first regular supply train. Extra 
7968-7966, double-headed, with 34 cars of Class I supplies, headed 
on to the bridge. The following personnel of the 718th, in addition 
to the Commanding Officer, were on the train: conductor, Sgt W. W. 
Utley; enginemen. Tec 4 J. A. Greenwald and Tec 4 C- J. Doty; fire- 
men, Tec 5 R. E. Morrison and Tec 5 F. E. Cowell; brakemen, Pfc. S. F. 
W. Johnson and Pvt R. A. Guilfoil. 

An advance party under the supervision of Major Savage had been 
exploiting the territory between the Rhine river and Hanau, and this 
portion of the railways fell under the supervision of the 718th upon 
the opening of the Rhine River Bridge. Our territory was later extended 
southward to Darmstadt. 

On 24 April, the volume of traffic had reached such great pro- 
portions that it was necessary to use German crews on some of the 

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trains, with Gl pilots. "At this time we were called upon to handle 
a minimum of 15,000 tons of freight daily frontward, with a resulting 
movement of empties to the rear. By now the 718th territory had 
become a very important link in the MiUtary Railways Service in the 
capacity of a trunk line. All the supplies for the Third Army, as well 
as supplies to the First and Fifteenth Armies, and Adsec and Gonad, 
passed over our rails. At Hanau the 718th delivered traffic to four 
forward battaUons, and it was our specific job to keep these battahons 
supplied with as many trains as they could handle. Since the move 
to Mainz involved giving up our position as a spearhead battalion, all 
the men settled down to move as much freight as humanly possible, in 
order to shorten the span of the war. 

Soon after teaching Mainz an unofficial Gompany „D" was set up 
under the supervision of Sgts Raymond A. Hanson, George A. KaUi- 
geros, and Sigmund P. Helmick. This was a company of refugees, 
Russians, Poles, ItaUans, chiefly, who were employed to repair and 
maintain headquarters and surrounding grounds. The neatness of 
building and grounds testified eloquently to the efficient supervision. 

Company „E", likewise, was unofficially organized in order to 
reUeve a desperate strain on Gompany „G" crews, who were being 
overworked by the traffic demands. The new organization was com- 
posed of German crews, who at first had two GI's supervising each 
crew. After some normal confusion at first, the operation with Ger- 
mans began to function smoothly, until on 11 June 1945. little more 
than a month after V-E Day, the Germans were allowed to take over 
operation of the railroad entirely, under American supervision. The 
former German railroad employees proved eager to get back to work, 
and soon there were thousands employed in every capacity along the 
^division. The great number of civilian employees was secured largely 
i through the diligent and efficient work of M/Sgt Israel Rosenfield, 
I Sergeant Major of the battalion, who was appointed in full charge of 
all civilian labor, and whose liaison with civilians proved to be of gre^t 
material benefit to the battalion. 

(Cont'd on page 84) 

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An example of the 718th ingenuity for getting things done is seen 
in the ferry which was put into operation across the Main river when 
the pontoon bridge to Bischofsheim was removed. The 60-mile round 
trip by way of Oppenheim was too great a handicap in time and 
efficiency for communicating by vehicle with Bischofsheim, so Com- 
pany „A" found a boat somewhere, an outboard motor somewhere else, 
and shortly the 718th was operating on water as well as on rails. 

The relatively long stay at Mainz produced a number of noteworthy 
incidents. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. Wright, commanding officer, 
received his promotion from the rank of Major on 1 June 1945, and 
as this history is going to press there comes the news of his being 
awarded the Bronze Star for outstanding railroad performance, on 
IS August 194?. Previous to this the Bronze Star was also awarded 
on the spot to S/Sgt William H. Frobes by Lieutenant-General John 
H. C. Lee, commanding general of Communications Zone, who, in an 
inspection of the battalion on 28 May, was particularly impressed with 
the general neatness and efficient handling of the supply room of 
Headquarters Company, in charge of Sgt Frobes. 

Memorial Day was observed by a special ceremony at Mainz, in 
which tribute was paid to the four men of the 718th who had lost 
their lives in Europe: Sgt Howard G. Allen, T/4 Joseph M. Cushman, 
T/5 William C. Hedin, and T/5 Luke O'Brien. The latter lost his Hfe in 
a train accident on the day Company ,,B" moved to Mainz from 
Luxembourg, and was buried in the U. S. Military Cemetery at Hamm, 
Luxembourg. 

Another long-felt need was supplied in the person of a Dental 
Officer, Lieutenant Sydney S. Kramer, who arrived on 21 April and 
was assigned to the Medical Detachment. The Commanding Officer 
of the latter. Lieutenant Nathan Mattleman, became Captain on 1 June. 
On the same day the gold of the bars of Lieutenants Sidney T. Davis 
and Maurice H. McDonald became silver. 

T/4 George I. Allen, for exceptionally fine handling of PX supplies for 

(Cont'd on page 87) 

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dedication of Rock Allen 
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Co C group at Rock Allen Bridge, near Klein Winternheim 



86 



the battalion, also has been commended, and M/Sgt Antonio Sartori 
has found no peer in handling of personnel records. 

Other commendations went to the following for extinguishing 
a blazing tank car in Bad Kreuznach Yard on the night of 23 July: 
S/Sgt John J. Karczewski, Tec 4 Victor F. Belmonte, Tec 5 Max Bel- 
grade, Tec S Arthur J. Lynch, Tec 5 Frank W. Swierczek, all of Com- 
pany „C", and Tec 5 Darwin F. Hall, Headquarters Company. 

Special commendation came to the battaHon from Brigadier General 
Walter J. Muller, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, Third Army, for 
magnificent operation prior and subsequent to the Bastogne Bulge. And 
Brigadier General Ewart G. Plank, commanding general of Communi- 
cations Zone, commended the 718th for its share in ,,an extraordinary 
achievement involving the prompt and efficient utiUzation of newly 
constructed rail lines (having) no precedent in any action supporting 
12th Army Group since D Day." 

The Purple Heart was awarded to Sgt Joseph W. Hartley of Com-, 
pany „C" for injuries suffered through enemy action near Gouvy. 

Company „C*' honored the memory of Sgt Allen by dedicating a 
rail-highway bridge to him on 18 July at Klein Winternheim, near 
Mainz. And Sgt Cushman was awarded the Legion of Merit (posthumous) 
for his heroic action in the wreck at Messancy. 

Facilities for recreation at Mainz, limited at first, became varied 
and abundant under the guidance of the Special Services section, in 
charge of Lieutenant Arthur S. Fritton and T/4 Joseph W. David. The 
„Capitor', a bombed out theatre, was rehabilitated in a remarkable 
degree and became the site of many movies and Gl shows. The latter 
were provided by the Main Liners, who turned out not only 
superior musical entertainment but also drama and comedy of all 
shades. The talented group who composed the Main Liners at one 
time or another are as follows: Pfc Archie MarMar, master of cere- 
monies; soloists, T/5 George D. Tole and T/4 Joseph J. Marshall; sax 
players, Pfc William H. Arledge, Sgt Phillip A. Stamm, T/4 Robert 
F. Smith, and T/5 Ed Howe; guitarist, T/5 Raymond Anderson; trum- 

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pets, Vic Jack F. Surridge and Pfc William F. Sieges; drums, Sgt Frank 
C. Oliver; bass fiddle, Sgt David G. Blaquiere; banjo, Pfc Walter 
Becker (530 AAA); piano, T/5 Robert M. Vicander; skit players, Pfc 
Joseph T. Shannon, T/5 James H. Oakley, Jr., T/5 Wesley A. Hearon. 
and Pfc Guy Gauthier. In July a Yacht Club, with a variety of boats/ 
swimming place, dance floor, etc., was taken over and quickly became 
a popular place for off-duty hours. In addition to. this regular enter-" 
tainment, occasional U. S. O. shows were booked, and also tours up 
the Rhine for sightseeing enthusiasts. Sgt David has received a letter 
of commendation from the Commanding Officer for his, work in 
Special Services. 

An outstanding award to the battahon was the Meritorious Service 
Unit Plaque, announcement of which came on 6 July, for „noteworthy 
devotion to duty in the operation of military railways in a combat 
zone under dangerous conditions". This referred particularly to the 
service of the battalion in the Ardennes campaign. Each man in the 
battalion has been presented with a certificate embodying the 
Meritorious Service Unit Plaque Citation. 

15 August 1945 will remain long in the memory of the 718th. 
At 0001 hours the battalion ceased operations in Germany and turned 
over its territory east of the Rhine to the 7 52nd; and west of the 
Rhine the operation went over to the French. An hour or so later the 
radio announced Japan had surrendered (it was still 14 August in the 
United States). And this day was the anniversary of the landing in 
Normandy and beginning operations in the ETO by the 718th. With 
a full year's honorable and outstanding overseas operation, with the 
end of war in the Pacific, with the memories of four campaigns sym- 
bohzed by the four stars on the ETO ribbon (Northern France, 
Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe), the eyes and hopes of the 
battalion eagerly turned homeward and found partial satisfaction with 
the announcement of orders to move back to France. Return by plane 
was possible, return by ship was probable, return by any means was 
desirable. 

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T/4 Levisoii and Sgt Pugh, 
back in the good old Folligny 
days, were rambling along over 
the French country-side with a 
trainload of rations, looking 
for a cross-over in the dead of 
night under black-out condi- 
tions. Somehow they missed it, 
and after about 1 5 minutes Le- 
vison decided that they had 
run by, so he set the air and 
when his train came to a stop, 
he noticed something peculiar 
ahead of his engine. Investiga- 
tion proved it to be a bomb 
crater with all the track out. 
Another thirty feet and that 
bomb crater would have been 
filled with rations. 

One night the dispatcher was 
crying for forty empties to be 
moved from Arlon to Longwy. 
He called Gauntt at Stockem 
and asked if he had a crew to 
move them, and back came a 
positive reply. One hour later 
when the empties rolled into 
Longwy, Freeman, our dis- 
patcher, asked for the crew. 
Came the answer. Crew: T/Sgt 
Gauntt, that is all 

While Lt Crouch and Jim 
Karczewski were holding the 
fort at Florenville, during the 
battle of the Bulge, they had 
69 Glider pilots, who had 
landed supplies at Bastogne, 
descend on them for transpor- 
tation. They put them up over 
night, and the next morning 
took the Arlon Work Train, 
and made up a nice comfortable 



troop train for them, and sent 
them on their way. 

On the night of December 
26th, here comes Lt Talley and 
George La Barge with a train 
load of ammo for the Third 
Army into Benestroff. At the 
same time here comes a Jerry 
plane, which had been following 
the tr^in all the way from 
Lening. T/4 Belmonte hopped 
right up on the engine, the 
train never stopped, and as 
Jerry zoomed over the train, 
could be heard the voice of 
Belmonte asking for his train 
orders, and the answer of Major 
Savage as he headed for the 
nearest air-raid shelter, „To 
Hell with the train orders; take 
off". Belmonte and the ammo 
arrived safely at Frouard, and 
Jerry was still on his tail to the 
Moselle river. 

On September 19th, with the 
Third Army crying for rations 
and gas at Conflans, the French 
refused to take the train, so 
Paul Kaczowski, I. C. Turner 
and Gauntt took off into the 
night and delivered the first 
train into Conflans with the 
Germans still shelling the town. 

In the middle of January the 
Third Army called up Captain 
Bean and told him that they 
must have 250 cars of ammo 
into Bastogne by 0700 the next 
morning. It was a bitterly cold 
night, the snow was deep. But 
with a couple of good diesels 
and with Rogers, Rowell, Baker, 



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Gregg and H. D. Moore taking 
over, in twelve hours on five 
trips the Third Army got their 
250 cars spotted and placed at 
Bastogne. 

On March 25 th the whole 
battalion put forth their great- 
est effort, and over the Luxem- 
bourg line, with 1 miles of 
single track Wasserbillig to 
Ehrang, handled 42 trains, 
which included four hospital 
trains, and enough trains to 
handle 20,000 POW's, all with 
GI personnel. 

Around January 27th an En- 
gineer Bn had left a lot of 
supplies lying in the yards of 
Libramont, and as the Jerries 
approached a hue and cry went 
up to get the supplies out of 
the Yard. The whole Florenville 
detachment turned out to a 
man, and in one day those 169 
cars were moved out, while the 
German patrols were within 
four kilometers of the town, 
and the 8 8's were falling into 
the city, and Jerry planes were 
strafing the yards. 

About the biggest amount of 
cars handled by one crew in 
one day took place when Lt Ba- 
chert, with Sgt Gauntt, Doughty, 
Dan Holman, Oscar Smith, and 
T/4 Levison, went out to clear 
off the railroad between Bi- 
schofsheim and Hanau for the 
first train to cross the Rhine. 
They handled that day 475 
loaded cars. At one time, with 
no air on the train, they shoved 



98 cars into Offenbach yard, 
and later found that they had 
fifty cars of fused German 
ammo. However, they are still 
here. 

One night, when crews were 
pretty low over at Bischofs- 
heim, Johnny Weir had an im- 
portant Main train to run, and 
only Hendrix and Wood on 
deck to take her out. After a 
little thought, he asked the 
troop commander of the train 
if perhaps he might have some 
railroad men among his troops. 
Sure enough, three were found, 
so off they took with three 
infantrymen and two C Co men 
for the crew. 

Lt Aldrich and Capt Chase 

were awakened one night at 
Sommesous by some excited 
French who claimed that a 
west-bound was completely 
destroyed. So, into a Diesel 
they got and toured the rail- 
road for two hours, before they 
found out that a GI had left 
some torpedoes on the track, 
and a French engineer had hit 
same and thought it was a mine. 

On a Spring night in the 
middle of May, mother nature 
in the guise of the stork caught 
up with Brown and Hughes who 
were riding a DP train back 
from Hanau, and they had to 
assist in the birth of nine 
babies. That was our record. 

On New Years Eve just at 
mid-night the Jerries gave 
Longwy a buzzing, and Captain 



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Bean, when he heard the com- 
motion, rushed to the roof of 
the hotel, and when he had 
surveyed the situation, yelled, 
^Paratroopers", and theLongwy 
detachment turned out with a 
vengeance, and enthusiasm. 
The next morning the situation 
was well in hand. The para- 
troopers had vanished as they 
had come, into thin air. 

On December 26th a German 
flyer got a reception that he 
probably has not forgotten. 
Flying in over the war-torn 
town of Benestroff, he figured 
that he would give it the same 
going over that it had received 
the night before. But the Be- 
nestroff Detachment were not 
taken by surprise on December 
26th, as they had vengeance in 
their hearts. As the plane 
swooped in to make his strafing 
run, everything from a German 
Burp gun, a fifty calibre machine 
gun, to M-l's, and carbines let 
go with all they had, and the 
German plane took off and left 
Benestroff alone after that. 

If anybody would like to 
know how to get a cheap thrill, 



they ought to talk to Dave 
Blaquiere and ask him about 
that night in March when he 
rode an ammo train from Luxem- 
bourg down hill towards Was- 
serbillig with 51 cars and five 
brakes. He made it in fast time, 
and when he got stopped he 
found that somebody had turned 
an angle cock five cars behind 
the engine. 

Lou Bettilyon, G. I. Allen 
and John Monroe, on the 19th 
of December 1 944, were on 
their way to Namur on special 
duty. Quite unconcerned with 
the war, they were driving 
along headed for Bastogne, and 
about three miles outside of the 
town, the truck right ahead of 
them suddenly disintegrated 
into a puff of smoke, and some 
MP's jumped them and wanted 
to know if they were some 
reinforcements coming up. With- 
out even bothering to answer, 
they turned around and started 
out of the Bulge, only to run 
into a road block at Neuf- 
chateau and find the Germans 
and the Yanks going to it ham- 
mer and tongs 300 yards down 
the road. 



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ROSTER AS OF V-E DAy 
MAy 9, 1945 



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OFFICERS 



NAME 

Wright, Robert A. 
Savage, Merle F. 
Bean, Ralph E. 
Chase, William G. 
Patterson, Norman P. 
Reider, Anton J. 
Steinfield, Thomas G. 
Williams, Floyd R. 
Aldrich, Harley J. Jr. 
Bachert, George H. 
Bonner, Le H. 
Chambers, Gerald E. 
Cranston, Robert S. 
Crouch, Vercil V. 
Drewes, Raymond W. 
Fox, Harry 11. 
Fritton, Arthur W. 
Kramer, Sidney S. 
Mattleman, Nathan 
Maust, Arthur A.. 
Per£ins, Edgar Y. 
Ragsdale, John R. 
Suttle, John F. 
Talley, Russell L. 
Volkmann, William K, 
Davis, Sidney T. 
Dechan, Thomas F. 
McDonald, Maurice H 
Herman, Francis 
Schneider, William M. 



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1st Lt. 


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1st Lt. 


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1st Lt. 


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1st Lt. 


0165761 


IstLt. 


0466516 


1st Lt. 


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IstLt. 


0491170 


IstLt. 


01037389 


1st Lt. 


01947187 


2d Lt. 


02009378 


2d Lt. 


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2d Lt. 


01061974 


2d Lt. 


W 2131009 


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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 



NAME 

Baird, Clifford H. 
Rosenfield, Israel 
Sartori, Antonio 
Schooler, Frank W. Jr. 
Hammerschmidt, 

Haroll H. 
Thomas, Arthur S. 
Bly, Walter D. 
Casey, James H. 
Donlan, Thomas J. 
Freeman, Lemuel H. 
Hamilton, Lon L. 
Upchurch, Roy L. 
Akins, William L. 
Anderson, Leroy W. 
Flick, Oharles J. 
Freedland, Thomas E. 
Frohes, William H. 
Hughes, Keith C. 
Hvatt, William W. 
Wassell, Stanley C. 
W'linans, Benjamin F. 
Kovack, Andrew S. 
Lachman, John J. 
Page, Warren P. 
Yackley, Edward R. 
Aldrich, Robert R. 
Keith, Morgan 
Allen, George I. 
Badgley, Merrill D. 
Hawk, John E. Jr. 
Johnson, Carl E. 
Redstone, Charles W. 
Smith, Calvin D. 
Wickena, Ralph H. 
Adams, Walter W. 
Armstrong, William B. 
Brubaker, Theodore E. 
Bullock, Coleman M. 
Caldwell, Leroy 
Cordrey, Edward F. 
Cornwall, Forrest E. 
Cranflone, Joseph P. 
David, Joseph W. 
Davis, Vernon E. 
Eldridge, Archie L. 
Gelder, Gerrit G. 
Hanft, Oscar W. 
Hager, William T. 



A.S.N.' 


RANK 


R-41491 


M/Sgt 


38435191 


M/Sgt 


32851628 


M/Sgt 


38522096 


M/.Sgt 


36019977 


1/Sgt 


33695838 


1/Sgt 


39215742 


T/Sgt 


35809272 


T/Sgt 


32889565 


T/Sgt 


36888446 


T/Sgt 


37668951 


T'/Sgt 


37726041 


T/Sgt 


34003561 


S/Sgt 


42018086 


S/Sgt 


33759410 


S/Sgt 


6549930 


S/Sgt 


39717757 


S/Sgt 


32285824 


S/Sgt 


14006663 


S/Sgt 


36858627 


S/Sgt 


39611645 


S/Sgt 


35920086 


Sgt 


37683699 


Sgt 


17067745 


Sgt 


36382359 


Sgt 


35476970 


Cpl 


37679454 


Cpl 


39216177 


Tec 3 


35294370 


Tec 3 


33833732 


Tec 3 


39333716 


Tec 3 


31352133 


Tec 3 


33828943 


Tec 3 


31428413 


Tec 3 


37310059 


Tec 4 


34819536 


Tec 4 


32890797 


Tec 4 


33802454 


Tec 4 


34572768 


Tec 4 


35570904 


Tec 4 


31227705 


Tec 4 


31415002 


Tec 4 


39717647 


Tec. 4 


37244160 


Tec 4 


39621222 


Tec 4 


37653044 


Tec 4 


39833883 


Tec 4 


36697514 


Tec 4 



NAME A.S.N. 

Kassing, Charles 36671941 

Laurentius, John A. 36179342 

Loeffler, Chester C. 32899707 

McDonald, Forrest K. 35334098 

Penney, Charles F. 35534110 

Rajewich, Edward F. 37473906 

Robinson, William H. 34829769 

Saam, Cletus J. 36749898 

Sargent, Milton W. 31178971 

Siramonds, Leo 0. 37728054 

Sokolich, Joseph J. 39215076 

Tierney, Marvin S. 39216115 

Wahlberg, Carl G. 39922283 

Weiskopf, Seymour 43043142 

Williams, Cyril 0. 36894804 

Wood, Hart P. 38641254 

Arougheti, Solomon 42044350 

Arthur, Rolio M. 36666206 

Ashworth, James C. 34854264 

Baudisch, Emil K. 42056499 

Berry, Russell 34819376 

Bersani, Harry P. 33425801 

Bernardi, Louis J. 42055127 

Bond, Ashley 39614582 

Bull, Newton E. Jr. 34885997 

Burke, William J. 42100201 

Burns, Ernest R. 11131462 

Carney, Thomas F. 31307526 

Cooney, Joseph G. 36725755 

Cox, Hayward C. Jr. 34829727 

Cravey,, Howard M. 38473591 

Frederick, Thad C. Jr. 31223681 

Fries, Raymond A. 36770393 

Gawronski*, Stanley J. 36589716 

Gray, Donald R. 39610312 

Hall, Darwin F. 32942149 

Hitchcock, Mattis Z. 34833813 

Krenza, William 32907560 

Lambert, Charles M. 36630266 

Malin, Charles H. 37373776 

McCain. Thomas 0. 36830997 

Monroe, John H. 31277695 

Padilla, Roman G. 89913169 

Paganucci, Peter L. 36361754 

Pecore, Frederick P. 39143134 

Philbriek, Arthur L. 31220030 

Pierce, Thomas S. 39297000 

Renfroe, William D. 34794505 

Rickets on, William J. 34760572 



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NAME 

Riley, Cleveland T. 
Royer, Charles W. 
Smith, Weldon C. 
Souter, Rob.ert J. 
Stoddard, James A. 
Ward, Albert E. 
Winfrey, Charlie V. 
Wyatt, Grant F. 
Arledg^e, William H 
Ballew, Mark 
Barton, William T. 
Burdick, Clifford M. 
Corcoine, Anthony 
Corsaut, William H 
Ciitolo, Alfonso J. 
Day an, Nathan 
Hassevoort, Henry A. 
Jeffcoat, Earl D. 
Lady, William C. 
Lembo, Anthony J. 
Levy, Charles 
McCain, Loyd B. 
Miller, Willmra F. 



A.S.K. 


RANK 


35293630 


Teo 5 


37617958 


Tec 5 


38583397 


Tec 5 


17109825 


Tec 5 


34389565 


Tec 5 


32483516 


Tec 5 


35637887 


Tec 5 


35744079 


Tec 5 


34653046 


Pfc 


34438821 


Pfc 


39141245 


Pfc 


35894751 


Pfc 


12174090 


Pfc 


39710300 


Pfc 


42065186 


Pfc 


33738441 


Pfc 


36406048 


Pfc 


34209005 


Pfc 


34737049 


Pfc 


32807823 


Pfc 


35517767 


Pfc 


39923001 


Pfc 


32945995 


Pfc 



NAME 

Onorato, Ernest J. 
Qnigley, John J. 
Radar, Joseph J. 
Richmeier, Ralph J. 
Sabella, Dominic J. 
Swabski, Anthony S. 
Tabellion, Dale J. 
Texeira, John 
Torre, Anthony J. 
Vona, John V. 
Wegrzyn, Stanley C 
Weir, William T. 
Baird, Thomas W. 
Conte, John F. 
Kdwards, Oscar W. 
Harris, Radford 
Ilnmpa, Edward J 
Kelly, John B. 
Loring, Arthur E. 
Ong, Plummer Z. 
Overbaugh, John C. 
Sokolowski, William F. 



A.S.N. 


RANK 


32994308 


Pfc 


31246434 


Pfc 


33826972 


Pfc 


37702960 


Pfc 


35399150 


Pfc 


31461120 


Pfc 


35397174 


Pfc 


31426630 


Pfc 


42045008 


Pfc 


32671673 


Pfc 


42124477 


Pfc 


39719146 


Pfc 


31447368 


Pvt 


42115758 


Pvt 


33636002 


Pvt . 


39614530 


Pvt 


36326311 


Pvt 


36147594 


Pvt 


12184253 


Pvt 


39342096 


Pvt 


12158563 


Pvt 


36769097 


Pvt 



107 



*>" 



A 



NAME 


A.S.N. 


RANK 


NAME 


A.S.N. 


RANK 


Jackson, Benjamin J. 


39566102 


1st Sgt 


Roper, Herman T. 


18076634 


Cpl 


Cox, Dealouss 


39902336 


T/Sgt 


Sharp, Roy F. 


37440227 


Cpl 


Dickman, Gerald J. 


20506083 


T/Sgt 


Sinclair, William A. 


3-2254510 


Cpl 


Harkins, Earl E. 


85012761 


T/Sgt 


Strode, Emerson L. 


20461734 


Cpl 


Ticer, Clyde W. 


6921965 


T/Sgt 


Wilhoit, Andrew M. 


35878412 


Cpt 


Adams, George L. 


33153284 


S/Sgt 


Barbrey, Clarence W. 


34652312 


Tec 5 


DeJarnett, Joseph J. 


35671881 


S/Sgt ■ 


Blacklaw^ William L. 


37061102 


Tec 5 


Law. Donald E. 


37299192 


S/Sgt 


Branzetti, Lawrence 


39135606 


Tec 5 


Mulligan, Richard J. 


38544361 


S/Sgt 


Bryaint, Ralph E. 


35611247 


Tec 5 


Kaber, Warren H. 


36419865 


S/Sgt ■ 


Bullard, James P. 


34821094 


Tec 5 


Pickard. Duard W. 


38286923 


S/Sgt 


Ruller, Theodore N. 


39216042 


Tec 5 


Spann, Joseph E. 


34575195 


S/Sgt 


Daniel, John 0. 


34828573 


Tec 5 


Vance, Donald P. 


6274631 


S/Sgt 


Dagger, Benjamin C. 


38626042 


Tec 5 


Clark, Lewis G. 


35096753 


Sgt 


Garcia, Margarito 


37355116 


Tec 5 


Cress, William M. 


20513916 


Sgt 


Gillen, Orval D. 


39922013 


Tec 5 


Graves, Billy B. 


35678124 


Sgt 


Goodman, Frank J. 


31426571 


Tec 5 


Matney, Ermine 


35449022 


Sgt 


Greenlaw, Gordon M. 


31352613 


Tec 5 


McKinney, Charles A. 


37210761 


Sgt 


Haught, Verl G. 


35599838 


Tec 5 


Nelson, Edgar L. 


37339842 


Sgt 


Hoist, Leroy C. 


38541328 


Tec 5 


Raybnni, Enoch F. 


35639845 


Sgt 


Huestis, Harvey J. 


32387761 


Tec 5 


Rydin, Carl N. 


36025082 


Sgt 


Hutchins, Odean K. 


38517616 


Tec 5 


Sunderland, Walter Y. 


37218947 


Sgt 


Jones, Otto 


20828133 


Tec 5 


Adams, Walter G. 


39716071 


Tec 4 


Joseph, Francis M. 


42048443 


Tec 5 


Atkins, Troy B. 


20741836 


Tec 4 


Klingensmith, Roy W. 


37485712 


Tec 5 


Breaux, Lester J. 


38497214 


Tec 4 


Lovell, Eldon F. 


39923135 


Tec 5 


Bruno, Richard F. 


38500385 


Tee 4 


Lyman, Lynn B. 


39923130 


Tec 5 


Byrd, Elmer A. 


39921552 


Tec 4 


Overvig, Harold J. 


3755^306 


Tec 5 


Edington, Plomer L. 


35292534 


Tec 4 


Plummer, Max 


35711553 


Tec 5 


Fenner, Jack 


39923572 


Tec 4 


Ramsey, PLarold F. 


35570463 


Tec 5 


Fox, Glenn H. 


39334499 


Tec 4 


Bhea, John D. 


35565215 


Tec 5 


Gartman, Leroy R. 


14046349 


Tec 4 


Seymour, Carl T. 


36780744 


Tec 5 


Hatch, Robert 0. 


35284071 


Tec 4 


Shaw, LaA'erne R. 


37682610 


Tec 5 


Hilton, Kenneth B. 


31399^51 


Tec 4 


Sherman, Seymour H. 


39144279 


Tee 5 


Ilutchins, Maurice L. 


31399441 


Teo 1 


Singleton-, Harlon E. 


36781098 


Tec 5 


Jensen, Carroll L. 


37566411 


Tec 4 


Sleicher, Arthur N. 


32914656 


Tec 5 


Keninie, Edward W. Jr 


■. 37682585 


Tec 4 


Smith, Charles F. 


36781005 


Tec 5 


Lindsey, James D. 


34795551 


Tec 4 


Spencer, Willie 


35705608 


Tec 5 


Lubojacky, Raymond L. 


38078198 


Tec 4 


Spendlove, James 0. 


39920538 


Tec 5 


Mi)rgan, Richard L. 


35664769 


Tec 4 


Suddath, AVilbam E. 


37061140 


Tec 5 


Turpenning, Grant 


37483180 


Tec 4 


Swindle, Alvin W. 


34817098 


Tec 5 


Freeman, William R. 


329294^6 


Cpl 


Takoch, John J. 


35174539 


Tec 5 


Gnauden, Howard C. 


37467-102 


Cpl 


Thompson, Charles P. 


39718601 


Tec 5 


Herrera, Alfonso 


38072321 


Cpl 


Valetich, Charles D. 


39216057 


Tec 5 


Johnson, Wade C. 


35397665 


Cpl 


Weber. Kenneth E. 


39852903 


Tec 5 


Monarez, Salvador 


37245212 


Cpl 


Wiley," Willard 


36311343 


Tec 5 


Ramirez, Asencion 


37458813 


Cpl 


Albrecht, Emil 


39466830 


Pfc 



108 



NAME 

Aiisotegui, Robert 
Aplin, George Jr. 
Bailey, Joseph G. 
Beene, John L. 
Bliley, Ralph A. 
Boll, Willie R. 
Bridges, Jonathan E. 
Cancino, Saturnine 
Calderon, Porfirio G. 
Christensen, William 
Clark, James L. 
Cougot, Arthur B. 
Crooker, Frank W. 
Crowley, Larry G. 
Davidson, David T. 
Davis, Clayton E. 
Dillon, Thomas A. 
Dinkel, Charles E. 
Doud, Michael V. 
Dresdow, Walter T. 
Dubus, Matt A. 
Eaton, Max L. 
Esposito, Michael' 
Euziirraga, Luis 
Ewing, Kenneth D. 
Ferguson, John T. 
Fisette, Joseph W. A. 
Ford, Van B. 
Frank, Alfred F. 
Gaiidoli, Angelo 
Gartman, James C. 
Gibson, Paul K. 
Guter, Charles B. 
Hendrickson, Clarence H. 
Herrera, Adolf o L. 
Hernandez, Luis N. 
Holman, Thomas W. 
Hoffman, Dale W. 
Hunt, Barney 
Jones, Jesus 
Klahn, George H. 
Kotlarz, Roman L. 
Kratz, Calvin D. 
Lopez, Juan L. 
Lowe, John W. 
Maddix, Lowell F. 
Malagara, Sam V. 
Mann, George E. 



A.S.N. 


RANK 


NAME 


A.S.N. 


RANK 


39923068 


Pfc 


Martin, Raymond C. 


38150191 


Pfc 


35714859 


Pfc 


Martinez, Juan E. 


39268207 


Pfc 


38500334 


Pfc 


Mariscal, Elias G. 


39267754 


Pfc 


34984545 


Pfc 


Masters, Homer W. 


35746348 


Pfc 


17175379 


Pfc 


McCord, Van B. 


34441755 


Pfc 


34816573 


Pfc 


Merida, General L. 


15334821 


Pfc 


34829409 


Pfc 


Mitrak, Andrew E. 


36176255 


Pfc 


37458706 


Pfc 


Moore, William S. 


35897270 


Pfc 


39270974 


Pfc 


Mora, Juan U. 


39546650 


Pfc 


39189811 


Pfc 


Paco, Emiliano R. 


39036487 


Pfc 


34518376 


Pfc 


Parson, Odes 0. 


34829450 


Pfc 


38541474 


Pfc 


Patterson, Jesse M. 


35593198 


Pfc 


36410078 


Pfc 


Pellicer, Francis A. 


34538111 


Pfc 


37582547 


Pfc 


Pelligrin, Fay P. 


38500492 


Pfc 


34848247 


Pfc 


Pelayo, Exiquio S. 


39268261 


Pfc 


34819306 


Pfc 


Perkins, Phillip S. 


38325774 


Pfc 


31426953 


Pfc 


Peterson, John B. 


42016101 


Pfc 


37607233 


Pfc 


Porter, W^ilbur L. 


37223504 


Pfc 


39238961 


Pfc 


Reid, Crittington 


35671196 


Pfc 


36220107 


Pfc 


Rice, Gilbert L. 


31256652 


Pfc 


33291365 


Pfc 


Riley, Adrian E. 


37383091 


Pfc 


35096335 


Pfc 


Rishel, Harold W. 


39313467 


Pfc 


32990308 


Pfc 


Robison, Earl G. 


39835269 


Pfc 


39854615 


Pfc 


Rockwell, Kenneth E. 


32946247 


Pfc 


39298377 


Pfc 


Rodriguez, Trinidad 


39688825 


Pfc 


34927850 


Pfc 


Rosenacker, Clarence M 


. 35121707 


Pfc 


31322996 


Pfc 


Roy, Walter T. 


39285665 


Pfc 


34916626 


Pfc 


Samudio, Carlos A. 


39550450 


Pfc 


37128687 


Pfc 


Santillo, Louis E. 


31406229 


Pfc 


32658968 


Pfc 


Schmidt, Stephen 


36602647 


Pfc 


34815848 


Pfc 


Sherman, Leonard 


33606249 


Pfc 


35705658 


Pfc 


Sieges, William F. 


37403025 


Pfc 


39469033 


pfc 


Simpson, Ervin J. 


37486618 


Pfc 


36805846 


Pfc 


Sims, Ora L. 


37492195 


Pfc 


37355340 


Pfc 


Skeem, Floyd V. 


39829547 


Pfc 


39404838 


Pfc 


Sluder, Arthur J. 


36441249 


Pfc 


36441279 


Pfc 


Smith, Orton E. 


32582917 


Pfc 


37491547 


Pfc 


Snow, John M. 


34904373 


Pfc 


38484842 


Pfc 


Soliz, Senovio V, 


39689820 


Pfc 


39550190 


Pfc 


Strange, William B. 


34801122 


Pfc 


39193457 


Pfc 


Stewart, James A. 


34916795 


Pfc 


36288742 


Pfc 


Stride, Gilbert F. 


37355853 


Pfc 


39216058 


Pfc 


Striegel, Earl J. 


37629384 


Pfc 


39852086 


Pfc 


Sweeten, Theodore T. 


38021268 


Pfc 


36758340 


Pfc 


Thomason, Chester R. 


171709493 


Pfc 


35769013 


Pfc 


Trisler, Fred M. 


37468504 


Pfc 


33601550 


Pfc 


Trujillo, Nicomedes 


37458636 


Pfc 


35590340 


Pfc 


Turner, Charles M. 


35897618 


Pfc 



109 



NAME 

Turaey, John M. 
Tutter, Jolm J. 
Varner, Lester D. 
Warner, Ennis 
Watterson, John D. 
Weeks, Joseph W. 
Whisenant, Robert G, 
Williams, LeRoy P. 
Will, Marshall E. 



A.S.N. 


RANK 


39460502 


Pfc 


36062374 


Pfc 


35743370 


Pfc 


35562088 


Pfc 


37724827 


Pfc 


42024446 


Pfc 


84437389 


Pfc 


33608155 


Pfc 


37523516 


Pfc 



NAME 

Huerta, Antonio 
Murrieta, Ray V. 
Pennington, Russell 
Rangel, Martin J. 
Rodriguez, Joseph E. 
Rowland, James C. 
Russell, James D. 
Sterner, Jarold L. 
Vialpando, Ray 



A.S.N. 


RANK 


42044212 


Pvt 


39116077 


Pvt 


35639290 


Pvt 


37491839 


Pvt 


32643656 


Pvt 


34525299 


Pvt 


39923186 


Pvt 


42029621 


Pvt 


39828962 


Pvt 



no 



B COMPANY 



NAME 

Reedy, Woodrow W. 
Krause, Alfred W. 
McDonald, Angus A, 
Check, Leo F. 
Eyford, Walter G. 
Funk, PeterT. 
Roberts, John A. 
Rynax, Malcolm R. 
Wilt, Robert E. 
Smith, Fred T. 
Kovack, Andrew S. 
Goldsmith, Marshall C. 
Benjamin, Lorn IST. 
Bertrand, Leon J. 
Brinthaupt, 

Gordon E. Jr. 
Burgar, Frank 
Carter, Frank 
Coffin, Charles W. 
Davis, Gordon W. 
Forsythe, Myron J. 
Getman, Laverne W. 
Granger, James R. 
Gregson, Roy E. Sr. 
Kelnhofer, Sylvius G. 
Mantz, James A. 
Marshall, Joseph J. 
Mill, Herbert A. 
Moore, Drew L. 
Pressley, Neil R. 
Koark, Harry F. 
gather, Oswald 
Sursa, James L. 
Schwartzkopf, Adam 
Temperino, Fred 
Wiciman, William G. 
Wiseman, James F. 
Bateman, Hugh E. 
Heckman, Donald E. 
McKenna, Donald F. 
Murray, John M. 
Aimetti, Peter 
Aldridge, Wilmer T. 
Anderson, Harry W. 
Baker, Joseph L 
Bereschak, George 
Blanton, Arthur E. 
Bordein, Robert I. 
Bunner, Arthur A. 



A.S.N. RANK 



6381929 

6847846 

42035861 

39250160 

37571814 

37532470 

34875453 

31222373 

33179594 

38626201 

35920036 

35153905 

36698596 

39468344 



lat Sgt 
T'/Sgt 
T/Sgt 
S/Sgt 
^S/Sgt 
S/Sgt 
S/Sgt 
S/Sgt 
S/Sgt 
Sgt 
Sgt 
Tec 3 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 



32839416 
35060697 
37724633 
37681412 
42027103 
37582417 
12172830 
39718061 
39341947 
36819448 
35757637 
39144015 
33612545 
39341942 
34893571 
35768560 
36839106 
36698625 
6542580 
32683552 
34876331 
31202737 
36147500 
33832073 
33070041 
42025729 
32897005 
34816325 
39717902 
34887520 
35385180 
34815808 
33786506 
35747109 



4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 



Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Cpl 
Cpl 
Cpl 
Cpl 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 



NAME 

Chandler, Billy E. 
Clay, Talmadge W. 
Cottle, Carl 
Curigliano, Paul A. 
Davis, Leslie A. 
Deavult, Van L. 
Diehl, Ralph E. 
Dittrich, Louis J. 
Earlywine, William W. 
Frizzell, James C. 
Hall, Cecil E. 
Hawkins, WilUam E. 
Hieronymus, William R. 
Klingle, Henry L. 
Manyi, John A. 
Marquis, Elvan L. 
Mauney, Ivey R. 
Mitchell, Walter R. 
Moore, Clyde D. 
lioty, Harry A, 
Ruiz, Santos\ M. 
Strain, Amos 0. 
Taylor, Gene E. 
Thompson, Howard R. 
Tobin, Frank J. 
Toth, Gilbert B. 
Tracy, Samuel A. Jr. 
Vincent, Edward W. 
Vogel, Henry E. 
Wallace, Allen L. 
AVebb, Roland W. 
Welch, Nathaniel 
Whitaker, WilUam J. 
White, Johnie B. 
Wilson, Josiah E. 
Woodard, William L. 
Youngless, Arthur R. 
Adams, Norman N. 
Allen, Bernard K. 
Allrich, Otto W. 
Basso, Carlo L. 
Belouskas, Daniel G. 
Brandt, Harold W. 
Bruce, Scott J. 
Campbell, Roy E. 
Collins, R. T. 
Crohn, George L. 
Delgais, John V. 
Dowie, John A. 



..A.S.N. 

38522205 

34875676 

39923173 

33708741 

37358494 

36779976 

33783724 

6542293 

36G99160 

36780894 

33543868 

35763266 

37629445 

35808079 

33802596 

35897653 

34609947 

35798105 

33765677 

37582967 

37724794 

38522149 

36679660 

39341927 

31415738 

36699534 

39919572 

35897351 

42043997 

38626289 

39340420 

34876327 

42017488 

34814882 

37728060 

39215991 

35058177 

42027257 

42027892 

37582351 

32946502 

31390573 

33829196 

32945911 

34875430 

35808433 

35897073 

42032329 

42048126 



RANK 

Tec 5 
Tec D 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 



5 
5 

5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 



Tec 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 
Tec 



Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Pfc 
Pfc 
Pfo 
Pfc 
Pfc 
Pfc 
Pfc 
Pfc 
Pfc 

vu- 

JM'c 



ill 



NAME 

Driscoll, John E. 
Dusing, Norraan F. 
East, Lennox P. 
Fecske, Frank S. 
Fiduccia, Fred 
Forrest, Thomas H. 
Hayman, Emory W. 
Hixon, John S. 
Hoagland, Roy J. 
Kocik, Leonard 
Leskovsek, Alfred J. 
Lindstrom, Woodrow F. 
McConnell, Raymond J. 
Miller, Jesse E. 
Moskop, Leo R. C. 
Murphy, Robert G. 
Papa, Giro C. 
Petersen, Andreas 
Peterson, Albert R. 
Perrault, Leon E. 
Rohrbaugh, Raymond H. 
Rakotci, Paul R. 



A.S.N. 


RAI 


31446228 


Pfc 


35542595 


Pfc 


7002194 


Pfc 


36697369 


Pfc 


42028054 


Pfc 


39216010 


Pfc 


34823402 


Pfc 


6819311 


Pfc 


39413723 


Pfc 


36950155 


Pfc 


36299815 


Pfc 


42029372 


Pfc 


33749602 


Pfc 


35807678 


Pfc 


36696763 


Pfc 


31121173 


Pfc 


32759996 


Pfc 


3909a802 


Pfc 


34854137 


Pfc 


31416589 


Pfc 


35301612 


Pfc 


35061335 


Pfc 



NAME 

Ramundo, Vincent J. 
Rhodes, Earl P. 
Ruggiero, Louis J. 
Seymour, John B. 
Snow, Roy C. 
Stephens, Michael E. 
Sylvis, John A. 
Tanner, Harvey L. 
Troutner, Calvin A. 
Waldron, Glenwood M. 
Wiest, Kenneth U. 
Williams, Harry H. 
Wright, George D. 
Wright, John 
Zettergren, Laverne F. 
Bucnis, Michael 
De Rosa, Ester J. 
Garfield, Perley R. 
Hall, John L. 
Losquadro, Frank J. 
Trafka, Joseph J. 



A.S.N. 


RANK 


32695615 


Pfc 


33766118 


Pfc 


33784824 


Pfc 


15121754 


Pfc 


38641228 


Pfc 


34817491 


Pfc 


33765912 


Pfc 


34845012 


Pfc 


37344168 


Pfc 


31399512 


Pfc 


33835072 


Pfc 


34768426 


Pfc 


38565952 


Pfc 


20933323 


Pfc 


36766138 


Pfc 


36781320 


Pvt 


32687346 


Pvt 


31339841 


Pvt 


38478730 


Pvt 


32993289 


Pvt 


33470474 


Pvt 



112 



C COMPANY 



NAME 

Jones, Everest E. 
Gauntt, Harry B. 
Jones, Robert T. 
Shuster, Charles'^E, 
Furlow, Lester W. 
Jones, James E. 
Kalligeros, George A, 
Karezewski, John J. 
O'N'eal, Harold L. 
Pugh, Divid S. 
Sullivan, Timothy E. Jr. 
Weir, John C. 
Allen, Elton J. 
Anthony, Herbert A. 
Bettilyon, Bernard L. 
Blaquiere, David G. 
Burk, Arthur E. 
Grain, Howard W. 
Crowley, William S. 
Doughty, George G. 
Dunford, John E. 
Eckles, Wiriiam M. A. 
Fawcett, Laurence D. 
; Fikes, Gilbert D. 
Foster, John D. 
Gerhart, Wilmer H. 
Giblin, Charles C. 
Hartley, John H. 
Hartley, Joseph H. 
Haley, Frank L. 
Hansen, Raymond L. 
Hornack, Michael 
Holman, Edward W. Jr. 
Hughes, EA^erett 
Johnson, Claude H. 
Judd, Charles A. Jr. 
Kaczowski, Paul F. 
Kelly, William J. 
Koontz, Robert H. 
Lally, John J. 
Leaver, Bertram H. 
Longw^ay, Charles D. 
Matthew^s, George A. 
May, Francis A. 
Murphy, Richard T. 
Mouring, Paul E. 
Nagel, John A. ■ 
Nyberg, Leonhard R. 
Oliver, Frank C. 



A.S.K RANK 



15329236 


1/Sgt 


33791366 


T/Sgt 


38212463 


T/Sgt 


35045490 


T/Sgt 


33001117 


S/Sgt 


37341559 


S/Sgt 


32197565 


S/Sgt 


32766108 


S/Sgt 


34830064 


S/Sgt 


20409201 


S/Sgt 


17111164 


S/Sgt 


32214398 


S/Sgt 


31426314 


Sgt 


36303239 


Sgt 


39922142 


Sgt 


39620723 


Sgt 


37680528 


Sgt 


35369627 


Sgt 


39713116 


Sgt 


31375225 


Sgt. 


42048730 


Sgt 


35293572 


Sgt 


42044024 


Sgt 


34875507 


Sgt 


35807499 


Sgt 


33833408 


Sgt' 


35447615 


Sgt 


32703105 


Sgt ■ 


37724533 


Sgt 


35293357 


Sgt 


39923404 


Sgt 


33036814 


Sgt 


34845452 


Sgt 


35432245 


Sgt 


39420534 


Sgt 


39420138 


Sgt 


32130683 


Sgt 


35918846 


Sgt 


33704179 


Sgt 


36680708 


Sgt 


31445603 


Sgt 


31375318 


Sgt 


39155558 


Sgt 


36766969 


Sgt 


37566154 


Sgt 


35768236 


Sgt 


37679772 


Sgt 


37317576 


Sgt 


36385703 


Sgt 



NAME 

O'Rourke, Francis J. 
Pacitti, Nicholas A. 
Pennington, Jack J. 
Pierce, William H. 
Riggs, Iverson 
Rimicci, Frank J. 
Rosquist, Roy 0. 
Rowell, Hugh M. 
Sanders, John M. 
Stamm, Phillip A. 
Stevenson, Austin F. 
Tekale, Emil J. 
Utley, Woodrow W. 
Zabel, John C. 
Earnhardt, Samuel L. 
Becham, Roswell V. 
Belmont e, Victor P. 
Bohag, Charles C. 
Caldwell, Aubrey A. 
Conrad, George E. 
Cooley, Warren H. 
Cothran, William H. 
Cowell, Floyd E. 
Darcy, John: E. 
Diaz, Franklin L 
Doty, Charles J. 
Dowmey, Joseph G. 
Fowler, Thomas A. 
Fraser, George A. 
Gregg, Clark W., Jr. 
Greenwald, James A. 
Harris, Donald R. 
Hedden, Raymond A. 
Helmick, Sigmund P. 
Hess, Jake 
Hoerig, Edward E. 
Hollifield, Harold W. 
Hopkins, William B. 
Hubbard, Arthur C. 
Jeffries, John M. 
Johnson, Gilbert 
LaBarge, George 
Levison, Thorvald 
McWilliams, John H. 
Moore, Albert L. 
Newton, Kada G. 
Ostafi, Joseph W., Sr. 
Pavolko, George E. 
Payne, Relman J. 



A.S.N. 


RANK 


31424380 


Sgt 


37723936 


Sgt 


20745990 


Sgt 


35808537 


Sgt 


38517532 


Sgt 


36664670 


Sgt 


39833788 


Sgt 


34794569 


Sgt 


31384286 


Sgt 


36697974 


Sgt 


32481947 


Sgt 


36232511 


Sgt 


38517934 


Sgt 


34817178 


Sgt 


33899077 


Tec 4 


34831207 


Tec 4 


36766348 


Tec 4 


39142074 


Tec 4 


35777170 


Tec 4 


39316588 


Tec 4 


34887073 


Tec 4 


35808153 


Tec 4 


37425964 


Tec 4 


32929249 


Tec 4 


39709007 


Tec 4 


38212759 


Tec 4 


34894831 


Tec 4 


37724228 


Tec 4 


31425731 


Tec 4 


35294326 


Tec 4 


36768538 


Tec 4 


39214864 


Tec 4 


42029662 


Tec 4 


36887575 


Tec 4 


38558177 


Tec 4 


42046266 


Tec 4 


34894267 


Tec 4 


35763353 


Tec 4 


39468628 


Tec 4 


34851288 


Tec 4 


38557179 


T(!c 4 


37724514 


Tec 4 


36771482 


Tec 4 


34818258 


Tet; 4 


38347537 


Tec 4 


35294461 


Tec 4 


35933879 


Tec 4 


33364108 


Tec 4 


35878360 


Tec 4 



113 



NAME 

Paul, Anthony B. 
Peters, Donard F. 
Petty, Eugene S, 
lleasoner, Grover M. 
Roberts, Jack W. 
Schaffner, Walter F. 
Shear, Clarence J. 
Sims, Howard M. 
Smith, Robert F. 
Tate, James A. 
Thorn, Joseph W. 
Turner, Irving" C. 
Wetzel, Erwin S., Jr. 
White, Floyd W. 
White, Sherrod M. 
Wyatt, Fred N. 
Godse'y, Woodrow W. 
PfingstI, Leslie H. 
Vaughn, Robert E., Jr. 
Anderson, Raymond 
Ball, Earl W. 
Bandalos, Andrew S. 
Bell, Harold E. 
Belgrade, Max 
Bowles, Hoyet M. 
Brown, William J. 
Chadderdon, Howard I. 
Champlin, Edward C 
Champion, Archer G. 
Cooper, Clyde B. 
Crew, Norman D. 
Deputy, James R. 
Foley, Thomas M. 
Gifford, Robert H. 
Gillespie, James A. 
Gray, George W. 
Handley, Henry H. 
Harper, Curtis J. 
Harrison, Benjamin T. 
Hearon, Wesley A. 
Hendrix, James N. 
Hill, Harry J., Jr. 
Hoffman, Vincent N. 
Hohnan, Daniel H. 
Johnson, Martin W, 
Jones, Myron D. 
Kelly, Francis J. 
Lo'ng, Archie J. 
Lynch, Arthur J. 
MacDonough, Charles V. 
Me s singer, 
Frederick D., Sr. 



35919708 
37628206 
38346363 
38535567 

17077640 



38590438 
36766420 
34829933 
36626249 
36522203 
34647077 
37628049 
34845957 



33544236 

34806657 
6256781 
36885447 
39923419 
32497646 



A.S.N. RANK 

Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 

Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Tec 4 
Cpl 
Cpl 
Cpl 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 
Tec 5 



33834769 

38626017 
39444369 

42027842 
32845999 
35924450 
37680470 
36699482 
32956538 
33707298 
37679259 
34847286 
85949190 
34829527 



34817587 
35808222 
37626486 
42042774 
36690279 
35547704 
37582555 
36767493 
33642664 
37613725 
31375387 
31426499 



39449459 Tec 5 



NAME 

Miller, Norman W. 
Moore, Harvey D. 
Morrow, Lex H. 
Morrison, Robert E. 
Nast, Eward H. Jr. 
Nelson, Melvin C. 
Newman, Carman J. 
Oakley, James H., Jr. 
Perdun, David H. 
Prichard, Grover F. 
Priest, Gail L. 
Rhodes, Deward 
Risinger, George P. 
Saieeby, Eddie D. 
Sanders, Norris W. 
Schwarz, I-Ierman N. 
Sorgniann, Leo J. 
Stewart, Abner L. 
St. Amand Alexander J. 
Swierczek, Frank W. 
Tole, George D. , 
Varenhorst, Richard W. 
Vicander, Robert M. 
Voss, Robert E. 
■ Watson, Ijawrence F. 
Welsh, Wendell G. 
Ackerman,Philip B. 
Aiberty, Russel J. 
Barry, Richard H., Jr. 
Baker, Reed M. 
Bdashor, Joss L. 
Bell, Jame.s F., Sr. 
Blagg, John G. 
Boldon, Gerald D. 
Bondank, Andrew B. 
Burden, Robert T., Jr. 
Burnctte, Thomas N. 
Bursteiu, David 
Christie, Russell A. 
Combs, John C. 
Collins, Joseph G. 
Croom, Charles W. 
Dattolo, Frank 
Dempsey, Raymond R. 
Driessen,Melv[n A. 
Estes, Duano E. 
Evans, l^ichard C. 
Finkbeiner, Lewis R. 
Gerwick, James J. 
Greenough, Mager R. 
Greenfield, James H. 
Grisham, Harry T. 



A.S.N. RANK 



35632888 
35294435 
34893049 
38535638 
33440874 
39246023 
42012098 
34900709 
38542360 
34829496 
3559^5837 
38484323 
37670746 
34894726 
38626378 
37142199 
36697173 
34887442 
38487428 
37471669 
31415743 
37728148 
33683867 
35919723 
32958994 
37680399 
32978007 
38591579 
34833825 
35933070 
38511729 
34887039 
36697387 
37582631 
37724090 
34829490 
20492966 
39717617 
37729584 
33903490 
34833914 
34900743 
42039791 
20210372 
37581920 
42028649 
33406642 
32945639 
35878254 
31423986 
36697187 
34874981 



5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 

5 

n 



Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Tec 5 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 

Pfc 



NAME 

Hays, John R. 
Hartman, Robert A. 
Himstedt, Hilbert H. 
Holliday, George E. 
Howell, Freddie J. 
Johnson, Sverre F. W. 
Kesler, Robert 
Kilraartin, Francis E. 
Lainhart, Donald C. 
Lawrence, Robert J. 
Marmar, Archie 
Marsh, Robert B. 
McClernon, Patrick J. 
McLaug:hUii, 

Woodrow W. 
McPeek, John W. 
Mitchell, Moi D. 
Molinari, Carl P. 
Monroe, Ernest L. 
Montague, Cecil I. 
Moore, Filbert B. 
Morgan, Cecil It. 
Moritz, Leonard M. 
Newman, John C. 
Null, James A. 
Nye, Addison N. 
Passaro, Ellsworth C. 
Pellegrino, Dominic L. 
Perry, Lee J., Jr. 
Phillips, Ernest C, Jr. 
Polke, Lucius E. 
Priest, Clarence N. 
Price, Ned A. 
Prior, George W. 
Ray, Daniel C. 
Regini, Carl J. 
Rider, George C. 
Rusin, Andrew J. 
Shannon, Joseph T. 
Shumake, John H., Jr. 
Smith, Oscar L. 



A.S.N. RANK 



37724467 


Pfc 


42029124 


Pfc 


36696710 


Pfc 


35216949 


Pt'c 


54874757 


Pfc 


36695009 


Pfc 


35897145 


Pfc 


42018104 


Pfc 


39216000 


Pfc 


34817605 


Pfc 


35229687 


Pfc 


31420860 


Pfc 


39339336 


Pfc 


31352273 


Pfc 


35762039 


Pfc 


34317509 


Pfc 


42018499 


Pfc 


37725132 


Pfc 


39922617 


Pfc 


39340570 


Pfc 


38364522 


Pfc 


42029225 


Pfc 


38641186 


Pfc 


34871613 


Pfc 


31340863 


Pfc 


32957754 


Pfc 


42028838 


Pfc 


35897428 


Pfc 


38516948 


Pfc 


34817188 


Pfc 


32959245 


Pfc 


33765855 


Pfc 


36484079 


Pfc 


37626341 


Pfc 


31378668 


Pfc 


37444077 


Pfc 


42012149 


Pfc 


31424328 


Tfc 


34830314 


Pfc 


34817344 


Pfc 



NAME 

Spoonamore, Everett W. 
Stoh, Robert 0. 
Stanford, William L. 
Sturm, Paul H. 
Surridge, Jack F. 
Tutolo^, Wesley F. 
Vigars, Lowis A. 
Wade, James D. 
Waggoner, Arthur P. 
Wheeler, Ward J. 
Wiggins, Roy A. 
Williams, Morris 0. 
Wood, Billy B. 
Wyley, Oliver A. 
Yurkovitch, Martin F. 
Zinkiovich, John J. 
Amrine, John J. 
Cain, Clarence W. 
Cantor, Nate 
Chigas, Michael A. 
Grain,, George W. 
Douglas, Garnet J. 
Faneult, Lorin W. 
Pelsen, Ph^'lip 
Hanu, Godfrey L. 
Hernandez, Albert G. 
Kelley, James D. 
Leggett, WilferdE., Jr. 
Lord, William 
Martin, Conrad A. 
Morningwake, George S. 
Nolan, Walter M. 
Pearce, William H. 
Roberts, Otto C, Jr. 
]^owland. Earl A. 
Rushing, Paul H. 
Stewart, Charlos K. 
Teter, Robert K. 
Watts, Jacob M., Sr. 
Weldon, Phillip 
Welk, August 
Williams, Earl E. 



A.S.N. 


RANK 


35876250 


Pfc 


36766461 


Pfc 


38508053 


Pfc 


35762389 


Pre 


19016717 


Pfc 


33803877 


Pfc 


32945743 


Pfc 


34829873 


Pfc 


35226751 


Pfc 


37723642 


Pfc 


37722449 


Pfc 


33833620 


Pfc 


37680325 


Pfc 


37702806 


Pfc 


42011778 


Pfc 


31391142 


Pfc 


35220436 


Pvt 


34353436 


Pvt 


39717610 


Pvt 


32928681 


Pvt 


37725051 


Pvt 


37531994 


Pvt 


35294384 


Pvt 


32874082 


Pvt 


34733069 


Pvt 


32614700 


Pvt 


42045869 


Pvt 


39417334 


Pvt 


36948526 


Pvt 


32536031 


Pvt 


33871665 


Pvt 


31423283 


Pvt 


35921658 


Pvt 


38373984 


Pvt 


32943812 


Pvt 


6398958 


Pvt 


31365283 


Pvt 


35762412 


Pvt 


33771986 


Pvt 


31158748 


Pvt 


37567250 


Pvt 


38537720 


Pvt 



115 



MEDICAL DETACHMENT 



NAME 


A.S.N. 


RANK 


Gunn, Albert R. 


36036444 


S/Sgt 


Hertzog, George W. 


1300:5622 


Tec 4 


Royeck, Michael A. 


33024469 


Tec 4 


Mayer, Charles T. 


35460704 


Tec 5 


Plasse, Robert Y. 


32660431 


Tec 5 


Farmer, Thomas H. 


34357223 


Pfc 


Fischer, Stanley 


33722276 


Pfc 


Martin, Richard C. Jr. 


35870663 


Pfc 



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