DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AGENCY MAJ,:\VELL AlR FORe.: BASE, ALABAMA
24 August 2009 AFHRAIRSA
600 Chennault Circle
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424
Mr. John Greenewald , Jr.
Dear Mr. Greenewald ,
This is in response for your request received 20 August 2009 (our inquiries reference number 111
65533 ) concerning IRIS Number 97935, 5 Air Disarmament Group (Provisional) History, November 1944 through August 1945. Since your request was made under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act it has been designated 2009-03271 -F .
Please find enclosed a photocopy of the requested document.
Thank you for your request. Sincerely,
BARRY l. SPINK Archivist Attachment: 5· Air Disarmament Group (P) HI, Nov 44-Aug 45, IRIS # 97935.
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The Hq .5: Hq Sq 4th ccro Group (Bomb Sp), APO 639, still being
the activatea unit and the 5th Air Disarmament Group the provisional
unit, two morning reports are still being submi tted.
On the 5 of December, atter all the necessary preparations, the first liberty run tr~ck lett tor Peris . On or about the same time a liberty run was aleo started to the nearby town ot Senlie. Flve percent of the Squadron was allowed to go to PariS and ten -percent to Senlle each day _ The passes to Paria gave the men about thirteen hours
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the poet, one truck b.e ing suff1c1ent for both
the Ofticers and the Enlisted Men. The truck departed at 0900 hours,
the twenty- five mile run ueually be.1!lS made wi thin an hour. The
trucks departed Paris at 2300 hours, the s ame hour the ourtew began.
The Benlia l i berty run gave the men about tour hours in town, trucks departing at 2300 hou r s. All the lie n in the Squadron took advantage ot the Parie passes as thei r turn came, a good percentage ot the men Bent gitts home tbat they purchased in Paris, per:f'wne being the most cOIllllOn. Movies were orrered soon arter the passes to Paris began. There beiD$ only one projector for thie Squadron and the two other
Squadrons (20th AD Sq .5: 21st AD Sq), adequate space had to be tound
for the large number or men attend! ng. At t·irst there was a temp
orary set- up until space was r ound in the Chateau located on the camp site .
On the 6th ot December, Captai n Hogg, our Group Chaplain, waB assigned to the Squadron. Arrahgene nts tor servi c es tor all deno
minations were taken c are of imnediately, some or the denominations attending services ofr the post . The Mess Tent was also used for services.
SpeCial Service soon opened the Group nay Room in the Chateau after , the necessary tables ,snd c hairs were secured, many of them from the Cheteau itself . The Post Exchange was alao opened :immedi ately. The men were already donatDg part ot their ration of c andy tor a party to be given to the FrenCh Children on Christmas Day.
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On the 12th or December, three orficers were assigned to
the Squadron; 1st Lt. Cleveland, Group Special Service Officer;
1st Lt. Damon, Grcup Bost Exchange Officer and 1st Lt. Foley,
Ass't Intelligence Officer. The addition of these three orficers
brcught the gfficers strength to thirty-four. Addit10nal
members added to the Squadron were T/Sgt MUSick and Cpl Rutledge,
both ordnance men. Two Enlisted Men who were in the hospital transferred out of the outfit, they were Cpl. Johnson and Pvt. Blackstock, both of the Motor Pool. } All passes were discontinued. on the 21st 'of December when the Senlia area was alerted to be on the outlook for German paratroopers who were allegedly in the vicinity. The guard was more than doubled and everyone waB on edge as rumors flew thiok and fast. Finally , the oamp settled down when local passes were again authorized on December 31st. However the Paris area continued to be ott-limits for members ot this unit except on duty.
Christmas Day found the staff NCDs on K.P., although thiS
was voluntary there was more than enough help, the alert was also still in erfect so the men stayed within the camp area. A
Christmas Party was given to the local French Children on Christmas
Day in Sen11e. All the persennel of this Squadron had been adding
candy to the collection that was st&rted about three weeks
previous.
About one hundred "men f'rom the Squadrons, three hundred
eithty French Children, between the age of three and ten, and
a number of elder people attended. Both the Squadrons and the
, Children had a program of the1r own. Chaplain Hogg and a local Senlie Priest, Father Rabel, led the party in services and songs, a numbe r of songe were sung by the Children including the Star Spangle Banner in Eng11sh. All the efforts proved it's worth, the candy, sandwiches and drinks were enjoyed imnense1y by the
Children.
OUr Chemical Warfare Officer, 1st Lt. Dutton, was transferred to Headquarters 9th Air Force Serv1ce Command on the 27th of December.
On the Bame date, let Lt. Hord .was transferred from the Squadron, on route to the Zone of Interior .
On me 29th of December, 2nd Lt. Robert L. We1nberger was
rele1ved of duties as Admin1strati~ Off1cer and ass1gned to dut1es
as ASSistant Group Intelligence Ofr1cer. Captain David P. Rhame
was releived of dut1es as GAF & Security Ofr1cer and ass1gned to
duties as AdIIl1n1strative Officer.
The Company strength at the closing day of December was one
hundred and t_enty- e1ght Enlisted Men and th1rty- two Officers.
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The strength of the organization at the beginning of' Jamlsry was thirty- three Officers and one hundred and twenty
eight Enlisted Men. On the 1st of January, Major James Rivero, who is \Ye ll known by most of the squadron personnel, was attached f'or duty
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of snow that kept the gr ound covered since the first of the year made it a11 the more difficult to secure wood .
On the 15th o~ January, ~orty - eight o~ the Enlisted Men were promoted (temporary) as ~ollows: two to T/Sgt, seven to S/ Sgt, twenty- two to Sgt, nine to Cpl, and eight to Pre (see inclosure). This was the first promotion of Enlisted Hen 1n the squadron since the provisional outfit was activtlted . As yet the 5th Air Diaunnament Group i8 the provisional outfit,
two morning reports are still being
submi tt~d.
About the middle of the month showers were Bet up to
accommodate the entire personnel of the post. He retofore, the me n were taking showers at IX Air Force Service Command Head quarters, Borne go ing during the day and others taking advantage of the shower run twice a week . Almost all the equipment for the showers was German equlpnent found in PariS, a nwnber at la rge water storag e~ t anks were picked up also for USe in the mess hall . The me n that set up the showers did a very good job and the Ge rman equipment 'served a very good purpose .
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number ot: men to attend their dances .
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movies were given every night except Sundays. Also, passes to Faris were still in effect, the quota alway s be ing fille d
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prior to this, both Ot:ficers and Enlisted Men were being
transferred to hospitals, mos t of them returning to the Zone of Interior for treatment. Two of the new men that joined the
squadron had a gOOd kno wledge at: GeIman.
Some of the tents were improved by the addition of more stoves and wood tloors. Some changes were made dur ing the month in the tents . The Orderly Room was moved into a more c onvenient size tent, therefore, giving more room tor the squ&l dron personne1 .
At the closing of the month of Janua ry to squadron
strength was as t:ollows:
oDe hundred twenty- nine Enlisted
Men and thirty- three Officers .
Following is a list of Ot:f1eers and En11sted Men that
were assigned and transferred during the month of January: assigned I Ja nuary Rivero, James Major 9 Janua ry transferred LaBrutto, Lou1s L. Sgt 10 January attached Powell, Frederick H. Jr . 1st Lt . 21 January assigne d Hettler, Francis J. T/ Sgt 2 1 January assigned Lang, Max A. S/ Sgt 2 1 Janua ry assigned Funk, Marvin H. Pvt 21 J a nua ry assigned Williams, John D. pte 21 January a ssigned Christen, George L. ptc 22 January transferred Carter, '::illiam R.
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4 March 1945 SUBJECT.
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Ccwnn-nd1Dg General, Headquarters, IX Air Force Sen-ice Coaund, APO 149. u.s. j,J:my (Att, Historical Branch, Intell1aenee Section>' THRO. Commendin&. otficer, Headquarters, 4th CCRC Group (Bomb Sp) t
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At tbe beainn1na: ot tbe JllCnth ot 7ebl"'U8r7 the weather Hemed to be getting
better all aloDg, tbis gaTe the men a better opportunity to tmprOT8 11Tlng
conditions. makina the tents a more comfortable place to 11Te,
Thor. atll1 beiaa a ahorlage ot personnel ",0 :pertODl 4\ltlea such as X.P.
and Guard. all men f'rc& Pr1 Tatea. through Seraeanta were tekine their turn on
these duties, each duty C~D& within seTen to nine d878.
OIl tbe 3rd ot J'ebruar)'. BSTell men were selected tor Iu.t.n:tl"7 Re1nforcemen'\. These men were selected by .. board ot Ofticers. They were .elected aocording to to their c&l>sb11i tiea. their MCS. grade and their present 4uty in the ora8Jl1zation. Fassea are 1D. effect to Paris and the n1&btl:y P8S8 to tb.e lLB&rby tow. ot Senlis. Special SerTice was IIItill ma.It1gg arre.ngements tor • certain JlUIIber ot _.11 to attend dancee held at IX ~r :Foree Senice C...""nd Headquarters. UBually about ten men were allowed to attend. 00 the 19th or February. the Enlisted )len or the organization and the two Squadrons, 21st A.D. and 20th ....D. Sqa., held their tirst dance. .. dance hall was used in s.nJ. i s, the band was made up ot Ealieted Men frca IX ~r Force Senice Command Headquarters. .About s8Tenty tiTe tickets were giTen to the men and about torty French &1rla attenaed. beryone that WOB pro=ent seemed w enjoy tbemselTes. Spedal S8nice beiBll maldDi arraJl8ements tor anotber one as 800n 8S coJlditions permitted. All during the month, torty- eight hour passes were beiDi ai Ten to ell&ible an. There being ~rt a1n restriotions and re~atlons reguardiD& passes OTer~n1ght :111 tUa theater .. only a tew <JDen could meet the requirements. Moat ot theae ">"" ,. '.
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Colon.,l l'chns on .. 26th ot February and Ca,pta in SW:::mson .. 27th or Officers tran sfer~ed out at tha org&nlzation during the ~th are as f ollows! 1st Lt. Cleveland, 26th of F.b~ry; ~jor R1v~ rD and Lt . Fabruar.n FWbruary .
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relieved of comm&nd tbe f ollowing dllY.
The follOWing Officers were a ~signed to the following duties . during the month ot )'ebl"Uf.ryz. 1.Bt Lt. Damon, Grou12 sp.cial" Sforvic e ot:ic~r; .."jor He:ttDer. Grcu,a. SUrSeon.. Captain Nim:no., Graul? St&tist1c.al Oti"ie eri Ca~.tain Clarlyn .. AaS'~GrOUR lDtoll1Ken e~ Oftic er . Wh~ neT. ~ the w~ath.r permitted . games were played ~tween t he Squadrons and thi5 orgsn1 ~tlon" both Officers and .Enlisted !len. SOme of the m.!n showed on the 23rd. 24th &Dd 25th.. the Officers ann Bnlisted ver"'J good s,artJlN:1sbil? Men ot t he orge.nlza.tion played ~hree' «JemiS 01' sottball. The BconS a re 8e. follow.:3 f first game. Officers 10" Eli: 2.;. s ec o~d E!.! 14 .. ottlC8I'S". 2.; third gami; EM 15.. Of/lears 3.
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on t he 8th O'L February, promotions ot Enlisted !ten "ere as followst one S/Sgt to Tisgt " one . Sgt to s/Sgt.,. one C~l:. to Sgt. t our Pres to Cpl- 8Il.d three Priva te.:s to pta. Th~
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Command,. APO 149, U.S. Army (At.t: Historical Branch, Intelligence Section"; 'I:HRU: Commanding OfUcer, 1st Air Disarmament !ling (Prov). APO 149, U.S. Army. The closing report for the month of March is submitted
herewith.
Organiza.tion:
On 1 lI!arch 1945, the Hq
&
Hq Sq 4th CCRC
Group (Bomb Sp), APO 149, U.S. Army was transferred t.o
All personnel that were in the Hq & Hq Sq 4th
Eng land.
CGRe Group (Bomb Sp) were transferred 1nto Detachment -AV
Hq & Hq Sq 2nd CCRC Group, APO 149, U;S. Army except two Officers and seven Enlist.ed Men.
The new detachment was
organized and effective 1 March 1945.
and seven Enlisted Men were transferred
The two Officers ~
the 4th Replace -
ment & Training Squadron, (Hq & Hq. Sq) CCRe Group, APO 149. All personnel in Hq & Hq Sq 2nd eeRC Group, Detach
ment - All and t.he two Officers and seven Enlist.ed IrIen in the 4th Replacement & Training Squadron, CCRe Group, are
attached for duty with the 5th Air Disarmament Group (Prov) , APO 149, U.S. Army. Strength: assigned
U.S. Army)
Men.
31 Uarch 1945:
t~ the
(Including all men atta.ched and
5th Air Disarmament Group (Prov), APO 149,
At.tached and Assigned:
36 Officers, 120 Enlisted
Movement: 15 March 1945: Eleven Officers and seventeen Enlisted Men (advance Party), departed Chamant, France, and proceeded to Boulange, France. The main par~y of the organization departed Chamant, France, 16 March 1945 and proceeded ~ Boulange, France. Tha main par~y consisted of eighteen Officers and fif~y -nine Enlisted Men. 20 Uarch
1945:
One Officer and thirteen Enlisted Men (holding
departed Chamant, Franoe and proceeded to Boulange, France. The average time for all three part.ies was approximately eight hours enroute. All personnel,. TIE equipment and supplies we re transported by vehicles belong ing t..o the organizat1'on, br:oken down into three separate convoys. par~)
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CasualtIes: Decorations:
Negative. 26 March 1945:
All personnel of the 20th
Air Disarmament Squadron J the 21st Air Disarmament
Squadron and the 5th Air Disarmament Group. participated in review.
Before all personnel of the
~roup
and the
two Squadrons, Major Heffner. Edward A. , 0-345863, Group
Surgeon, was awarded the Bronze Star Usda! for merltor1'o us service in connection with military operations from
1 !.larch 1944 to 17 January 1945.
(see inclosed photo)
the beginning of the month of Karch found the men of the
organization performing regular garrison duties, the weather was getting more and more agreeable, therefore, permitting more
outdoor activit.1es during of! duty hours.
On· the 3rd of March, four Enlisted Hen from the organizat.ion
transferred into the infantry under the Infantry Conversion Plan.
Two other men with MOSs that are overages in this organization applied for transfer and were transferred on the 10th of March. A~
the beginning of the month, all Officers f rom t h is
organization had a group photo taken (see inclosure).
Also
attached to the photo 1s the name. rank and assignment to duty
the date the picture was taken. Prior
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the time of the movement f rom Chamant to
~oulange,
all passes to Paris . and night pass es in the immediate vicinity
w&re discontinued . All arrang ements for convoy and loading had been taken care of in adVance. The main partYr which trans ported the personnel and all their eqUipment, was also broken down into three sections, this gave the drivers a better opportunity to obtain the highes t possible speed on the road.
All three parties stopped at Rheims for a rest and a bite to
eat. the convoy reached ~oul ang e early in the afternoon. therefore. giving the men time to find their assigned rooes and to
get. the ir equfpment in place.
All unload ing was taken ca re Of in
due time and all sections began operating as soon as possible.
The new billets were a welcome to all the men after the winter in tents. Most of the rooms were in very good shape, the cleaning of the rooms was taken care of by the advance party that arrived beforehand. The entire area of all the buildings that tbe two squadrons and the Group occupied for billets, orderly roome, supply rooms. medical sBction with ward, utilities, post. eaohange and other rooms used for storage etc., covered an area of approximately six acres. The billets were very oomfortable and convenient to tbe men, each room ~ith three persons had a floor space of approximately 140 sq . ft. 'these billets were once occupied by laborers that worked in a mine that is within sight of the quarters. Our organization occupied four of the four-
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The buildings are of a two - story design, an attic ana a basement under each outside entrance. There are four entrances to each building, ea ch door lead ing into two rooms downstairs and two upstairs. Each door is called a block, the ranking NCO living in that particular section in charge of the men, acting same as a barracks chief. The mess personnel that fed the organization in Chamant made up the Officer·s mess. The personnel of this organization .were divided up lnt.o two group, eat..ing wit.h the two squadrons .
The only tents to be erected were the mess tents. ~ut plans were made to construct. buildings to accomodate the men of both squadrons, the work to be completed ~e later part of the
month.
The Officers oocupied a chateau farther froD the area, the chateau was a1so used for uroup Headquarters. The at.t..ract.ive rOOCl8 were t.aken over as different. offices,. t.he light.ing and t.he conveniences made the building a. very good place t.o work. The Officer's Uess and Officer's Club was placed 1n another chateau a short.. dist.ance froe Uroup Headquarters . The transportation seotion established their section in a vacant area near the mine. The Group Theater, the showers for both Officers and Enlisted 1~en were in the area. The showers that.. the men used are opera t.ed by the French, at. different hours for the Officers and Enlisted Men. Nearly all the li-enDan Equipment that. was used at. Cbamant.. was put to good use again. All t.he office equipment was used t.o a good advantage, the large water tanks are still in good use by the mess seotion. Each blook that the men billeted in has running water and a latrine, but the latrine was ban.ed by the medical officer as unsanitary. On the 20th of March, Captain Ador!, William, who later became Uroup S-4 Officer, was transferred into the organization. On the 23rd, eigb~ Enlisted Hen were attached to the organization, among these men was 1st Sgt., Costes, who took command as 1st. Sgt. on the 31st of March. On the 26th of March, M/Sgt Uure was assigned to the· organization from Hq & Hq Sq 19th Air Depot Group, also, on the 30th of Uarch, t wo more Enlisted Men, one of whom spoke German fluently, were transf erred into the organizat..-1on.
In the later pa rt of the month, a 11berty run to the city of Each, Luxembourg was started. Night passes in the immediate vioinity of Doulange, France were already in effect. This area being in a battle zone, soldiers going outside of the araa
had to be in combat uniform with arms and ammunition . On the 31st. of March. Sgt Hiller, James L~ ., left the organization on a seven-day furlough in the United Kin gdom. On the same date, 1st Sgt Huebner. '1 1111&:1 J., who had been with the organiza tion for approximately ttventy-eight months, was transferred. ls~ Sgt Coates. Robert S., became our squadron 1st. Sg t upon 1st. Sgt Huebner's release .
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Coomand 1n£ General , Headquart. e rs, IX Air J"oro.e Service Coooand , AFO 149 , U. S. Army ( A~~: H 1B~or1o a1 Br anoh, I n t e 111gence Section) ; "WRO: e o~mand 1ng 0C! 1ce r, 1st Air Di sarnamen t. ';ang (Prov) , APO 14 9 , U. s . Amy . L'h e cloe lnt" rep ort. f or the u o nth of !:arch is
sub~ itted
h e ro w 1t ~1 .
Organ 17o.Uon: On 1 I:arch 1945 , ~he Hq & Hq Sq 4th ee Fe ~: roup (Boch Sp) , APO 149 . U. s . :.my waS t.ran s ! erred to 1: 11'-: land .. All plol r r. or."tel t.ha t we re 1n t.he· Hq &:: Hq Sq 4. th C ~~ C Group ( Boob Sp ) 1,ere t r ansf e rred i n to Detaohment. ".\ " Hq & I1q Cq 2nd C~Re Gro up , .\PO 149 , U . :~ . Amy e xc ep t t IYO Off i cers and seven Enlist cd LIen .. The nClI detach.c ent. was cr, ~a nl ''' ed and offectiv e 1 r a rch 1945 .. i'he tw o Off icers a nd GGvc:n Enlist.ed !len we re transfe rred to the 4 t.h Replaoe nen t & "r r ..1n1n::- Squ
:31 j"arch 1 945:
(Inclur.ln;:: a ll non ut t. nched and
3.ss i cned to t.he 5 t h Air J i S
U. :, . Amy ) :·en .
Atta ched and ",ss1 ::ned :
3 6 Officer o , 120 o":nl1 s t ed
;' ovccen t : 15 ;'e,rch 19-15: Zlevtln Of f ic ero 3.11.C se ven te en _:nl isted ;' on (adv anc e POlrt.y), !~ epur t ed ChaIilan t.. : r an ce , a l"\d ~ 1"ocee d ed t.o DoulanGc , t r a., oo . The mJ.in pOlrt. y of t.he org i..ln i z at.ion a e part.ed Chllt1a.n t. f r ance , 16 :'a r ch 1945 and pr f) c eeded to Boulanc e , j-- r e nee. fhe ::J u t n pa.rt.y con s i sted oi elchteen Off i ce rs a.nd f i f t.y- n i ne .:nliated !" en . 20 :" aroh 1945: One Of ficer and thirtoen ~ nl i6t.ed l' en (h ol
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CalualUes: Oec or" Uons: 26 " aroh 1945: All pereonnel of the 20th Air Di earmament Squaoron, the 21st Air Disarmament Squad ron and the 5th Air Di sarmament Group, partioipa ted i n r eview. Bef ore all personnel of the Gr oup and the t no Squadrone , l:ajo r Heffner, Edward A., 0- 345863, Group Burgeon , was awar ded the Bronze Star !:ledal for mer it.or-
ious se rvice 1n oonneotlon with milit ary operations f rom
1 J!.ar ch 1944 to 17 January 1945.
(e•• i nolosod photo)
Th. beginni nz of the month of l:aroh found tho men of the
org ani zat 1on pa r torn i ng regular garris on dut 1es , the ~ e a th e r was gstting nore and nore agr eeable , the r ef ore , pernlttlng ~ ore
outdoor ac tiviti e s dur1ng off dut y hours . On
t he 3rd of l1aroh, f our Enlisted llon f r om the organ i zatlon
transferred i nto the infan try under t he Infantry Conve rs ion Plnn . Two ot.her men wi t.h '~OSS t.ha t are overages In t.his organ i zat i on applie d fo r t r ans fe r and ','i ere t r ans f erred on t he 10t.h of Y'arch.
At the beg inning of the ~ o n th, all Off ice rs f r om t il is or gan i zation had a gr oup photo t ak en ( see i nclosure). Also a ttached t o the phot o i8 the name , r ank and aS8 i gnaent t o du~y the da ta the picture
~a s
t ake~ .
Prior t. o the tice o f the moveme n t. f r oc Ch'aman t. t. o Boulang e,
all pa8ee e t o Pari. and
n i gh~
paBe•• in
~h.
ima. d l a~e
vic1 n i~y
were d iscontinued. All arrangecentB f or convoy and load1ng had been t ak en c ~re 'of in ad vanoe . 1'he !!lain part.y t wh ioh t.ranapo r~ ed ~he
personnel and all their eqUipment , waa also broken
down' i nt.o t.hree seotions, this ~unity
g~ ve
the drive r s a be tt.e r opoor-
to obta in the hi ghe Bt pos s ible spe ed on the road .
All three parties st opped at Rhei ms fo r a r est and a bite to eat. The convoy r eaohed Boul ang e early in the af t er noon , thor efore, e 1ving the cen time to find their assigned rooms and t o ea t th e 1r equipment i n pIece . All unload i ng was takan o ~ r6 o f in due ti~ e and all sect i ons began opera ting as Boon as possible . t.he men after th e in t en t s • . Hos t of the room s we re 1n very good shape , t.he cleu..'"1 i !l-3 or the root1.f:l was taken c are of by t.he advance party
~'I lnt o r
..~ he .i.e',! billets we re a v.'eloome to al l
that a rr1ved beforehand .
The entire area of all the build i ngs
the t wo squadrons and the Gr oup ocoup1ed f or bill e ts . orderly rooms , supply ro o~s J med ioal section ~ ith wa r d , utilitie s, post a.ohange and other rooms used t or storage et.c ., c ove r ed an ~r e a of app r cximat~ly s ix acres. The bi llets we re ver7 comt ortable and conven i ent to t.he men , ea ch room ~lth ~h re e per sons had a t loor space or approxiaa t.e ly 140 sq . f t. These b111 '!"' t,a il ere once oocupied by l aborer s that worked in a nine tha t 1s \'dth1n s1 e-ht or the quart.ers. Our organ 1 n~ t,io i1 oocupi ed four of the :." ourte en build ings . t~at
l'he bul1dln,gB a re o t 3. t.:·!o- et.ory design, an a t.tic and a basement. under each out.side entran ce. There a r e fou r ent. r ances t.o each bu ild in&=: , e i;.ch doo r l ead i ng i '1 t.o t wo roams c!ownst.alrs and t wo u psta i r s . Eo.ch e oor is c a lled a block , the rankin€" IICO livl n~ in t.hat part i cular section in char e 8 o f the t:en , a cti n: ' s a~ e a s a b a rrucks c hief. TI1B ness personna l that fed t.he organ l ~ atlon in Chaman t :,l:.::.de up the Office r's ness. The pe r s onnel of th is oI")3ani'!.ation we re G1vid e d u p i nto t.wo g r oup, ea t.in g ~ it.h t.he t. r/ o s quadrons . The only te~ts to be erect.ed ~ ere the mess tent.s . But p lans were ma de to construct. bulld lnr:s to a ccorl od a t.e the men ,of both Bquad rons, t.he ·..·ork to be complet.e d t.he later "part of t.he l!' onth. The Officers occupied a chateau farther f rom t.he area , the chat.ea u was also used f or :; roup Hea dquarters . ~ he att r act ive ro otls ·:.G r o tc.:.~Gn ove r as dif reren t. oiftoes, the lig.1-}tlnr. and the oonve.1:1ences made t.he building a V Ary ,r. ood p l ao e too .., orl" • .L' he Officer' s t! ess and Officer's Club ~·: n. s placed i n anot h e r oha te au a short 'd istance from Group H~adquarters .
Tho tra~8p ort ~ tt ~ n se ction esta b l ished thei r aeetion i n a vac ant a rea near the c i ne . The Group The ate r, the showers fo r both Officers anr ' "Snlisted ! 'A !'I were in the area . The sho\'; e r s tha t th e men u sed a re oper,.l. t.ed by the F rench, at. d ifferent hou r s f or the Of fic ers and Enlisted !-en. :1earl y all the German Equipment. that. was used at. Cha.o.ant ,:.. a s put · to c ood u s e a~a in . All t.he ot fice e qulpmen ~ wa.s used to a [ ood advan t age, the l a r ge "Jate r t a nks are st.lll in f ood use by the ness s ect.ion. E:.loh block th a t t.he oen blllet"' ~l in ho.s running WA. t.{l r e.nd a latrine, but t.he l a tri ne l:/~S ban ned by the med ica l of fi cer a s unonn lt.c.ry. 0"'1 t.he · 20th Of 1.iarrh , Capt a i n ).d off, .r11 l1 nr.:: , who l 'lt e r (:r ou!' ~ -4. Off l cor , was transf e rred i nto the orK:.ln iz ~t10n . On the 2:ird , eich t. Enl isted ::en we re n.tt.a ohed to the organi zation, atl ong th ese ".en \Jll B 1 s t SGt. Coa. t.es. who took cO:::1ma:1d a s 1st. Sg t.. b '?c _~ [l e
on the 31 " t of )' :>rch. On the 26th of !:a rch, I:/,;g ~ I'ure was ::ssienetj to the ()rgan i 2tl tion f r om Hq & Hq Sq 19t.h Air L) epot :::roup , '"\1 r. a , on t.lle 30th of J~ arch. t,":: o more Zn l i sted i: en , one of whon SPOK'3 Gernan fluen tly , .....ere tran sferred i n to the oreani 7.ation .
In the l a t- or p:!rt of the mo nth, n l1be rty run t o the city or "': sch , Ll..t:(3r:b!"lure was stllrted. tagh t pa.as f.) s 1n t h o 1tl1ned i a te ~ic i n 1t y of ~ oul anee , r r a~ce ve re a lready i n effect. . Th is o.r co. bel !"p: 1n a ba t.tl.t: " one , sol d i ·) rs ,~ olnf outs ic' e of t~ e a re a
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On the 31 s to of t.!arch , Gg t Btll e r, James
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lef t. the
organ i 7.atlon on a seven-day Curlough I n the United Kinrrdon . ~h.
same date , 1 st Se t Hue bne r, ·,; i 111"", J ., wh o had b een ,·; lth
t he orean i zo.tlon f or appr ox ir.lat e l y t.,.;enty- el:ht. t"! on ths , was tr<.: -:'I.81e l~ r~~ . l [J t Z2t Coat- en , Robert S., became our squ~c r on l ot ~;3 t u;,on lot Se t Huebnert s re lease .
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AIR 'ORal
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Co .71~ and1ng Genet'al J Hea1.C"uaT'tel's J IX Air Fo!"ce Set'vlce Co ',:rnan"l , APe 149, lYS At"'!lY (Att: Hletot'lcal B'ranch, Intell1 !"ence Sectlon); (THROUGH CI!AlINELLS)
The
Cl051n (~
t'e!)ort
tOT'
the !:!onth of J.7e,v 1945 1s sub:n.1tted.
Hel"e.,lt h . ORGANIZATION r ~eE'atlve .
S'l"RE!lGTH
Oul'ln g the !ilOnth on the
tr.o
stren~th
attache~,
o~
't"eoOT't:
31
J':a.~r;
1:a,.v t he follo',o:o lng chal'lges i,,:,et"e-note1.
30 Apt'llj 132
enll s te~
men assigned
an~
158 er..llste1 "len asslgne
30 An!'!l; 32 offlceT's asslgne1. e.n'; five a.ttache'l , 31 "PY ; 43
offlcel's
a9s1 ~ ne~
an~
3 atteche1 .
Alt hough t he p ereonnel of the ot''-':Mlzatlon ,'J ere e;lven nevrs of the lflo vemen t f t'O D L'uhlhausen to an alt'flel (l. at Ge'r':nany on t he 6th of p t'e!>~..rations
pac1::1ng
an~
Di6pll?ce ~
on othet'
nflceesary
~ .:ay
J
~ :et'sebu"("g' ,
only tIro days ahean of tl:::e J
l'1et'e taken cat"'e of in 1ue tine .
lo e11ng- of suu;.-lles
"!e~
A
le. t' ~ e
E'~1
P&T't of t he
un1e r taken by a nU"lber of
Pereon5 . The necessary a"!""'!"e.ng e"1ents that he". to be ma
suc~
as, l02.1in::
E'. SSi ~1 ·!i e n t6
a n'! s'..w.I-J.. , ¥Tet'en It
to t h e fact that the :nen ha1. a E"oc-:' l:!ee. of the size
of t h p. convoy a.s tc t he !'lu:1b ct' of tl"'Hck s available fol"' personnel an"'}
e('ulT) ~ en t
ft'o t::!
:::uhlha . . lgen E'.t 1 ;:·20
"prevlcw~ hour~.
.,over:! ents . The convoy -1.epa1'te'! :ft'om
an" at't'ive'i e..t EI.!=Ipolnte'3.
~eatin?.tlon ,
,I '"I
l]ereeburg, durl n~
lr/'-tt'o tlbl e \,:, &s en oo unte't"e.:!. .
t he t i Re of travel. Th e
a~ vanoe p ~rt y ,
~h lc h
co ns ls t e~
at
four rank1 ng NOO'Si" de'D 8"C"te::'i on the fourt h of Eay. By t h1s t h ey r ere able to
arran g e ~ e nt
p't"ovisions f or
n a~e
bll1~tln ~
t he
mai n body of t h e organization upon i ts ar't" lval . The men t hought the new b1llet s !!loY'e convenient t han those at Euhlhausfm due t o t he faot t ha t everyth1ng was oonsoli1ate1 i nto o np. build1ne )
its
en~
looale . The b ul1d :1ng that t he 'Enli s te .=, Een occup le1. r.as of a thY'ee story desi gn ; t h e top ps't"t1tloninft of
,["OO T!l S.
flo ~ 't" be1n ~
a l a't"ge attic wit hout aQV
All of t h e pe't"s onnel t h at r.p.'t"e assigned and.
attached. to the o't"ga niz..ation tound Just the t wo l ov:reY' f l oors
suff 1clent
fo~
thelr bill ets . The Offlcers occuple1 the second
floor of the building in which t he Officer ' s and Enllsten ~:eBs
~ en's
and !ledical Section were located . The Squadron Supply Room
was set up in a o n e story building nea't" t h e main billet; the
..
Orde't"ly Room
~as
conveniently nl a ced on thp. fir s t floor of the
)
Enliste,," Hen ' s billet, and the !:.:e.il Roo m ao1jolns t h e Orde't"ly Room. All of t h e buildings t hat the
Otflce~ ' s
an~
Enlisted Men occupy
are complete w1th showers with the exception of the building where
Supply and attached men ha1 blllets. Each
bull~ing
has lts
o~n
beating system ; Di s placed Per sons acting as firemen . Eve't"yone is well please1. with the ne"l set up, the location of Group Hea"lqua'rtel's being the only inconvenience,
To
re~edy
i s a quarter of a mile away .
whi~~
thls sltuation a t r ansportation
eet up to take care of most of t h e
~en
and hea"lQuarters .
CAS UALTIES
Negative .
- 2
6c h ~u1e
was
p~omptly
going to and fro m billets
.§ T:> ARY
D'.ll'ln'-=: t ')-Ie
fl":"~t
fa :,,!
-:" l?~V S
of t h e
~ ont :"
0 '"
'uy
organ ize..tion ,"ere ker)t very bUEW tJ;ettin g t h eir billets in o!''''. e!' for- insl" ection, efte!' t h o
France i n
t ~o
twenty - five
latt e r !'le.'t"t of
Dlso1e, cj~~
.A:~:n ' ll.
::rrev llJ. ·u~
W1th the
as~istence
~ell othe~
;rivin~
as the bu!'n1ng of a great Ger~an
1ssue
8alva~ e
?las in t h e living c.ue:rte!'s befol'e we ca-r.e . These been vacate':" by the Ge"C'man .li.T'my only tht'e€'
sto't"esof "'inter
-::ove f"r :)',
Persons, vol'.lntee!'s fro :;l a ne El."t'by
a general clean up as
fi ~tin g
cloth1n p,'
?1e!'~
'1en of
':1e"'l)~ E. c("' t lt'e~
this job dl/j,n 1 t take too long . It consisted of
tables, lockers, and
t hf'~
of about ca ~J/ ,
the b1lil'!1n?:s ~any
ecul~ m ent b 'J.11din~s
011 rhich
hn1
f'e~ :t.:s :nT'ev1o~.ls .
:lreat
faun':' in the ','·aT'eho u ses .
Each :nan ,,,,as g1 ven tv·o blue cotton athletic
~ 11 1ts .
Just as the men ret'e gettin[" settletJ 10'{'"n to gat'l'1son 'iuties
a vain orn.ers ca:"1e to 'Wve on to Ve't"sebl.ll"g . all al"("1'lel
statIon,
conft'ontet5. with thE'! '.181!&1
able to
~et
th~
as~lstance
l?T'oJet, an-3 '''lthln once D,(.':"8.1n .
cle~m
of
t":')'ent ~t - f() ur
Heet)("t.~ e. l.·te'rs
as an ')"gera'tlo n tOYler,
A.T't'1vin ~
by the Luftyo;a"ffe,
at the net':' 1\"e
were
u:o job e.E> before . Luc::cl1y r.'e
Disn l ece~
~ere
Pet'8ons again in this
hoU"C's thfl sections •..~et'e in opere.tlon
was set u9 1 n a bullrllnfJ' fO"C" 1e"t"ly used
e,n~
it haE proven r :l1te a r! eo ba t e fot' OCT'
nee-3s, bein '~ e:ole to acco::m."Jate nee.rl~' all t h e a1.::in l~tr8.tlve sections .
Bl11etln ~
:' l entione~
II , 'o ve-:::ent" 06.t't of t n l s
of
t _) P.
E nli~tp.1.
- 'en a n';;
Off'lcp.r~
heR been
T'~ r> OT't .
l=EP.YES, PASSES A:-'D FURLO iJGHS
The tlt'st nuota on '!')8sses \.,! ~~ al1otte"l t'::t'ou!i:h 1st Air . is orp::anlzP.t1on
,,.a~
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to
~" ;c'"
t'ecp.l ve a forty -
3 r.l r- lu~ ,
",'as ("lvE:n t o 0>:-1 , Franltl l n on t \-re 20t h of' na'1e
;'''12::;'
-5:ra"'m
ot' l?an iza tio n
fl" ·: ~
as
a hr.t !:l t h
en l. Fre..n!:li:1 l s
~·ey .
of
"l ete "t"i. i n l n~
.....ho
t"·E'.S to fro . ? t'oc e e~e';.
Col Fr e..!kl ln, bei n7 t h e o nly :na.n to go on t n l e (1uota, to ruhl hausen , GPl"'::la ny r-hp,t'F- r.e
Jolne~
thi~
Dl sat' 1!e lent Srua1t'one un1 e"t·
na~s
cons e nt of t h e n eT'sc-: nel of t h e
t ~1f~
V'ay
b e l:tf!' a. f'a1t'
Th1s
e. :":le.n ft' o-: esch of the t .,ro
co::~an1 .
Fro m t het'e the tht'ee
!r.en r;e nt on to Brussells by Gl.:T. The o"f Beven
flt'~t
~ en ~enat'te~
ft'0 3
t h~ ot' ~en 1z at1on
fot' lea ves
dut'stion to t he Riviet'P. , Fran ce on t he 22n1. of
~ a:1
~:a.y .
Th e T' e v'et'e t h ree Off1eet's a nf5. one En11ste"J. :':an; Can tfl.i n Leone, Cauts1n
Rha~e,
Lt .
l~t
Ct'SRS,
an~
Cpl. Liek et', we t'e
se lee t e~
to frO on this, t he f1r$t ('llota t'eee1ve-:1 . On the 27th of' :.-a,y the second group t!e:pat'te1., t h 1s time fa!' t he Un 1t e1 Kin 'Sd.0 8. One da.v t t"ave11n:; ti "":E'! "\t'2.S n-e.nte1 t h ese cnen , 1st Lt. B'.lt cher, !':/ Sg t OlHearn 1 an-3 Sg t . Pt'1tchat'-':., to f a c1l1 ta.te jo1ning anA '!!e..n f!'o ~
to
$n. ua~rons
each of t h e
En glAA~ .
Co ~'lm andin g
at t h e 45th Ait' Depot
All the -nen h a 1Oft ieer to
n~ceS 9a!'.v
e1 al"'if~r
~oeU:'len ts
G~oup El1 0"n~~
"fot'
fll ~ht
by t h e
the1t' t-ranspol"t at 10n to Uot'theT'n
I reland . Evening vici nity
~'1er e
pas~es
to t he nearby
to ~ns
t he
an~
started on t h e 29t h of !:..ay . The
1 ~;e~ l a te
"?a~~es
.... et'e ft'or.:
1 700 hout's to 21 30 hours; t b.e :"len go inl."'" on "Oa89 he.1l to "{'"Tea r -reg ulat10n c o.,bat
un1 fot'~ .
Thirty EnI1!=!te-:!. :'en
fil"st ni ght, an" on t he last sl gne~
up fot'
~e..y
l'7er~
41n pe.ss t h e
of t he month less t han five n en
sa ~ e .
ro RALS CC:'-PLAI );TS
The ~ORt pt'o ~ i nent eo ~ lalnt voice~ by t h A men at ~resent
' . iZ8.tlon ""'-8.9 activ a t e1, the
is t :t e furlou v,-h 31st of October
1 94 ~
har"lly any of t h e rr.en ha.1 been g ive n a furlough '.~hen
,..-lt h ln t he "Oast y ee.r . fu~lou ~h s
t h~
~ en
of t h l e organizatlon
why t h ey
Y.'D.S
h l :t;her hea'!uuarters begen coul~n l t
Aftet' sly.
al~o .
"·~onths
sep. ~
of
~lvln ~
to
out
un~et'st&nd
:for
r.ere sch e1ule':! to perfoT"r. . to be;ln" t~1e
\':"8
allotte o.. a very s T.all percentag e aite,' t'epeateoi
e ffort s 0: our p resent
Co ~~ en1in ~
g-rateful for this effort
J
Officer . The Men are very
but !;ith the pt'esent Quota it ,..i11 t ake
at least one yesT' at' :nOl"'e fol' every man in the ot' lZ"anization
J
to
reoeive a furlough . Now that the organi zation ie in GeT'many, being Bubjecte1 to t he the
~en
non-~aternlz a tlon
po1lcy
an~
partial restT'lctlon,
see m Justifle1 1n feeling t hat at least a
hi ~her
peT'centage
at forty - eight h out' passes be allotte1, even i f t he furlou;;;h s i tuation can I t be increased. During our five month stay in France l when passes
an~
fur1 ou~hs
coul~
lntet'fet'ence ",1 th operations, a
have been g iven r.ithout ve,~y
a~'
1i[!lite1 number of over-ni ght
paSSE-:S !1'ere g iven to t he men who had acquaintances 1n the lmme1.1ate vicinity of our camp . Thet'e have been four a11otte~
ro~ty - el gbt
hout' passes
to the Enlisted Men slnce the organization was actlvate1 ;
three .' Oaases to Paris an" one to Brusflells. "Evet'yone see .!l9 to be . well satisfied
~l t h
billets,
foo~J
an ~
duties 1n g eneral, an1
several Of the :nen have CO -:!'"'"!ente ry favorab l y on t h e efforts -narle by our Co l!nan'i lng Officet'
an~
ot:':!.er Orfic e T'S: for our convenien ce
as being b~o nQ cO ':Ipl aint . AnotheT' c0 T.91 a int bea T'1 fT'o: t h p.
~ en
is t he fact t ha t t h ere
have been no !r.ovles SllOwn since t h e 19th of >'ay ~ The Special Service section ha.s "!larJ e several atte'":!p ts to obt ain pll"t"te for the of OUt' bl"'ol:en machine, b ut to no ·avai l .
t'e~8 1t'
BefOT'e au!' ., eoe.T'tut" e fT'o IT! !; uhlhau s en ·...e wet'e abl e to e e t U'D a make-shift cl ul:>
a
cO!lsoli dc.te~.
~;as
1"'!1ioh o,?et'ete1 sevet' e.l nl::-ht s. This CI llO
J
c lub ; out" oI' [ aniza.tlqn ":OT' k ln r.- 1n conJunotlon
~ it h
t he two Suhot"o1inate Ait" Dis.aT'!Il8.Jftent G":,,oup (?":"ov) Scn..la1:rons, whi c h sa'''!8
wet'e a lso ete.tlone"! at the
a.luo2.,VS
base. Enou?-,h beet" ',' :as
to sel"ve all t he ;nen 1.urinq off' 1uty hours .
t~o vie t::
a\~al1ao le
shO\"11
~ et"p.
i n t h e nearby gy:!lnasium Wltil o ur tjeoe:rture . Due to the fa.ct t hat thel"e wel"e no Ail' FOl"ce units in the i mrr.e-:' iate vicinity Special Service aT'T'anged to secure films fro m' t he neaT'by On t lle 26th of Hay J
'.
I2;'T'oun~
af'ter the attache1. personnel
Ail" Disa l"rus..''!lent S"ua":l.ron V'ere reI ti veo 1'1"0:71 tluty
an~
fOl"ce '..mit .
:frO El
t he
~lst
retlll"nel! to thei'
ol'gan ization, i mm eo:liate preparations wet'p. beg un to set up t he Enlistel) !Ienls Club an7' Day Room. All t he neces sary as: chait's, tables, fro ~
ru~ s,
e ('luip~ent
such
and t h e gAsses fat' t he bal" r-et'e ~rocu~l'e1.
bl11et vacated by one of' t h e othet'
ol'~e.nlzatlons,
form e~ly
attache'i to us, wh lch 1eparte? a nU!'lbet' of days p 1'6vio u s . DU6 to t he r illingnes o of several of th e officials of t h e club to lend a. helpin q'
nol" .('
'''RS
han~,
the club was 1n operation o n the sa'Tle
begun, rea1y to set've t h it'ty bottles of co gnac
ana. t h i r t y -
five bottles of wine, ,':h ieh ha1 been obtained thro ugh offici a l sources previously . .A s r.!all fea wa!! charg e"l to covet' all nece ss.3.T'Y e:r.penses. All t be l'ules Enli s te t1
?~en ls
2n~
r6g
ca'I'rle~
Constitution . On the 31 st of
out as -1l"a1"n up on the ~":a."
a s1":111&1"
s 1.lp~ ly
of wine was obtaineri anti anothet' party helti that even ing foot' all "dshl n.!"'; to attenQ'_.
All dut'ing the month t np.
ot' ~ani~.at ion
evening after -r;o r l:lnq' hour's . All t he
by 1onations. The beet'
usua lly.
neceS Aar.'~
ha~
beer evet'y
expenses 1.'76t'e cov et'e1. OUt S1t3 6 the
E.l ' I R
bl11itts.
.nlt ho 'J crh . e. nu":"!.ber of wa r !':. before t :-:P.
~e.r
tea~s
.
ha::
al!,p.a~v
en1e1., our fi-rst
bl~
a lot of
~.cc-:)"'r') . ll shf::':?
'''oT' k ln ~
-:ission 'ras
the .ait' Techn ica l Intel "! igence het'p. on this e.lrstrlp, 1n
"'lth
~"ri 1ch
a
l ar g e 9f:r cent of t h i s o'!""anl?at ion to ck !,e.t't 1n the: first pe:rt the '!onth. Ourin t· t h is :c:is sion a 1"!e't'c
?'a t' kln~
ner~anent
-!et~. il
of el iITible T'!en
'I': ith t he AT!; aleo, a l ar r.- e r>er ce ntaze of the Bnlist e ';
:': en helpet'J ":1t '(1 t il R nece£' sat'y for a fe '\":" cay s s.fter reil"ll ar
loe":i1n~ ~ ut:v
a l",-3
~h lpo 1ng
pt'eparatlons
hour s. A l ar g e sh1unent of p r1o r1ty
eCluipment was shlnoe(i. to Air Oise.r ·ns:';ent Pack 1nrr . .' an"l Cretin" ~
"
fro ~
at
this pa-rt lcular
~1R~lon .
So ~ e
of the ec uipment
a nU'Jb er of pT'iot'i ty e.! T' craft en?;ines,
~as
jet - 'Oro!'le lle";:;~
C~nters
as follons :
pl anes, air
craft g u.'1.S . an"!. ot h er 1l1scellan&ouo: e cnli p"!1ent . On t h e l Oth of ; :B0~ one Office!'
five EnliGtpry !·. en of this
e.w~
section, 1epaT'tec' foT' TO at Halle, station . SomEl of ~·av . ~
to
LaT' ve -
Pac! ~ln !!
the~e
c~ lan t1 e:=:
an1
Ge~":lany
oT'~pnlz.ation,
ccrJ\Olun 1 cat l ons
to take chat'g e of a l' anaT'
'nen -re :nE'.ineoi fat' the T'e?lsln'ieT' of t r.e
of co 1t!:unicc.t ion e(1 uiT) - rr:ent of p..ll kip.."!.9
CrCl.t.in~
~onth
'i.. et'e
of
shluDe'i ..
Centers'. Anothet' exam91e of the many coeratione.l
'uissions cllt'l'i e(i out t h ro uP.'hout the ::.onth ?las that of seven Er' and one Off1cer on TO at Kala , Ge l.':nany. the
en~ ineprin ~
j'~ ~arly
all of these r::l en
\-e l~e
fro m.
sect ion . The tE.rcet at KE-.lc> was an aese'L ibly r1ant fo r
J et ",lanes ; a nu-:":>e-r of such ulune o ''i''et''p. s h lp.:'e1 to Pac'k inff' an-j Crating Centers .
ReCOT'
t ak en ovu-r by
?"("!l~('
kent on all klnt3.s of enulp:nent by this or€,E'-nizE".t l on
:o eT'~onnel
a!
t"l~
365th Fi !)'!1tet' G"'C'oup that '('"'eT'e
lOt h JU1' Dlsar:np..:lent G1"'Cl '.1P an"! the ot')eT'atln~'
of nay .
- 7
t'T'o :. thi : :- be.se
The fiT'st I nfoT'!'Dstlon en1 E'S ucatlon pT'ogral!l ....as held onthe 19th of l:av an-:i. each week theT'eaftet'. At the flT'E't meetlnt! a lectut'e roas qiven on t h e non-fratet'nizatlon polley , an1 an onen discussion on the subject was he11 after t he lectuT'e . At t he eecon1 meeting
Ca~t a in
CST'lyn, Infot'mation
faT' about' forty-five olnute s
~ en
) AT'med
In stitute,
Force~
glvin ~
an~
wit ~
Education Officer, held the
a lecture on t he Unlterl States
al! the necessary
i nfcr~a tlon
as to
t he proceeduT'e for enrolling in a co urse a n'! l'!hat courses a't"e avall able at t h is time .
RELIGIO US RegulaT'
S~qV ICES
SeT'v1ces Tere
Sun1 a~ Rell~lous
month. Catholic Services werp.
hel~
thro ughout the
con~ucte ~
1n Leipzig each
Sund~y;
transpo r tation 1epaT't l ng at 0800 hours; Jewish Services were also hel~
)
i n Leipzig on
~i~ays.
alt'stT'lp, t "t1IJ.Is statIon,
PT'otest ant Services WeT'e held on the
with the Alt' Evacuation Hospital pet'sonnel .
RECRWIOiIAL ACTIVITIES
A toun Toas conQucted of
riay,
t h rou~h
Special SeT'vice on Sunday, 20th
to Halle J GeT'many. About fot'ty :'Den at t ended t he toUT' dep
artlng at 1 230 hours, return1ng at 1700 hours . The tour CQvet'ed the
~ ore
interesting po1nts of the city .
pt'ev1ously t o use the
8 r,l ~ in g
ga~e
was
s w Io~lng.
p laye~ bet~een
favoring the Engineers. Anot her tour
~as
Aft er supper, the
the peT'sonnel ot this
ot'gan1zation an.:!. the 81 Sth EngineeT'S; the SCOT'e
~ i~ a le
were made
pool in Halle dut'lng the tour; most
of the men on the tout' took pat't 1n t he same date, a softball
Art'an ge~ ents
~'as
9 to 10,
he14 one evening in the
of the month to t h e city of Leipzig . The thirty - f ive men
that attended we re able to see many of the places whIch have been
t :le to:r-r' -:.sn.v ::::.en "'111
pl"o .··.l inent in recen.t
of Xe!Jolean in
th~
T~e
:,eat' 1513 .
·~en
"l':'et'P ver:l
l .,~;n"f' ~~e';
at
seel nr- tflis . DUT'i nC t
about every evening
an1
t:'1urr- 1"as a baseball
lot:.' ~~nth
lntet'-5C~ ~7.rOn
b~treen
r.l16cellanf!ou~
~e. ., e
out~l~(:'!
hel'1 Jue:t or
~ anization9
~a~ ee .
A8SI ~!! ' ·E!\,TS
On Flt'st Class
t~e
1st of r"aY three
(At t fc~1 e~
P"rlvate~
p""C'omote~.
V"el'e
Dccll:"!1ent S:1ua\'!ro n O!'-9.et' /fl Ho , 5th Ail'
DlsaT'rnanent Gt'our .( P!'ov ) 1.td I ray 1 945 ). By the
of the men on the
hol11n~
th e organ1zation, a71-l t h e depa~t
e1.
to PT'ivates
5th of l.:n..v all
partlP.s at Boul ang e, France had Joined a.~.vance-: ~a""('ty
1st Lt . DI "', C"" 10 Q.··C , ",no 1 a t
to Pet'seburg ha1. al reatiy e~
Office!', joined the
o!' ~an ization
fot'
the 9th o f l":ay five
Off ic~r5
t "l"':"e:1.ty-fiye·
8.n~
~ut y
beca".
S oua1~on
o n t he 5th o f Er.ll~ t e'i
!~ay .
en~
On t te 10th o! J.&y 1st Lt . Dlamn1
of t ne thir1 f loor in
an,::l~
flv.e Enllete'l r en
the Co!lIr.!unications Section 'iepat'te-9 on a !:li ssion to Halle,
Get' r.lany; SO '1l e of the.se !'!en rer.lf..ine1 Al l
an ~
~ ' et'sebul""'g .
the Enl isteci ' -en 's billets at
ft'o :~
On
1.:en f!'o m
t he 21 st Ait' DisarmB.!.ll snt Scuadt'on Wet'e attac he-:i for' t' atione ouat'ters; these men occupie'j t h e north
Su?t>ly
'iut'ln~
t hE' Toon t h grou:::-s ot
tht'o'J ~h out
"Enll ~te~
! ·en
an~
th e month of :"ay . Officers were
attached to c et't'y out vat'iQ1.lF; ot""l€rl?tlons. Each RT' t'ival at' depat'tut' e \"as coor1ina t , 1. r.lth the 1!ess; these !!len l'!et'e "also cP.t'"t' i e1 on t h e :no""C'n1r~g
t'e!"lot't; 1 st Lt . Rlchf'.r'ls v.'as asslgne1. pl'imary
~~iJty
as
Souan l"'on AGjuts..nt on the 1 3th of !:ay; 1st Lt . D ' A9canio was assl rrne1. pt'l:ns!'y t1ut y as the 15th of
Sn'J.a~.t'on
r.:ny :::-::
("1u2.l""'tet's fro::!.
SlJr.'91 y Officet' vice 1s t Lt .
E!'lllstwl
~lch ar1. s .
en ret"e attac...."l-J.e-i fot" rations ano'l.
On
1st Lt. Boot h ""8S
aef!1 ~ne1
Offic e r on the 15th of duty as
R~da~ Of~lcer
p'C"lma'C"y
:~ c.y ;
1 st Lt . !":ahar
on the
sa~e
""a~
assl:>'Yle,:!,
pr l ":Rt"y
~ate .
On the 1 6th of Eay PT'O "":10 t i ons 'l'7 et' e :na.": e e.s follo '.'.'s : one men "Oromote-: to S/S€1: ; three
:"1f!TI
Pt'o :-::oter: to the ?TE~"' e of
COt'poral ft' om PrivEte Flt' st Cla€s . (Attac -. e~ Document 80#54 He , 5th Air Dis8l'mall p nt Gl'OUD, 1 5 :'8,V 1945)
)
Duty Felton ,
a9si~~ e nt8
as~l ~ne~
Cap taI n Bailey, CWO
As~l ey ,
of
9 r l~al'v
Ortic~t'~
1uty as Ass i stant p t'i mat'y
a~~lgned
aS 9i~e~ pT'i ~ery ~uty
as follorys :
~ et' e m a1~
~ut y
as
En ~ i neel'ing
2n~
Lt .
Off icer;
as Eng lne er ins Officer; Assl~tant A~Jutant;
1 st Lt .
Ct'a8S, e.ssigne<1 p'C"imat'y oSuty as As s i stant Pet'sonnel Officet'i 1st Lt. Ge nesen, Capt a i n
a8s 1 ~n e1.
SchN~~zkopt ~as
and later
beca ~ e
p t'lmat'y duty as COut'ts an" :aoBrtifl Officer;
ass1gne1 to t he or gan1 zation on the 19th,
Group Tr snspo'C"t a.tlon Off1cer . Dur ing Cant a l n
absence, wh1le on lea ve , 1 st Lt. Ric h&.!''is )
Clas s were 60#58
pT' o !!lote~
Ho , 5th Ai!'
lJay
t o thl?' gl'ac.e or C01:"poral.
D19aT' ma~e nt
Gt'oup, 22
ass1gnet! pt'i:n8!'Y
·V lBR
duty as Squadro n Co:'!lTI!ander . On the 2~n(4 of
~ay
Rha~e ' s
thT'e e Pt'lv atee F1T5 t (Attache~
Docu:uent
1945) .
Tnt'ouehout the r.onth the men going on· mis s io ns to vst'ious tal'gets r.et'e placed on TD to the c1ty clos e st to t h eir t at'get. On the tenth o-r t he ;;onth Cap tain Heas was JolneCi and 8es iEJl e d. p rimar y out y as Statistica l Control Of f icer; on th e S8-". day 1 st I t
Welnbe.t'geT',
fOT' ~ er
Po stal Offi cel', was tT'anstet't'ed to a Genel'al
Hosp ital i n the Unite" Kino:(!om .
1st It.
D a~on,
Snecl a l Services Offi ceT' foT' mot'e t han t h ree
mo nth s,
r-aB tt' an~ fert'ed
of llay .
l ~t
to the 366t h
Fl ~htet'
Gt'oup on t he 24th
Lt . Va l l i no was ass i Rned
pT'lma~
Qut y
a~
Soeeial Set'vices
Ott ieeT' upon his transfeT" i n to t he oT'ganizatlon on the 26th .
)
,
e.nr: ...·~, s ar' 19ne-:
4 I ncl: . In cJ 1, 5(1 Or'ler
~~o .
Inc1 2 ) S'Occ i r,l O"C'':geT'
DAVID P . RHA' ·S CIl':}tain ,AG.
1 11iO .
54
Incl 3 J S-;eclal 0t'del" to . 5e Incl 4, 1a plcturee of S 0ua~ ron J\ctlvltles .
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So
~o :-1:!!an~
eT'
J"I.'P -
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5T'i AIR DISAR: " E:, T iftlOlJP (PROV )
APO 1 49 1
~:a?
J
US
1 !=l45
Ar'-~v .
Sq lJrtDRCi! ORDE R) N(1L3 ER
1)
1. The voca A"oo l n tl no: 1 . t Lt . lI'ILLlAi,: P. RICH" RDS, 0 - 741 369 , ~c, t h e S ~ua~ ron A~Jut ant (A1~ltlcnnl Dutv ) 1 5 Aryrl1 1 9 4 5 1s her eby· cont' 1"t'!!le -i. an-'S. r.zarJ Po of "t' r ·c o "t'<1 ~
2 . Un dp."t' t hl' ...,"t'0v1s1ona of .A,.q 6 1 5 - 5 , a~ amen1e ·-} J t he f o l lo'LJ'1 ng narnet] En l ls t e~. '·en 0 :' D e t e.ch~cnt u.n. II , i-!ea1 (J ua:rtet' s & He a1nu a t't e!' ~ Souar; r on , ?n"9 CeRC Group ( So'r.b 51' ) 8 t' C p"["'o :~ot e'i t o t he Ter:'!no r A"t'y ~T 8~17' i n1 1 cat e ~ effect ive t his 1at e :
P vt I rvl nri' ~-L Ke pr>le Pvt Calv 1n C. !'ul}:ey Pvt I r v lnr: Op '1 p-nhe i ::
35 61 0531 356 610 "0 3289~267
q~/ e~-Csota1n , .It.C So.' CO:"!:.'Jan 'ier
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5TH J.IR Dt5lo.ffiA\ENr G~OL!P (?,IOV ) J::J!O 149, U. S. It.rnu. l,5 !daY 1945 •
SPECIAL ORllElB)
•
NI1I>!BER
54)
EDUJU) O. a:...n.EY I 0851. 3171 LO , is herebl" apt d' Engineering ~~y) vlee 2ND LT J05E?P. P, l;'E;.TtN . 0866279, !.C, reld.
. 1'. CiJ'l' (PriJliory ,
. 2.
,
3. 4~
,
2ND LT J'OSEHI P . a::LTCI·I.. ·Of',6132.79, .W , is he!'eby e.ptd 1..ssistant
DlsiDeerlng ot1'1oer, {primry (PriDBry
Officer
DUty~ ".
CWO GEORGE c •. 1.SHL1!.'"Y. W21(lJ656 .. USA.", 1s hereby aptd usls\8.nt A.djutant ~ty).
UDder tbe
provi61on~
ot
~
the recomnBndat1oD. of tha ;..r org."l t'
~o tbe · · tempol'~)" usda 8a I nd~_~~.: (..
::"1) -5,· ' 30
]'UD.3 1<)43, as' 81OOnde d", imd - upon the f..:>ll ow ing nao3d EM ero promoted ·d'fentive t;his date.
~ U'I.d~r.
= ,"J.' Hq, ,, H(\ SQ,U;J)Rcr< 2ND CCRC GP
-
(a S?)
TO !fj ~F =.m~ ('!'EMPOFJ.RY)
• pre.. Henry IJo.Q.9 pr", Herold 1&. Frn oklin
pta: George "Vi . t,bite. ;rr.
BY order ot CCLQNEL JClINSON.
R<EEiU' L. REES. captain. AC. J.djutm t.
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HEADQUARTrns 5TH AIR DISARMA~'ENT GROUP (FIlOV)
. . 58)
NUMBER '.':
A'l'O 149, u. S• AI'11\'i 22 May 194;
1. Under the prov of AR 605- 115, as amended, Lv of Absence for a period not to exceed seven (7) days, effective o/a 21.. May 1945, is . hereby granted to the fol namec:l officers, organizations indicated . The prov of Cir 20, Hq El'OUSA, dtd 16 Feb 45, will be complied with: NAME
ORGANIZATION
CA!'r ANTHONY J . CA!'r DAVID
LIDNE, 0800730, I.C
0489614,
P. Rl.iAJ4E,
1ST LT JAY, L . BEARD,
Det A, Hq & Hq Sq, 2d CCIl!: Op (Bomb (~'b. Air DisarllllW>nt Op (Prov) net A, Rq ~ H'I Sq, 2d cell!: Gp (Bomb (Hq & Hq Sq, 5tn Air Disarmament Op Qet B, Hq & Hq Sq, 2d CORC Gp (Bomb
AC
0678666, AC
1ST LT HENRY W. CRASS.
0371494,
(20th Air Dis·arnlBmont Sq (Pro.r)
Sp)
Sp)
(Rl
Sp)
Det A, Hq I< Hq Sq, 2d CeRO Op (Bo~b Sp) (Hq & Hq Sq, 5th Air Disamament Op U.
AC
. 2. Under the provisions of fiR 615- 5, 30 June 1943, as amerded, and upon the recOUlD<endat.ion of their orgn Commander, the following named Ell are promoted. to the t emporary grade as indi~atedJ effective this date: DET
"A",
Hg £< HQ SQUADRON , 2D CCRO OP (B SP) TO BE CORPORAL (TEJ.IPORI.RY)
/..Ffe
1
He He
Raymond W. Cash:nan Irvin N. Kepple Calvin C. lIulkey
32745211 3;610531
3866l.O8O
By order of Colonel JOHNSON:
RalERr L. REES, Capt., AC,
Adjutant.
Capt . ,
AC ,
J.djutant .
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t he top floo'!' held the l!:n, slee,lnv- qUclt'tel;"f" for ATI
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:1 thE' .. eR" Hall an1. 'the
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C0IDall41ac General. Hoadquartel'8, IX Air Foroe 5eM'ioe CODnBnA. AiO 149. u. s. ArrIq (AUeDUOD, Historical Branch. Intell1ganae Seot!ca) llIllL' CUMeIe
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Co m~ and1ng Q€neral , Headquarters, IX AIr Force Service Command, APO 149, U. S. Army (ATT: Hlstorlcal Branoh, Intelllgence ~eotlon). (THRCUGH CHAN~ ELe).
The closlng r eport for the month of June 1945 ls submltted herewith . ORGANIUTION Negatlve .
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STRENGTH
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the month of June the followlng changes were noted on the strength report: 1 June; 163 Enllsted Uen aeslgne d and
64 attaohed , 30 June; 229 Enlisted Men ass1gned and 5 attached; 1 June; 41 Officers and 1 WOJG assigned and 3 attaohed , 30 June;
3.7 Ofticers and 1 lIOJG asslgned and 2 attached. 'OVE!.IENT
A1though th~ pet"sonnel of the organ1,zatlon wer~ awere of
the mov~ent from Verseburg to ganau, Germany 'on the 29th . ot June, pron>arat 10ns were begun Only" .8 fe?lhol.lrs prevlously. · Tl)~s delay was partly due tQ changes 1n the ot- lg1nal plan of m9ve ment .hlc~ was to transport all th~ personnel wlth the exceptlon of an adequate number of men and Displa ced Persons to take
care Of load1ng and ~ovlng the e c~ lpment. The ~dvance party, wh ich consisted of seven Offlcers, . t wenty Enlisted Ken and twenty- ' r,"ve Displ ace'd "Person~1 'departe·1. ~he organizatIon tol' &ne.u
on the 2.7th o.f June . ,lIost of , the supply 'equipment and',all
necessary equipment to accoml"!t;)date the men until t.he main party ar~~ved was included in the advance pa~ty supplies. ~he
advance party selected the slte and made preparatlon, for the
second convoy, wh ich
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art"lved at Hanau, Germany at 2300 hours on the 29th !of June; 2.7 Offlcers and 131 , Enl1sted Men we,.e lncluded 1n t,hls convoy . The orlg1nal plan was ,to transport the p et-s onnel by air, lea ving a suffic1ent numbe~ of men and Displaced P e~sons behind as a hold1ng party to take care of all the necessary loading of vehicles . All pe~8onnel from the Adj~~t . s~ct1on, - 1 -
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S-l, 6- 2 ann S- 3 we~e flornn by plan _ f~om M e~sebu~g to Hanau on the 29th of J une; ,all pe~80nne l ~O!!l the Clt'de"ly Ro om , with the except ion of the 1st S e~geant , ann all the Orne ~ly Room equipment were flown to Hanau on the 30th of J une. , One of the t~ueks in t he a"-vance party convoy 10a1e,\ ' with s~ppl y e qU i pment ove~tu~n e1 due to 80 ~e mechan l c&l failur e ot the vehicle. Although go ~e of the equipment was damage1, the n~i ve r escapen i njuries , bot h the equ i pment and vehicle "ere "('Bcover e" . . the ,personnel of .this organization. the . attached Trucking Company ann the ~isp l ace"- Pe~sons occupie~ three buil dings similar to the builning that was occupien by the Enlisten ~en at ~e~seburg. Although the , billets, mess and all the sections at'e conveniently located, none "Qf the conven~enge8 . that w~t'e .at hand at Me~~eburg are for our I mmed~ate use at Ranau. ~he communication section t ook over an efficient power unit that was , found in good order and "hat 1s now our electrical supply. ~here are no facilities for showers or water supply i n the buildings, , howevet', 8t't'angements ware ma~e for our ·men to use the showers and hot water supply s et up by two othe~ organizat ions in the i mmediate area until othe~ . tacl11tles ~e ~e available . .
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All the depa~t ments in t he organization, inclu~ing the mess ,hall, are located in , the sawe bUilding . All the Enl iste d
Men , With the exc"p.tion of the 2O?4th Quartermaster , Trucking
Company pers onnel, at'8 located 1n one bui l ding .with atequate space to~ the Enlisted Yen 's Cc ub whi ch 1s to be set ~p 8S so on 8S cond1t1ons perm it. The Ot flce~s are temoY'arl1y
in t he same building with the 2074th Quarte~rnaste ~ Trucking Company and t he Displace1 Persone, efforts were begun i mmediately to secure more su1table b1llets for the O~rlcerB
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CASUALTIES Negative. DECORATIONS Negative. LEAVES
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The second group of men going on furlough t o the United Kingdom depart ed from the oY'ganlzatlon on the 3rd of J une. Four Enlisted ~en went to Englan~ and o~e to Northern Irel and . . The En listed Wen going to Northern I~eland had , in his possess ion all necessary documents s l gne~ by the Sommannlng Officer to insure his entering the country . . One day traveling time was granted these men to facilitate joining five other men fr.om the
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20th Air Disat'lllament Squadron. t his group of men pro ceeded to the 45th Air Depot Group for flight to England. The third quot&, cooslst1ng of t~ Enlisted Men, departed for furloughs to the United Kingdom on the 17th of Jun e ; the fifth quota, consist1ng of one Enlisted Man, departed on the 27th of June. All these men tollowed the same
p~oceiure .
When the first group of ·Officer s and Enlisted Uen, who departed for leaves and furloughs to the United Kingdom during the later part of the preced1ng month, reported back to the designated place 1n England after their leaves and furloughs
we ~e up the~e was a good deal of difficulty 1n securing travel baok to the contlnent! This delay was largely due to the ohange
that took place ae to whe.r e the planes that transported the men to and trom the oontinent were to land and take off . At first the planes weed an airdrome operated by the British but
was later tran sferred to one of the airdromes under operations
by the American Air Force, this change took place while the seoond quota was on furlough .
. The forth leave and tut"lougb quota was gl ven to two
Offi cers and one Enlisted IIIan 'on th,e 21st of June; these men preferred Rlverla., hance.
Twelve daya was allotted these .
men to facilitate traveling time .
On the 11th of June th e second forty - eight hour pass was allotted to this organization; deet1nation 'allotted was Brueselle, Belgium . A drawing was held to de t er~ine ' who .
the one man W8S to go He depart ed for lluhlbaueen on the courier to Jo1n a man from the 20th Ail' Disannament Sqnadl'on, o·
and then proceeded .to Brussells, •
The first quota on 72 .Qour: pas ses to Paris was allotted
the organ1zation on the 1 6th of June; two Officers and seven
Enlisted lien filled this quota. Two more Enlisted Uen were able to taks a dvantage of these pa.sss · on ,the 22rid of .June.
. Durlng. the earlier part o'f the month svening passss to the oity of 'lie,seburg and ~he i mmediate vao1l}lty "ere given. out, Very f .ew men took advantage of ..thess paBses, the ' eoft ball games, moviee and Enl1sted Uen's Club ~ook up most of the men's time during off duty hours. In the later part of the month these passes ..ers discont1nued altogether. .
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COIIPLAINTS
The prom1nent complalnt 'volc ed by the men 1n last oonth'e
report on the furlough sitUation became less noticsable dur1ng the period covered by tbis report when furloughs were allotted dur1ng the las t dar. of llay . Although the quota on furloughs are still very small and the presencs o f the 48 and 72 hour
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the feeligg toward the furlough situation has become somewhat bett er. It is hop ed that the leave center that was getting - 3
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of men going on pass also . But with t he present quota on
passes and. furloughs, which w1ll ave rage one seven day . :ru rlo ug~ and one pass p et' man each year and a simIl ar s ituatlon among
the Officers, it is still felt by all the men that the situation could be hel p ed and r emedied w1 thin the near future . Another complaint heard from the men is the fact t hat
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there have been very few movies curing the month. This was due In pat"t to the pt'o j ectol" wh ich 1s very hard to secure
repairs when broken and to t he f act that fil ms are hard to obtain . Special Service has made every effort to provide
entertaln ~ ent fot' .the .men, the men's apprec 1ation of thls tact ' . bas always been shown In the attendanoe ot all entet'tainm ent
prov1t!ed .
ENLISTED /.lEN'S CLUB Tbe Enlisted Uen I s Club ha s pt'oven to be vet'y success ful since it's opening. Whenever obtalnab'l e, cognao and wine were served at a moderate charge to cove r necessary e~penses .
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the more prominent nights in the club during the month was on the 2nd _of June wh en a f arewell party was held in f avor of one of the men who lett the following day for the States, and a gala party that was held in ~he Club on the 23rd of June . This party cons umed all the accumulated -funds fro ~ . the sale of d~ in k s dur~n g the operat ion of the Club since it was set up. There was pl ent y of free wlne , beer and food .for all . attending; all the Enlisted Pe~sonn.l fro m this organi zation. the 2074th Quartermaste ~ ~u cklng Company, the Medical
Pe~eonnel who we~e on the sta tion at that time and a number of men from dltfel"en't Bomb G"C'oups who weY'e attached tor rations
and quarters wl th t hls organization';" et' e--present dur1rig the
course of the evening . All d uring the month t h e (:rrganlzatlon .usually had be~r or wine every . ~ven1ng aft er working bours, a very small tee was charged for ea ch glass. Most ot th~
time' the olub officials did the necessary work behind the
bar and securing ot supplies, from t1me to time there were volunteers during rUsh hours .
Prep&rat10ns will begin
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at the new locatlon, a l a rge room on the third floor of the
Enlisted Uen 's billets has been set aside for the club. OPERATIglS
At the beginn1ng of the month of. Jun e our mission with the Air Techni cal I ntelligenoe on t he airst~1p at Me r sebu~g , which began during the !!lOnth of !Jay , was drawing to a olose. A number of Jobs wet's stIll b e ing taken care "of sllah as
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taking care of reoords and a number of items were still being
shipped to Air Dis arm~~en t Packing and Crat ing Cent srs . Also.
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~~t~t'1 5 I s i n suppo rt o~ ~1t' T~Ghn l c~l I~ tr.l l 1 f. encp. ~ctlv l t lp. s .
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Rep reE'.ent e.t lves arr ive " f't"cm USST.rI.F; one fro ~ ";'!'i a:h t Fi el~ ,
One ft'::' ""J H o~ i ng J t \70 ft'ou i': i n n e&polls HonAyre ll J c: n -:' on r, frc n ~{e stet'n El ectric, a ll i rlpo rtant execu ti v€ ~ . A great '-:ec l IJf
tI 'e mi. S spent ass isti ng c.n1 co nr1 i na7 1r.g the ,·; ctIvltl es of
t he?'EI ·l1en . Their for emoe t ob j ect i ve '':'" D. 8 to 1etermi ne thF'l
val ue of c t! t't:, ln h l ~h .l:r['lo ~ lt y ",I ·· ctric .... l "!lat "' ri a l J "'hlch 1s
s a l "! to b e hi.;~ ne e.r our locat Ion ~t i..:.ersebuT't;. Sy mal~ i n;::
t ne 1!ost of O~.:r f a ~ illties \': e ~~e "" e 8,'b1e to f i ve th PoF8 :!len
r O:.ltes, m~p s, an" ~E.ta p~ !'t H I n l ng to t P:t";::.;-· t <: to "be ob ::: erve "l
in t !11 s l ocale. So :ne o f our i nterp 'r et err~ "'fOr' e alo:; o '.A8e1 i n
con nec tion '''ith the Ir r.o 't'k .
One of thf'l many ~ I ss i ons thl' t \n.. s un-iet"t aken c..n:l c orcpleted 1urlng the month of J une ~e. ~ a t a r g et ccvet" e ~ b y our E~ g lne~'r ln ~ O~f'lc e t" a nq c. g'!'oup of' 8nl l ~.tet1 iden at Lr.nkJ ~t'many. Th e pur}Jo:;: e of this ~) a t"tlc u l fi t" :!l 1 ~B i "ln '"1&5 to ~.l s1i lm tle anr. ship t r.clve c<::pt' lt"E'1 HE - l~? 1 s (J ~t F1 -e;hte .... s). ··hen the J ob of lO E'."l l l1g WF S r.o :np l ('. t f:~ the tr ucks pt'Ocee -=t l ll: ~ to P u ckl!"!.g fnd. C'r~tl ng Cent ers ~t Kassell, Ge'r~any . Due to thp f a ct t h& t t h et"e WL!;n 't suft l ~lAnt ~'t'E.ns p ol't c:.t ion f ac i l l t i es to tt'an epor t E.1 1 th e e q u i'~me nt at one ti.., p., shutt ] e l' 1.!n S to collect l ng st e.tions w,. t'e I!1 o ....e.
To,.·..r.:: th e Im-3 of t~J? ::::ont h ::>f J une , o c e!'e t l o ns "'~re 1n t hat l::).1n f:-: la~e are;;. :.;Pl" ,'?p:'ut'g ',J'SS draF.~ng to a clo se . Up to t he '!':':·.t P. o f t hf: 27t h of Ju~e, a lot of eouip l'! ent t:J.:;.s st il l o elng taken Cl-.:.":' e of . Th i s inclll~e'"! 't'a-:' io e c. u i pnen t of nIl k..ln .,. ~ , :li sce11m l!'> ous fl ack e q ui::"'""lent, &. i'!'c-.;oa ft e ng l n~~ en"!. rui s ce11 £.i.neous c.irc"C'b.!t ~.~~ l p·'''n t .
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':'he Weekly In:t'ormat ion an ~ ::"ucet l en !Ileet ing9 v:el:'e he1"'t on e a ch llo n~~y th't'o ugh the l ~ th ot Jun e . At thp- fI~st 3 e etin g "lu't'lng t he mon th a l ec t ure ' i& 8 ;;ive!'1 covp.ring th e vi't'tuT'es of the Un ite'! St Bt~s ..n.r."lA1 Forc ~s Ins titut e. On the ~ Rth of J'J.ne, t ..,o 1e l p.gat c s gav'~ £-. 'i~b a te on t h(' non - tratFl-rn l!:E.tlon r olicy . One of th p 't] flf'tlngs , aft e 't' a l ect 'J"C'e 'Pus f, l ven by the I & E !-i CO, V:-O:... S op p,ne<1 for r'H~cussi cn ~\ mo n t t~e :nen a t.ten i l ng. RELlnous SERVICES
Heg ulto,'!' Sun-1c:.y RfllLr io ue S f~'t'v i ces ~el"'p co nr!lJc t e "i t h ro ugh the rr.onth , C6t holic Se rvi c e s l'ff"" e h e l -1 in Le i p zi g 6"ch SUn'l i..y ; tro,fisport a ti on rlflf.'&"C'ting at OSOO houT's ; Jewis h S "' \~vice s r(;:1'e h e l ~ in Le I pz i g on Ft-l 1L'Ys . Prot e~ tEl_nt Sr':t'vi cfls o:''::' l~F! hp.lrl on the a ir g t"C'i~. at :.:f' ~~e~·)1l 'r g , with t h .... Ai!' EVtl cuHt l on Hosp it a l
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effort to provide all recre ~tio n & l activities available for the men. Bein g subj e cted t o t he non - frat ~ rni 2atl o n po licy and partial re s tricti on , whenever t here w~s a tour of any kind, Or any kin d ot recreation outside th e c ~~ s it e, there was ~lway s a good attendance . A nu~; e r of t1 ~es dur1ng the mon t h , personnel of t h ls crgU'!lzatlon wet"e l n vlte ,~ to attend en E'nl1sted !.len 's Club in Le1pz1g op erated by the personne'!. of the XXI Corps . All the me n who att ended we~ e very much pleasea wlth. the 2t h our performanc e tha t wae g1ven by Displ aced Persons . Table s ~ l'vlce was provided by civilians who were e ~ loye d as walters; plent y of iced cold beer was on h&nd . Another show was g iven by Displ a oed Persons, el ~ 11 a r to the one at Lei pz1g, in ~ p.rseburg with the 69th I nfantry Divi s ion . Al so duri ng the month, a number ot s wim~lng tours were conducted to a Pool s ituated on the outskirts of tbe City of .lIer s eburg .
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The wo rk that the Disp l aced Persone ~er e doing for the organization was reall z'ed. more by the men on tl').e 9th of Jtm'e .. On that date, all of the It al i an Displac ed Persons , with t he exception of f ive who volunteered to stay, departed for Italy, carrying out the Allisd Forces P rogra~ to return all D1spl a ced .Persons to t heir n ative land as sOon as possible atter the cess a.tion of hostiliti es . This evel')t c t'ee.t e d quite a pt'oble!!l due to t he f act t hat Di sp l aced Persons had been doing all of the ,ver y neceSSQt'y arduous det ails ot t he Bqu a~ ron such as ; kitchen Po11c~, fir1ng the furnaces, and so forth. When the Enlist e d Uen of th~ organization we~ e oalled upon to un~ er take these .det ai l s the~ e was ~ u oh di scont ent, but with in 8 day ' s t1me ne ~ volunteer Displaoed Persons were round at a n ea~by oamp, who read1ly adapted themselves to the miscellaneous . details to be done .. The se men found permanent living ·quart ers in t he building va cated by the other DP's. All of t,be DP's voluntee1"ed. to a ccompany t he c;lrgan l zat10n to Hanau , the work t hat they always perform is always grea tly appreCiated by the men . Th~r1ng o ur st ay at Ker seburg, DP's took c are ,of all the cleaning up of t he billets except the rooms themselves , the b11lets were kept in i nspection order all during the day.
ASSIGN!AEliTS On t he 1s t of J une, · Ua jor Cleary was ass i gned Prlmary Duty a s As s istant Group Surgeon, Capt a in Smith was transferr ed to Det 'B" Hq & Hq Sq, 2nd CCRC Group. 1st Lt . Ssflr w~s as signed to t he organization on t h e 3rd of June. '0
1st Lt. Richar~8 aSBume1 command of the organ i zat1on W'lt11 Captain Rhame ' s ret urn On the 4th of June . Capt ain Brennan and Capt a in UyerB , who ~et'e pl a ced on OS in February,
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WA ~ e ~elelve d f~o m ass i gnment with t h i s o~gan 12atl on . Al s o on tho 4th, tbirty - six Enlisted :'en Join e': the ot'gan1z"t icn.
The follo w1ng cbange. ~e ~e noted on the 7th of June : Capt a i n Sulecki was assi gned to t he organizat ion and assign e4
Duty &8 Provost Ue~shall; Capt a in Leone, who has been Provost Ma:rsha ll sincE: the ol'gan l%atlon was activated., ?Jas assigned P~l m ary Duty as As s ist ant Operations Offioer; 1st Lt. Gauth ier was ass i gned prl~ary duty 6S Post Excbange Off ic er .
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On tbe 8th of June, 2nq Lt. Nagl e ''''s assigne
another order the s ame date; Capta1n Wa l ke~ was assigned and appo1nted Spec1el Se~v1ce Oftlce~ s~ccee~1n g 1st Lt . Va llino,
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who · bec a~ e h i s assistant; 1st Lt. Dianond an4 1st Lt . Gillespie were transferreq to an Evacuation Hospital . On ths 9th Of June, Captain Roth enbe ~g , who hag been on TO to IX Air Fo~ c e Service Command s1nce the organ izat1on was 8tatlo n e~ at Sen11s, France, was transferred to tbs 326tb Ferring Squa
On the 12th of June, Major N9 wark, the Exeoutive Orficer of the organization, returned to duty after having undsrgone an appendicit1s op eration eight days previous . On the 13th of June, Captain Leone was asslgne~ P~1m ary . Quty as Group Operations Officer; also on tbe 13th, C apta~n Rba!De, l/Sgt Coatss and driver, departed the ot'ganization fot' tbree- days TD to ~uxembourg City to .attend a Public Relat10ns meet1ng; 1st Lt ichards lIIas assigned Primary Duty as Commandi ng Orricer of tbe organization upon Captain Rhame 's 0
absence.
Csptaln Rhame T'et Ul'"n ee. on the 16th.
On the 17th of June, Capt ain Rees, our Group AnJutant
since the
Rq
organlzat~Qn
wae activated, was tran sferred t o
& Hq Sq , 2nd .CCRC Group.
Upon his ·departure, 1st Lt .
Ander son wes assigned Pt'1maryDuty as Group Adjutant .
Upon Cap ta1n Rhame 1 s departu~e to take ca~e of the necessary arrange~ente for t he rest cent er t hat is to be opene"!. soon J 1st Lt . Rich ards wae assigned Commandl'ry,g Officer
on the 21st of June . On tbs 22nd , WOJG Young was assign ed Pri ~ ary Duty as Tecbnical Inspector; on the 26th, 1st Lt . Portel'" was a ssigned to the organization and assigned
Duty as Assistant Operations Officer.
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On the 27 of June, Colon sl Johnson, who kall. been our
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Group Co :nman~ in g Ort1cer s ince .L!a:rch, was tt"ansre~t"e '" to Hq & HQ So, 2nd CCRe G,.oup ; r.!a 0r Nowark assumed co!llllland of the
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SQUADRON
DI9 AR~ANtNT
GROUP (PROV)
APO 149, U.~. II JU17 1945.
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IX Air Foroe Servloe H1.to~loal Branoh, tnte111geno. Seotion). (THROUGH OIlAII NELS). Co ~~ on41ng Gsne~al,
Headqua~ters,
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The oloslng herew1th.
~eport
for t he .ont h of June 1945 1•• ubm ltte~ OROAIIIZATIOH ,
Negative. ~RENqrH
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Ou~ing the month of June the following ohonge. w.re noted on the .trength report: 1 June; 163 Enl1.ted Ren 8 •• 1gne1 and 64 attaohed, 30 June: 229 Enllsted Ken a•• lgned and D at a ched: 1 June; 41 Offloer. and 1 WOJO .s.lgned and 3 attaohed, 30 June: 37 Off1cers and 1 ~O a•• igned and 2 attaohed.
l!OVEYM
Although the per . onnel of the organl. atlon were
a~are
of
the mo vement floo" !,f"l"9sbul"g to Hanau, German7 on the 29th ot Jun.J prepal"atlonl were begun on17 a few hours previously. Th is
4el87 .as partly ~ue to obange. ln the original plan of move ment whioh wae to transport all the pe~.onnel wlth tho exoeptlon of an adequate number of llIen and Dlaplaoed Per aonl to tate oare of loading and movlng t he eoulpment. Tho advanoe p"rty, " bloh oonol.ted of .even Offioer., t wentT &nll. ted lien and twenty five Di.pl aoed Per sona, departed the organl.ation for Hanau on the 27th of Jun.. lIo.t of tho .upply equi pment and al l
neoese8l"7 8qulpmen' to
aoo om ~ odat.
advanoe party
the
arrived wae included ln the 8ftleot~~
the
~en
until the maIn pal"t1
a ~ vano. pa~ t7 s uppllee. Th. site and ma~ 8 prepal"at lona fOl"
the
aeoond oonv01, whlch departed lI e~.e " 'lrg at 1400 hours and ar~lve~ at Ranau, Ger~7 at 2300 hours on the 29t h of June; 27 Off1cers and 131 Enll.ted ~ en were ino lu~e~ 1n thl. convo1. . The original plan n l to transport the per,onnel hi a ir, l eaving a Autt lcl &nt numbe~ ot men an~ Displaoed Pe~90n8 beh in~ as a ho11 1ng party to t ake Care of al l the neo •••arT l oad ing o r veh i oles .
All
p er~onnel
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A~ j utant ~~otlon.
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·! er~ebuT'g t(l
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on th e 29th ot June; all personnel !"'rom th" o-r1e'l"ly Hool'il, -lth th~ ~xception
of the 1st ' Ar geant. an1 all flo~
e r.u l :1rn.ent "' at'''
th~
er1.rly Room
to Hana u on th f' 30th of June.
One of thn t"u cks 1n thR ~~ v an ce -a ~ty co ". voy In l.l. "e1 """ lth ~up":' ly e c ulp ':lent ovet'tut'n n"l "ue tn !l~ "~ !lip.chanlc ~ l f l1 11uT'A of the v~hlc19. Althoua:h SOlle of the e ~ \llp:':1ent "lUI 1a!lC:1 v e·1 , the "rlve ~ e o oape~ InJ u rl~A, both t ~ e e cul pment 8n~ vAhlc] p
", er8 l"'ecove'!"e". iJ. l the pet" !lonn&l of this o rga nl ,a.t ien, the b t t ·. che..,
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:;:047t h Q.u8,:"tt:rllw, sto\", '!' r ~;ok l n;- Oompa.'lY a n1 th e D18plaoe1 P p r30ns oQ(;uple1 thT" ' e bu ll'lln'tC al:r.llut" to the ~ ul111ng that was OCCUDi(!t\ by the En] l Rte<'t J.~e n at l~f!t'gebu rg. Although the
b111et=o, mesa l.:md. all the ge '~ tion!3 at- e o~n'le:1\ent17 lo o 1.t, fI! '~' none of the convenlenoe.q th a t "f!'roe at h R.n" at !/ersehurg ure fut" OUt' i r:1:leli late uoe at Hanau . The communication F.I13ot1on teak ovet' an efficient power unlt tha t .o s founi 1n ~~o1 or1et' i::Ind. _hat i~ no"" our elect T'ioa l supp ly. 'l' he re ~ rp. no facil1ties for !=Jho~er8 0'[' W'ate r supply 1n the bu11.,lngl1 , hO I'7.e vel' , al"t- &n ~ ement9 were ma"e for our ""len to use th e aho..,.cr 6 an" hot water supply set up by t".o oth" r orgo.n1z.a+. lons 1n the 1 ~me~lar.o are a until othet- f ao ilities we~e a val1 ah le . 1n th e organiz.ation J inclu11n6' t ho 1n tho s ame bu l1~ lng. All the EnliAte1 ~ ent ~l th the p.x oeptlon of th e 2074t~ Quartermaster Trucking Co~pany per?onnel, are lon Ate~ 1n one bul1~lng wI th a~equate
.luI the
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hall.
<1epo:rtf[lfmt~
~re loc ~ te~
3pace for. ·the Enl1stet.l
t.l~n t9
Cr:- ub wh ich 18 to be
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up a!l
800n $1.8 con1it.1ons p'srm1t. The Officers a re temor e..-ril y b l11et e1 in the s ame bu l 111n g ~ lth the ?'07 4th ~uarter~a3te~ Trucki ng CO::lpany an"! t he Displace1. Persons, effcn·.. t~ .",F r e b~p,'un I ml'llA1 1utely t o s ~ ou~e mot"A 8uituhle b1l1~t91 fot" thl1 Cfflc8t"B in anothft~ urea. C,, 9 I1ALT I E~
Ne'lat1ve. DECORI\~ ION~
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The 9800n1 ~ l'O'lr' of mf!n ;:-':'Oing on f:: rloug'h t ry thA Unite1 K1ng-1om 1t!p8 rte1 tro'"!1 thp. org 9.!11t ::t.t i on on t he 3t"1 ot JunA. F'o~lr En 1 1 ~te~ Uen "":"Bn t t·o Env.la.n1 a n" one to North"tm IreLl n1 . The En:l1:ltetl Uen go1ng to NnT'thp.t'n Irel:mt1. had 1n h i s n09 Rp.93 ion till necess a r y 10 ·1u ~"nt9 '318'neo1 by t,he 6om!llan1.1no; Oftir!~r to in~ut'e his entp.1"'lng the country. <m.e.,ay t-ra v el ln p: ti r;:. G ~&.,. g1'9.ote1 thes p. ll en to faoilit a t e Jo1ni ng f 1 '1e othel- me n fr'1'!t the
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20th Air D laarma~.nt ~uadron, thl. group of men proce.de~ to the 40th All' Depot Group f or flight to Ehglan4. ne thl1'4 quota, oono1&t1ng ot ho tallate4 lien, departe
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On the 11tb at June tbe ncond torty-elght haul' pall n. allott." to thl. ol'ganizationj "..tlnation alloUe
The tl1'8t ·quota on 72 hour: paas.a to Pari. was allotted
tbe organizat10n Oft tbe l 6tb ot Jun., two Ottlce~. and seYan
tnl1.ted lien tilled thla quota. ho lIIO~. EnU.te« lien were
able to take a<1.,antage at theee paa... on. t ha 22nd at June.
Durlng the e8rll.r part at the montb even1ng pao. . . to tbe 01t7 ot' U.rsebut'g and tbe 1mmedlate Taolnlty ~ere glY8D
out. Very tew men took al\Tantage 01' tbes e pa•• ea, the .ott
ball gam•• , mo.,l e. and tnll.t.4 lien'. Club toot up most ot
tb. mon'. tlme during ott duty hour.. In the later part at the montb tbe.e pa.... were dl.oontinue" altogethar.
collliN'1'\} The pro!lllnent oomplalnt vo.l ced 07 th ~ ..on in lo.t "'",ntb '. report on the f urlough s1tuatlon beoame le• • notl0.able during tbe perla" covered by thl. report when t urlough. ~er& al l otted .
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way durlng the laat day . ot June wl11 aooom~ oiate a tall' quota at men going on paa. also. But wlth the preeent quota on paSI • • and furlough., whloh will averMge one aeven day furlough and one pa88 per man each year and a .1milar . ituatlon among the Officer., it 1. still t elt hy all the men that the situat10n co,.l d be helped and r"",ed1ed w1thin tho noar future. (
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Th. Enli.ted lIen'e Ol ub haa pro...n to be \'81'1 .uoc.... ful slnoe 1t'. opening. Whenever obtainable, oognao and wln. were eerye4 at a moderate oh a~g. to ooye~ n.oes8ar~ expens es . '!'he _or. prominent n1ght. In the olub durlng the month wa. on the 2nd of June when a tare,,,,l1 party "a. held in fayor ot one of t he men ~ho lett the fo l lowlng day for. the Stat ••• and a gala party that wal held in the Club on the 23rd ot June. Thi. party con sus.4 alL the aooumulated tun~e fro ~ the oale of ~r inka 4urlng the operat ion ot the Club a1noe 1t waa . et up.
There .&1 plenty "ot tree wine, beer and
foo~
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attending; all the tnl1ated Peraonnel from thl. organization. the 2074th Quart e ~a.ter ~,ok1 n8 Company. tha Uedioal Personn,1 .ho wer, on the .tat10n· at that t1me and a number of ~en from dIfferent Bo~b Group. who .ere attaohed for r at ion. and quart &ra wlth thla organlzat10n .were pra,ent 1urlng the course of the evening.
All
~urlng ~ he
month t he
o~ganl zat lon
u.ually had beet" 01' .1ne evel'1 evening Eltter working hour s . a very .mall fee W62 obarged for eaoh gla... Koat of the time the olub otf1oialo did the necell ary work behind the hal' and s ecuring of aupplie•• from t1me to t1m. there wers Volunt eer.
~urln g ~ s h
hours.
Prepar at 10n. wl11 heg1n i~ n e~ia t ely to eet up a olub at t he new looation. a large roOIl on t he thlr~ floor of tbe tnl1 st ed Uen' a bUlet . haa been .at aslde for' the oluh. OPERAT ICII8 At the heginning of the "",nth ot June O'lr .,,1..10n ,,1tb the h1r Teohnioal I ntelligenoe on t he aIrstrip at lI.raeburg. "hleb began 1urlng the 9Onth. o~ i(81'. waa 1Y'sw1ng to a 010a8. A nu::uber of Jobs wot'e still b e 1ng taken 0 8 1"8 ot suob s.
taklng care of reoor~ . and' a number of itema "ere .till being ahlpped to All' DI. arlll8r.lent Paoklng and Cl'at ing Centers . Al so, during the MOntb numerous tea,,,. .. e'·" diapatched fro 'll thi.
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organ1zat10n for the purpo se ot oollect1ng intelligence ~ ter1al . in support ot All' Teohn ical Intelligence activ1t1es.
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Dur1ng the tirs t . eek ot June, tiva o1v!lian Technioal Representat1ve. arriv.d fro. USSTA', ona fro. wright rield, one trom Boeing, t~o tra. I1nneapoli. Honey.ell, and one from 'e.tern Electrio, all important axaoutives. A graat deal ot t1m• •ae spent assiot1ng and ooordlnating the aotlvltie. at th•• e men. Their fnromost obJeotiv• •a. to 1etar.lna tha value ot certn1n high prlorlty eleotrl03l mater1al, .hlah 1. ,aid to be had near our 10oaUon at lIer,eburg. II)' mating the most at our taoilitles .e .ar. abl. to tiv. the.e men routes; and hts pe'rtalning to targeh to b. observed 1n thll locale. eo.e at our interpreters were also used in oonn eotloll wUh th,ir ""1'11:.
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One at the many ml..ion. that wa. undertaken and cOlllPletsd during the month at June .a. s target oonred by our Engineering Offioer and a group 'ot !h11.ted lien at Leal<, Gerlll8ll1. The purpose at thi. particular ..1u1on wa. to 11all8lltla an4 shlp twal". oaptured H!:- 162's (Jet Fighter.l. lib.., tha Job ot 10a4ing 17a. oolllPlnte1 the truoka prooae
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EDQCA'!'1011
The Ifeekly Infn1'llaUon and <:duo"t1on meetingB were held on each 1l0ndB1 through thl 18th at June . At the tirst m.et Ing durlng the IIIOnth a leotura wa. ghen oovering the .,lrture. at the Un1ted State. At'!Iled Poroe. Inetttuta. On the 19th ot June. two ~.lflgatc. gave a dobate on the non-traterni.atlon polley. On. at the meeUng. , a fter 8 leoture wa. given by the I " E NOO, openl4 tor diecu.eion amont the men attend1ng.
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Regular Sun~"1 Rel1g10ua Services oonduoted through out the IIOnth, Cdho110 Serv1ces we...e hel
' R~CRE~TIONAL
ACTIVITIES
'Throughout t he mon th 01 June, '9peo1al Sel"ylce made every - II -
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eft'ort to P l'cvl 1e (11 1 l"' & crA ii tl cn ~, l .:· ctlvltl c~ h YIJ. 1 1lilJle rOT' the -,p,n . iialn!"" S I) "' J l-: ct~-i to t.l)f;I n()n-r'r;... t·~ t" n i :,a tl ('! n t·,.,1 1 cy hn1. r-;;' l"tl u l T'6=:trlotl~n, ..'hen p v F·t' t iH~T'e WI.~ S a t o ur of o.ny kl nc\, o r a ny kln ~ cor rFH~raht lc r: out q l 'l f!! t ho) r:H ~'lP 'lltt) , t!1p.re '.1<8 S.lr.' ~" Y5 U ~I) " st t An-i u :t06 . ~ n H~:l'J t' o f t l ·;~ ft \11 H'1 11@,; to e. "iOo th , r~ t' fJ on nel of t h i 5 or g~r. 17 li t l(11l "'ElI""P. 1nvitorl to .~ ttAn '; un t.nl 1 !; t e1 :en l R Cl'Ji) tn Le l P 11 f~ o ·· ..n~~t~1. hy t h~ pe~',onnel -: f the XXI Corps . ;..11 the '1 pn ...:ho :·,t t t!n1t1!. '1 '11 ~ ·· ~ .: ~t'y ~uch p 1e<) sed ..., l th the 2i h m.lr f""Ie t"to "['J.nnnce th l... t wa@ Riven by Olspli..ce<1. Ppr 90n .t;. . TH.b1e ~ sPt"v i ce IV!.! J:'l~o vl rlfi1 by o i vi l 1W13
pho were e~10Y8~ ~~ ~H l teT'A ; nlent y of l c eQ eol~ be"T' .&8 on h::..nr\ . ·I.ll.othe r €"ho"'! "'r. g p;-lven h:/ DlspL .. osr1 Pe rsonA , ~t ": 11 1~ r t o tho o ne at Le l p 1. 1g, 1n ;'P, l'Qehut'g wi t h the 09 th t n f ant1"j~ O.\.vl -; ion . hl~ o "u T'ln ~ th e ....nnth , fi n U7io··~ l" of qw l m"1 1n ~ to ~ t' A l;el" e con
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t o t h eir n a t iv e l on1 ~~ ~~on a s pos sibl e a f t~ t' tne t i cn r:f hOt;t1) l t l p~ . Th is e v ...nt cre:. ted "'· )lte a n-.1!J!.,:rI 'lU A to t tle f a ot that D 1 Jpl~~ e1 P ~",eons h i!." been ",oln g rill of the Vr"l"y nec"s8 " ....Y ar-1'Jou! "!fllt !!!1! ot t t'!e l!oua<1ron SHoh a s; k i tchen .Pol 1r.e , fh"in'7," thp. fll T'n l\Ces . Mrs. .;0 f Ol"t h. ·-th e n thr. En11"te'" '·1"n ')f th ~ ot"gFo niT at \. rm .,e'· e c a l le" upo n t o lln A e r t uk e t hw'e "et!Ll1s th flY' 8 "38 ~ lIoh 'U f! oontent , bu t wlt ll in a ~ '"lY ' ~ tl '!r:t nft\';' v, l unteel' f.'I1':1pla o e1 Pe rflons W~l' e founl\ t.lt u n~ : . r"by u.u.mp , " ho -r e &.tt l ly a"tlpt ed ! hem" " lv8a t o the ::l l!1;ce l l ·;n f.Tou:3 rtet.u11s to be "lor.e . ThP.1 f: 6 me n fnUll1 ner::J ilnent 11vin ~ .... uart o r o in t h A l)u l 1<1. i ng va c u t e r1 by t h e othel" Of'8 . .h.l t of th" vr ' ':I vol')nt~p. 1"e'" to tl OCO "1:!' ':tr.y 1;he (')"t'gt n i oztltion to nan G1l, the- 1'!701:''k th9.t t hey a l-~ J..Y9 !"erfo"Nn 18 .G.l wc,y !; lZ"7'e ~ t. ] y
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~lU rln ~ cu r stay .:. . t i.fe r !'!'!b trr g J up' f'I t C'lOic Ololl"'e of' al l the cl e:mlng IIp o f th e h l~.l t~ t s e xc ept t l''l rooms thl"J'T!J<:p.lve", t~~ f., 1. J. l et:: TI"P."!"' 13 ke?t in l r. :~ pectirm OY"lnr ;-\]1 11J l~inr: t he rl:'"i.y .
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WfH' e relAlve1 !ro!!l R.~R l gngent "71th thl":l o'!'~(1 ". 1:,, &t \ t1 n . :\1"'0 on the 4th, thlt'ty-slx ~1 1~t ~1 ·!p.n jeln ~ t h e ~t't!..~ nlt ,. t:t("f: . 'l'he fc llo ... tng ohungen ?t~ ... ~ nc·t f""'! o n th A 7th of Jm1e : OF.ptain ~ :ulnck l rlfi s u!Hll ~~':"· t'{ t('! 1 ~1 ~ t:.: r g!t1"1:-a11.on ~\l: ;I. H <;Ai f';""~ '-. 1 Pl"'l '~ury !)l.Ity ~fl pro vnGt ~~t\T"~ hal1 ; (h_·:"' t~ln Leonp., '"!ho h}.\e h~en
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On th e 13t h of June, Ceptu1n Leone was aftBlgnA~ ~ -rl Mary Dut y a 8 Group Operations Officer; also on t h e 13th, Capt a in F.hS:'Jle J ·1/!!gt tJoates an '" 11"('1 vet' J "epaT'teri t ~e ot'go.nlzat l (" n tor th-ree...- rtays TD t o Lu;xe!"!lboul"g G1ty t o utten 1 3, Pub11 c ll"l ~ltlons meeting ; 1st Lt • .hlchs.r~:; "'S f! nssif!T\e1 Prl '>: Ht7 Du t y 9.9 Com'!lru)'Ung Ofticer of the crgt-.n lz .:it l on upo n Capta tn I1.h~!:ileI 9 absence. C ~ptF.l. ln "i":J"ilU.'le "':" eturn~A en the l'3th. On t he 17th of June , Oap t !1 1n Ht'lP.8 , our Gt"OU?
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a ctl'ia te1 J wt-.S tr n.n Afer-re1 t ... He tc He <30 , ?n fi r. CRC t'}r~up . Upo n his "!ep,..rt ur e, 1st L t . M1e "~on .... !},! u~(' lgne t\ P"l ina:ry Duty a6 Group t.1 Jutant.
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w!..s &.6s1p;ne1 Cn:-:l'1an J),ln g Officer 22n rt, VIeJO Yo un g ...a s o.ss l gn'f'1. In,~ector ; on t he 25th , 1st Lt . Porter "\"fa:! i .... ssl ~nt>1 to the orgs nl~atior. .ln r! assl02:ot!t1. P1'i!T.I8:I"Y Du t y ne: A.!H,1F!t~r. t Cparat l '-na C'f t'l~er. On th~ 27 of June, C~lonol John :-;on , ..,ho hsA been l1ur
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.APe 149. u.s. J.r.JJ:t 5 lill..,.st 1945
Commanding Gent'lral , H~adquarters, IX.i..1r Forc e Serv i ce ComrnaIld , Army (AXTt Historical Branch, Intel~ige nce Ze.c tion) . ('l'l.iRCXJGH CH.:..l .n~ZLS) .
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The closing report for the month 01' J'\l.ly 1 945 is submitt.ed h erc.:wltb l
1:ega t1ve.
During the month of July the tolleY/ing choD8:cG were noter. on the strength repo rt, ~ July; 2251 Enli sted Men al3~igo od and ~ - .>1; 31 JUly;
217 Enlistod Len 8 Da len ~ end 2 a tt ~ ched; 1 July; 3t as~igned e.nO 2 Officers att&ched ; 31 JUly; 35 affie r e.nd 2 officers a tt.&.chcd .
Nesative . CASUALTIES
Negative .
ro;coRATta:s On Friday , 20th or JUly 1 945 . Ft'c Paul A. Let t.ans , 3299891 6 and pvt . John w. Waclchl1, 36852547 were preBcnted with the Bronze Star. ~cdel . pte L~ tt ang t wbo ente r e :1 military serv ice from Collegr. point , l'leTi York , was a member of a patrol &~Hign cd t he ~sk of proceeding to 8 t own to destroy s i x buildings . !)C;spite heavy t!nMt/ a ut oma tic :fire , they c on tinued on t he ir miSSion . Attacking the encl!tI' by aurpr is " , t hey succ oede d in e cccmpli s hing th"ir miSSion , ac.counting fol.' at l east t hi r t y cncll'lY d~&ci . Pvt . Waolchli I who ::;.. cn t E: red the Jl:il1t&ry 5o .:vico fran Jai c h i gton, a meubc l' of' th e 220lst omrter ~ mastor Truck Cc::m,(.<WlY I .A.v1stion, d i:;tingl.,deh e d himselt by mel ' i torious serv ic e ~ in connccticn ,: ith 1'ttilitf1l""j' oper &t i oos not ilwolving pa rt1cip& tion 1n I aerial :flight bc&in.St &n cncrrw of th'! Urd t (; d StateH irem 15 lJovomber 1944 ~
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to 1 Februe:.r:.' 1945 . Duri~ a.D extended !J..:riod of e~nc-:re 1 em~rg~ncy ""ben the enemy ,,'as cor.c<:ntrl.
During the month of July the following Officers and Enlisted Men f'rom this orgtmi:z.ation .... .:::N on leave , pass end furlough : 2 Officers and 40 Enlist~ d rueu were on passes of 72 hours durati on through 1st Air Disa:rmalJlent Wing pass center at Crell , Franc e ~m:t'oute to Peris . 5 Cf1'ice rs and 25 Enlisted !fr::n l't'!rc on l -;avcs end fUrloughs .. this number includ~c ODe Enli~tt;e. }!J.m to Frenc '! , one Officer fllld one Enlisted l u to Riviera, France , one LIllisted Min to S\·, i tzerlend E.:nd ODe: Enlist~d 1'}J.r. tc.. l:on.: , BMf,i',lm.. The rcir.8 inder s,iJcnt their 1 €fI.ve.!. .!ind fUrlough~ in the Uni ted KingCor;! . The
fir~t
group of Enlisted L'en to tL.r..e advc.nt66::: of
th~
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in Creil , Fra.nce depart~d the org....nization on the 11th of JUly and rcturn';.d on th::: 1 4 tl:. of' July. 'l'he men goint;; througu the 1 c;b.vc cente r has to canply
with tbe regulhtioD$ dro;.wn u p by the Ci'!'ic9r in Cher6c of the l.~ll.ve cent(. r . The men gving on pass to Paris cannot use the Red CroB S Billets to stay overnigh t but the m~n arc free to have their 72 hours as they wish . Toe men departs from Air Strip Y- 9l and ar~ flo·,,:n to Air StdIJ A-Bl-C . loca ted at c r o il , Fr~nce . upon compl e tion of their pc ss the men are returned over the. sam-= air route . I).J.ring tr.e l a t er p6.rt of the month of J uly , tha orig inal quots of theee pezsee5. to .Faris were .s l ightly increased • .:M.ISI'ED
1"E1:~ I S
CLUB
'I'be space that wa5 ~e.t a.:;ide for the .Enlisted ~n'.s Club nhcn the men oc.cuyied the Enlisted Ltcn ".!> Billets lias put into good. us e when the Club WAS officially opened on the 24th of July . Tho de ley in getting the Cl ub in order Y;I:IS duo to tho eC:iuipment thE. t hbd to be obt€l ined and ott.e r i..mportgnt '"Jork that hfld to be attl.:nded to be:f ore starting recreationsj also a s....urco of supplies ~d to be found and checked by Milita ry Governm8nt . A week b~f'orc the club op{;n ~ d . e g rcfo:t de~l of ¥lork Y/£lg don~ arranging for it ' ~ OPaling . A.ll broken winno,"'s wt:re r eplE.ced end curt i.1in~ 1'Iere hung ovcr th ~ r.inr...ows • .A b~r was obtuineCi. and ....-a.S 'put into v;orkiIlti order i mmedibt-e ly ; a reaio .... ;;!3 giVen by Sp-5cial Servi c o and fI 100n "f125 ae l eg£:ted to 1<,cep the club in order . The location of" thb Club, whi ch is on th~ 3rd floor of' the Enlist~d ~cn t s Billets , &nQ a ll the equ ip~~ nt that is be ing used makes the Club nice ~ thBn apy othe r club this or~Dization bes set up in the pest. The Club i3 op c rh t ~d according to rc~ul e tion s . all fun ds accumulated fire for th.; bene fit of the .c::en .
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DUe to the fuct tha t this orgcniz&t1cn hee & recent movcm~nt on the 25'th of J'un,= f ope r .;.,Uun s were on a l1tpi ted Bcale durint; the fi r st !Jart of the lO..,ntli . l)o.1:JD rI7I8-m'wnt ,zquedron , 71hich i s loc :=. te1 at 'fUl Je" {k-r!!.:MY t, \'lill work in the north e rn section of th~ [J!lsiJ;Jj ~ brea end this orgoni::btion in tt.c southr:rn section of the t!~ign ed f:.!"!!E: . Or. the 6th of July , s ev a~t een Gen~ IDt ~ rpre t~ rs ~ c ro attached to ' t his pret:n i W tion for r btioD!'· c.x:.Q :;.ucrte!':.: . ThC:iC meL. , all Eu ropeans of d iff~re nt na tiona li ties , uere bille t ed in the Qffic:)r ' s 6re& 8!1d had the ir m~6 l s ';ith the Dlli ='too ~:~ n . '!'h p, i r Jot. 15 sc reening documeirts at 1st .Ai r D1s;"'l'IDeMnt ,. ing Doc um ~.nt Cf.>n ~e r . '!'h~::c docwnents hre broue.ht i n from u iffere nt a..ss1[:;'1loo t a r go.! t s unuer 1st ,i'-ir D1~nt i7l.Il{:;. The6e men r Ell!8ined tor duty throue;hou t ' t he elo tire month .
BY the 18th of July, thirty - t \'Jo of t he terf;c: t s &ssisnocl a t th" ' "cre comple ted . Sevunty - t "'"o of thtl total numb;:: r of torget:s ass i gned this group j.r.. th~5 e r .:lU r.ere turned ove r to the 20th .io.J.r Di s6.1"mSmsr..t S ~Uf:.tl roD . Ou th~ l eth of July 't ht::r e nat. Q tota l of " l~t te ~ out on ~r~c t ess i gnm~nts . fir2lt of th'J month
on th,:: I bti, of July , this grOUfl begen udng e. RailT.l:!.Y Coll'.l ct1n(; foin t. l occ.t!.!.J be t 'l(~en Dorn1 g hel:n e:..n d Hoch5 U d ~ t Gern1:.ny. 'rb.1s col lecting po i nt VJa~ csu.bli ~ h a-d by t he J..xrrr;; somu time before hEl...D.a. . lUl tb~ o'LuiflIrr-nt
and muterie. l p ick&t! up from targe t s the. t Gi.Y b:c.terial Control doos not
dire ct to hir Di~~~nt P&ckine ~d Cra ting Cen~ers is ship~ed to \his collecting pOint .
f1:! the 25th or July I a ll knmm tf,r gc ts had been invc ntoriee a nd a nu.nber at reconnaissnce teams ~ere aS3igned areas to ·.c omb for G~ equi1.>ment . The ir job T.'l:$ to t 6ke 1m-entery of thi s c Ciulpawnt and re;.ort i t b~c k to this h ~~~Ubrt crs for further sc t ion . Th~ final phase of the ci is8.r mament mif>sion , on wh i ch the Group is presen tl y engaged . cl:l ls for the move~n t to coll e c~ins points of l a r ge quantiti es of Gi.;E material cnd BCrtiI> metal. By month's end the large valley at l:fochstudt htJ. d received the first shirJJne-'1t .'3 o f what l'romised to be a ~teady stream of screp- l caccd vebicles th&t will fill the valley and change the t..1Jp eorance of a GonrtlIl le.ndscap.e .
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Duri!!6 th·.! monti. of July . th ~ Infor~tion cmd So.ucEition s e ction of this orb.:.lli·L.Lticn b "'-' c anY:" more public tbUl ~v ~ r to t .t..~ ~n . Th ~ irnportunt de w Y;f1s on t he 26th of J uly wbE-n Cpl . T~lga- , set :n.emr.1et ~nd .Pte ilooQ4
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Regu.ll· r Sunday Religioufi S e !"lices "",ere conduc kd t hrough-cut the mnth . CUtLolic Serv ice we r e h ~ ld at 1100 hours in th~ theater with the 45th Air Depo t Croup; Protestant S~ rviC C3 we re h eld ir. tho 8~ thei:! t er at 1000 hours . J" e ""'i~b S<; rv ic-:;s l"f;:: r ~ h'.;ld cl:.. ch Fr i d~y niGht i n the thce.t') r c..l~o .
The 4tb. of July Yl f.:.~ declared e r educed actiYi"ty dey for the p er sonnel of this orgl;llizf.:.tiun but all 3uct i"n :o wc. re UD(;.er opcrationa with a sk e l ~ tOD force Ut·ou ~ou t tbo :}nt ire Qle.y cd during the month but abou t the w~adle of the mont h e bS15e ball team WL5 or gbOized end practi ced a number of time s ec.ch w ~ek . I t was planne d thc t this teW!:. wou la engf:g e i n som') big gwr.:...s wi th oth::r org6ni~e.tions but no g<::. Ul.!"S 'Icr~ l,lE'y:.d .
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Sl.'.inJ:.ine s eclI!cd. to be the !Lore j; romin~ r.t .51JOrt during th e month . ;,. l uke. undzr the suv..:.rvision ot tbe 45th Air Depo't Grol.i.p is loc£.ted c:bout foor miles from tbe orgLniZl;.tion . 'l 'hrougbcut tb~ mocth wb~never 'oYeather permitted , the men UCl!d thle l!.k~ for s\J imiD£ end boating: d~ ri~ th=ir ofr duty hours .
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the end of the month , a tran &port8ticn
B~forc
tnis or[,t:niZt.tion bnd t ho
nreh es this org~niz~tiOD. tv and from t he 8 ~ti~l~r liberty run wos ~lwafs provided . for
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night. Al so on Sundays A r egular schedule ~e prOV ided
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liberty run to Frll.nl:t'urt; $t1turday end Sur-day eftl.. rnoons E..nn even11l£s
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449th Bomb S'i,uadron , which is lCCbtcd in the same
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days .
.l&. reguler Weekly tour t o tlle Vff cnooch LCE.tht:r Goods Store, l oct.tod short aistLnce fr-:...m Frankfurt, v:~s provi ded for the men duri ng tbe month a On Sunday , 22nd of July, orrLngeme nts ""er e llL0.e throueb. Speci~l S': rvice for a t our to c"ei dl~ber~ , GcrUJ?ny . Heicileberg is worl d }m01'1Il for it ' .! bC6.uty and noted Univers iti es . Two Orfice ~ end twenty Enlisted ~~n ettended this tour whicb l asted ov~r t"dve hours. J..bout 2.30 roi l e:f:; wero! cov~red du rJJlg the trip. t ne drive to and from tbe city g&vc the mcn a chhnce to 8"t a Bi£ht. ot the Rhine Rive r a nd the Rbino Valley . (1
~roLTnm w~s put int o ~tfect an Saturd~y art . rn ~n , 26th AJ.l tht' eectt ons in tho or~,:nizetion were divid~d up into o:.~j'ht volley bE.l1 t ~.6.m! , el..ch tewn plbyine a t l eas t thre~ times a week . :!"r::':'1 l600 to 1700 hours euch ~ednesday end Fri day lobS set aGi de tor th =~ e g~meB , uzwdly there w~r~ eo!m:..~ sc h~ duled at night . The !;Schedule vlLri ee f'rou. dey to dt,y as olVCIl on tj.~ Dt:, ~ly :&lll c.. tin.
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ot July .
recrcctionel
Prep=rc.ticns \;~ re b<.. ...1 UIl Lr. ....~e". &b C~I: of tin:.c f or tb'; ~nlist~d J tc h.e.ve f. doncc or. St:turul:.Y niBht , 26th of july. 'lb':l ConIr.~1l1 ng Cffic~r c~ II ? the Erdit.tec! Men permission to U~ (J th~ Officer ' s Club bnd ~r ju:::t tor tbi.5 occl..510n . ~ seve:n- pi ecio orchestra V;ll S p1'e~cnt , tog6thf,r ",d t h food nnd Vlcnty of beer . Th1~ bel-ng tb~ tir:;;t dance thut 'UIS 6rrcnB ~d for since t:.c orgc.nizatilAl ente red ~ra.DY , mo st of the organization "as presE.nt toge t h(J r ~ith the iLvit~d guest fro:n thfl 449tll Bomb SC,LUllc!ron . ArT&ngem~llt8 "e re ~d o through MilitKry Gov~ rnmeDt for tr&~~ortGtivn t o ;ick U~ epproA~tely sixty girls , Displbced r ersons , at a decided time and plLce . This being our first occasion to c~ll on girlS in such a way and nut boing aware ot tno great demand on such girls , the Sgec i ~1 Se rvico Officer returned with emp ty tr~cko e ~pl8ining the situation to the men . EVidently, t hrough no fsult of Speciel S~rvice or ~nyon0 , oth ~ r orga nizations be d pick~d up a ll tho gi rls before 'our trucks a rrived . Anoth ~ r dunce wbS i~diatoly pl2r~cd for TUesd ey niGht, 3 1st at JUly . This danco rills c&rried out &ccording to plan . a ttendance '1&5 good and arran..;ea:cnts f'or reg_h.r dances , if po~sible , "'ill be mad.e in ~hc future . j..bwt forty girls wcr t: pick::d up from the Displ aced F~!"!) ....n l s cemp and returned efter the dance .
on f.lundAy nigllt , 29th of July, the :thecter vias officiblly op~n~
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of th e
und .vroj ecti onl :st 1n both orgt.Jlizstions , t~1ng care be alte rn&te::d beb:een the two or geni'?6tions . 'l!I.>Cm•• m:ous
About t~.e 19th of .July, the Officers ll'iovcd out of th~ E.nl1~ted ElIn ' s arc into ~:..:ore suits-ble bill ets about t mile from the ~li sted }(.cn ' s Blllets . Cte r ell tho necessary arrWlgem~nts ',ere mede , bl.Llldings wore oecuJ.l i ed that were prevlou31y occupied by civilians . Ten bu1ldings we re take n over , these housee ~er6 of Q t ltO story dOLoigI!. wi th llX>derete conv"niences . Each bl.Lilding h£3 six r o~ s til l furnished as the civiliBDS l ~ft them . The Officer ' s Club , Jr:e~~ end Ber fire located in one building that ,"'85 a Resturant and Bar while in civilian hands . ~l the f~rnishing8 in this bUil ding were t eken over , tois incluaed glasses fur the b~r end most at the kitchen e quipment. The 10.c&tioD of the bulldingD , the surroundings and the e Q.uip~nt ttiken ove r makes the ~itc an excell ent billet area . German vehicles t oken over by the orgcniZhtion supplies tran8portation to and from t ~~ sectiOD5 . By the l btn of .JUly a tott.l of f ...rty -t~ Germ&.n e i ;. "om,: employed in the Offieer ' ~ ~ss . Th~se women were employ~ ( keeping ~nd general work in the Officer ' s ~ss . On t he l c ~ . 14 German 'I;omen Tler~ ecp!oyed to .... ork in the £DUo:. t ed l'.en ' :; _ _.,.. t.1JW later , six men " e re employed and one wOlJ'lEln bringing the tc. ~ .. l at tho end of the lZIJnth to 21 civilians l'iorking in the Lnlh"ted Men ' s m~8S . These 7iorkers .,;e re divided in to tv/o shifts , eaeh shift ,",orkin£ eveT:"' ,.. day . When th o~ c civil i uDs we re .eruploy~d the fn!.n d iscon"'"i, mess kits .and began W3:i.."'l.g silv·"r and chinn . it.. s emi t Ell was yrovidedj this procoduro saves a lot of ti~ and a~~. atroosphere to the mess .
At the ~nd of tho month of J uly there nas a tot~l of 21 Di spl~ c ed working for the org~ization , b of' these men were working in the Enlis ~d l:en I s metis . .A. nl.&lllber of thc5C men d eparted f or Italy Ullder the ~ lied For ces ~rogram to return a ll Dl~placcd Fer~ns to their native lend a s soon as possible . Wi th the work that the civilian pe rsonnel and Displeced Feraons pcrfvrm in the orgbni~ation . full Dcale operatiuns cen b ~ c£rried out without sacrif1cinC any pe rsonnel for .~uadron d~ties . Pe r~ons
On tho ~tr. of :uly , Capt cin N:er ~C5 Assigne d rrirnerJ Duty as Group E;r.ecutive Officer. Cop t&i.n Qar lyn "/(:.5 fl.5sig.o.,a. l'riIliary Duty as Inforn:.tivll a nd Bducet i on Cffic~r en tLe 8 th of July . 1 s t Lt • .Jone s was trLT~f~rred into tbe orgunizetion on the lOth of JUly . On
tl.tl 14th of July , CL= r·tfoin ~t.n.::: TIcS I:.I.s::;i&n ~d .t'rjme:ry !).lty a£ G::.'oup Officer ;. Ccptt.in Kusb ing '118 5 as:S i gn>}G Irimer.l Duty as ,U:si stC:I'.t Intolligonce OffitoTi 2nd Lt . ~agl e was &ssitiD ~ rl Primhry Duty 65 A$sistent Po:..'sonnd Cffic :!JT. on t he 13th of july , l;!t Lt . Y8J.lino , ,.bo hed ~ell our S ,:.eci.hl '::er;/ ice Officer for b !'e~ "'"cks yltlS t ...· UllSfc:T'!'!d to the J57 t h .4.irclrou.e S(,J.ueGron. OIl th ~ 23rd of July , 2nd L t . KuEl ~ ' ! f!F. tren~f o: rr:) rl to the C':';th Tr~1ninb
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Sf.:. . I X i:nS . GO:U j on the 24th of July , J:.t i..t . (j-::'I'\'cr was to thi!: org[lD.i:z.etlon f rcwn th~ ~l; Oth Domb Sc:.uc>;cron .
sta~ion CO; ~.I"' . Es~i l!n~d
On thl" 22tt. of J ulY J l~t Lt . Robe::lscn n...& c.ttClched for duty and e:..::t.it;no:-d .£:ri rrL ry ZA1t:r es Cl:OU!} f 'h otogNlf. ic t'1'f1cerj 1s t Lt . Santocrose ~os ~s.:: i bDed ~imery
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Throughout the month th~re ~..ere minor cb.:m.~.::e 1n t h e s trengt h r eport when sfflI:.ll Croups of .c:nl1:;.ted tAen trb ns :f'err ~ d in Lnd out €ond smr:.11 numb ~ rs of ~en ~ ~re &ttache~ or on ~ n ith thi.:: o=gani~atl~ .
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20 July 1945
f::a jar Nowark, .Com!ll8nding Officer,
5th Air DisarQament Group, pin18 Bronze ;Star !.!edal on Ftc
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~;ajor Nowark, COm:Janding Officer, ~ ~ Air Disa~ent Group, pin-
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l PI " ,- /'I -/-,-' HEAD~UARTERS S~UADRON
5TH AIR DISARMAMENT OROUP (PROV)
APO 149, u.S. A:rmy 5 september 1945
SUBJECT: "
TO
Unit History. Commanding General, Headquarters, IX Air Force
Service Command, APO 149, U.S. A:rmy (ATT: Historical Dranc h, Intel ligenc e Section ) . (THROUGH CHANNELS).
The closing report ror the month of August 1945 is submitted herewith: ORGANIZATION Negative.
STRENGTH During the month of August the following chenges were noted on the strength report: 1st of August; 216 Enli s~ - ' Men aSSigned and 2 attached: 31st of August; 218 Enl ' Men assigned and 2 ~ttached: 1st of August; 36 O~ 1 WOJ G assigned and 2 Officers attached: 31st of .,.. , 33 Officers and 1 WOJG assigned and 1 Orficer att ached . CASUALTIES Negative, MOvnlENT Negat ive. DEXlORATIONS Negative . LEAVES, PASSES AND FURLOUGHS During the month of August the following Officers and
Enlisted Men wer e on l eave s, pas s es and furloughs:
one Ot~1cer
on pass to PariS, two Orficers on leave to Riveria, siz Officers on leave to the United Kingdom ahd one Officer on leave to
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SWitzerland; 41 Enlisted Men on pas. to pari. through the Creil Pass Center, 20 Enlisted !>ien on furlough to the United Kingdom , two Enlisted Men on furlough to Riveria, France and one Enlisted Man on furlough to Switzerland. On the 10th of August, weather conditions prevented
the organization tram sending tour Enlisted Men to the Lac
d'Annecy Rest Center in France for the purpose of rest and
rehabilitation.
The time spent at this rest center does
not count as pass or furlough time. on the 1st of September, one Enlisted Man was able to depart the organization for this rest center after a two day wait ~or air transportation . During the l ater part of the month of August, suf
ficient air transportation was not available tor the men going on leaves, passes and ~ur lo ughs . Weather conditions
also kept the men from departing and returning at the scheduled time.
ENLISTED l4EII ' S CLUB .n
The Enlisted Men's Club continued to ope,
ettlcient .manner throug hout the month of August. 'I he e was always a good attendance from other organizations each night
as well as a good percentage at our men visiting the Club
at some time during the course of each night. All rules and
regulations drawn up 1n the Club I s canst1 tut l on enforced at all times. One man from the o ~
deSignated as bar tender and to take care ~ ~
details involved in such work .
-·~ r e a11'1 p' - ~
Dur1ng rush ho_.
y
• • s
obtained through the Club Councilor a volunteer wes used
temporarily.
A regular source ot supplies was obtained and a good choice at drinks were at hand each night until the last days of the month. At th1s t1me the supply began to deteriorate in quality and quanity . This tact was brought before the Club Council and then to the men, giving the men the Club's financial standing and the possibi11ty of discont1nuing charges for drinks until the accumulated funds were taken
care of. August.
~481.60
was in the Club Treasury on the 31st of
I h"ORMATION AND EDUCATION Another quota was allotted this organizat1on to attend
an Army UniverSity under the Army Educ ational Program.
Three
Enli sted Men departed tbe organization on the 18th of August for eight weeks TD to Riarr1tz , France to attend Army University No.2 . Upon completion of thei r courses these
men will return to this organization as directed.
Applications were submitted for a number of men to
attend trade schools but no quota was allotted tor those men to date. - 2
RELIGIOUS SERVICES Religious Services were conducted at different places
throughout the month. At the beginning of the month catholic
and Protestant services were held in this area with personnel
from the 449th Bomb Squadron, an Engineering Company and other organizations in this area. About the middle of tha month a
more suitable place tor services was found 1n Hanau, transport&t1rn
departed at the scheduled time for both Catholic end Protestant services.
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES The baseball team that had been organized for some time played their first game on Sunday, 5th of August, on the ball diamond in the squadron area. Both organizations had a very good team but our team won with a score ot four to three. The results from the recreational program that was started during the last days of July did not prove as favor
able as antiCipated because of all the men that were on operations.
Usually there wasn't enough men to take care
0:£ the games scheduled on the daily bulletin bat all those
that were able to engage in outdoor sports tOQ< advantage
ot the hours set aside t or recreation.
During the month there was very little swimming due to the cool weather that was present through the entire month. More men engaged in ball games for recreation during this month than ever before, a number of games were played and there was always some practice during off duty hours.
A softball team was organized on the 13th . of August to partiCipate in a tournament with all other organizations under 1st Air Disarmament Wing . All members of the winning team were to receive a seven day furlough to the United
Kingdom. r.eather conditions prevented the team from getting sa much pract1ce as they should have had. our team was eliminated trom the Tournament upon our second defeat. A reVised Recreational Program was put into effect on Monday, 20th of August. The hours from 1500 to 1700 were set aside for outdoor recreation on Monday and Friday for the Enlisted Men and the hours from 1400 to 1700 each Wednesday f or Officers. A Liberty Run VISS provided for the men throughout the month, Saturday and Sunday ni g hts being the more prominent
nights .
A number of stag e shows were given in Frankfurt,
on such occasions transportation \'las always at hand.
The projector was temporarily out of order a number ot
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times during the month. V;henever this occurred the men attended the movies in Gallahad. A good percentage of this organization always attended stag e shows at Gallahad whenever sCheduled . On Sunday afternoon, 26th of August, a number of men attended the wro and ETO Track Meet held at the Victory Stadium in Frankfurt . 1'ransportation departed the li;nUsted Men's Bi llets at 1230 hours and r eturned at 1700 hours. Plenty of free beer and snacks were on hand f or the men throughout the course of the afternoon.
MISCEIJ,ANEOUS All the civilian workers that were employed during the month of Jul y were still with the organization through the month of August . The work that these workers performed and the Displaced Persons enabled ful l scale operations to be carried out without any sacrifice of personnel f or squadron duties. T/Sgt Fields returned to the organization at the beginning of the month from furlough .to Northern Ireland where he was married on the 24th of July . S/Sgt Clemens, Supply Sergeant, and T/Sgt ~ilson, Transportation NCO, who were on furlough at the same time, attended tbe wedding . The work that began on the water system in the Enlisted Iden 's Billets nearly a month ag o YJas completed on the 9th ot August. Toilets and wash r ooms on each floor were put into working order. "{ork was completed on the hot water supply on Saturday, 11th of August. Although there 1s only one shoTler room and only one source of hot water which 1s located on the 1st Floor of the Enlisted Men 'S Billets, this is a gr eat convenience to the men. Before the hot water and showers were available, the men were taking showers in the Gallahad area . All work done on the water supply system was done by German workers under the supervision of Ut11~ti es a The general appearance of the billets was greatly improved by r eplacing windows and a thorough clean- up of the squadron area. ,
Althoug h the men were aware of the Tlar coming to a close, operations continued throughout that period with the exception of 16th and 17th of August, which were declared as being reduced activity days . On these days a s kel e ton force was detained in each section . ~eather conditions prevented any outdoor sports whatsoever during those t wo days, not even a liberty run to Frankfurt was at hand . hlost of the men spent the two days at rest and letter writing. The Enlisted Men's Club was not attended any more than usual nor were there any outside celebrations beyond calla
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OPERATI ONS
At the beginning of the month of August , two new targets
were assigned to this group from the 6th Air Disarmement Group in the area formally assigned to the 28th Air Disarmament Squadron. These two targets were loc ated in the vicinity of
Badenhauaen and Zellhausen.
Five teams were out on operations
during the f irst week of the mont h in the vicinity ot Wei sbaden,
Rochat, Langen , Dieburg and one reconeiaance team taking inventory or newly assigned targets. Two targets were turned
over to Mi litary Government for further handling at the
beginning of the month; these targe ts were located at Ross e lshelm and Heddernheim. The target at RUBselshe1m bad
5,000 tons of scrap to be moved; the target at Heddernheim had 5,050 tone of eluminum ca stings, a large number of propellers and a supply of sheet and tube material. All
shipments that were made dur1ng the f1rst week 1n the month were sent to collect1ng points.
On the 7th of August , two teams of one Off1cer and
seven Enlisted Men each began wo rk on targets in the immediate area of Ranau. These teams departed the organ1zation each
morning and returned at 1700 hours. on the 22nd of August another team was organi zed bringing the total up to three
teams working daily, each team v aring from six to ten men. Also on or about the 22nd of August, some heavy machinery was obtained to assist operations . Prior to the time this heavy machinery was obtained, shipments or heavy eqUipment was almost impossible. The work accomplished by the first two teams was on a small scale compared to the work
accomplished with the help of the heavy machinery. This heavy machinery consisted of a medium tank with a stationary
boom and two cranes. During the closing days of the month this machinery was increased by the addition of more cranes and a number of 6 % 6 1 8 on DS trom other organizations. One particular crane was found at one at the dumps and put into working order with some minor repairs. The tank and
four Enlisted Men operating the tank were placed on DS from the 2nd Armored Division. During the period from the 22nd of August through the 28th of August, 150 tons of miscellaneous aircraft parts and 146 aircraft engines were moved to collecting points.
Operations were accelerated considerably
with the assistance of other transportation and all the heavy mac hinery that 1s being used to a great advantage. ASSIGNlIENTS
On the 2nd of Aug ust, Major Herfner, who had been Group Surgeon since April, was transferred to IX Air Force Service
Command.
On the 3rd of August, 1st Lt. Jonee was assigned
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Primary Duty as Group Special Service Officer.
Martin was assigned Primary Duty
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Captain
Provost Marshal on the
4th of August; also 1st Lt. Crass was assigned Primary DUty as Personnel OJ;ficer and Captain Walker, who was Special Service Orficer for more than a month, was transferred to
Hq & Hq Sq, 2nd CeRe Group . 1st Lt. Glauser was assigned to this organization trom the 727th Ordnance Air Material Squadron on the 2nd of August. On the 5th of August, Captain Suleck1, who was Provost Marshal during our stay at Merseberg , was transferred to the
470th Air Service Group . On the 7th of August, three lnlisted Men were transferred to the 405th Fighter Group and two Enlisted Men were transferred to the 362nd Fighter Group. Lt. COlonel We ilbacher, Charles
e.,
was assigned and
joined to this or ganization from Hq & Hq Sq, 322nd Bomb Group on the 13th of August . Major Nowark, who had been with this
organization since it was activated and who had been GrOup
Commanding Officer since the 27th of June 1945, was trans ferred to casual POol, 70th Reinforcement Depot, enroute to the Zone of Interior. Lt. Colonel We ilbacher assumed command of the Group on the 14th of August .
On the 8th of August , Major Cleary was assigned Primary Duty as Group Surgeon; 1st Lt. Felton, who had been with the organization since it was activated, was transferred to the 439th Troop Carrier Group. captain SYlanson was transferred to Hq & Hq Sq, IX Air Force service Command as of the 4th of August. On the
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of August, sixty -one
~listed
Men were
authorized five ASR Score for Csmpaign "Rhineland". Through out the month both Enlisted Men and Officers were authorized add1tional ASH Scores for different campaigns as the
authorization of such campaigns reached this headquarters.
Cpl Amman departed the organization for the Zone of Interior on the 15th of August. Cpl Amman had requested
transfer to the Zone of Interior where conditions at his home called for bis immediate presence.
on the 25th of August, thirty- one Enlisted Men were
assigned and joined from Hq & Hq Sq, 2nd ceRe Group. On the 17th of August, four biBh point men were transferred trom this organization enroute to the Zone of Interior; two othe r
Enlisted Men wi th high pOints departed on the 11th of August. On the 29th of August, eight Enlisted Men were transferred to the 449th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group;
all of these men were transrerred into this organization
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the 25th of August fro,"
P.«
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Hq :::;'1. , 2 nd. CCRe Group .
1 st Lt .
El zn ic~ ~t o was as s igned to this organization on the 26th o f
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August , was assigned Primary Duty as Assistant Intelligence Officer on the 29th of August.
On the 30th of August , sixteen Enlisted Men were releived from assigned and attached fo r duty with this organization and transferred to the 1587th QM Battalion MO bile (AVN). On the 31st of August , thirty- seven Enlisted Men were reclassified ·from MOS 521 to on the duty MOS's.
dJ~p~~ WILLIAM P. RICHARDS 1st Lt.,
AC
Unit Histori cal r "icer
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