echelon, plus the Paris detachment arrived at Teignmouth, Devon, England
Battalion was immed-iately transferred to Camp Bradford. At wars end the outfit was still at the Guiuan naval base on
Parks on April 29, 1945. 63132, www.archives.gov
For the next 24 months, groups and
of the First Section moved to Hadnot Point, New River, N. C. for duty with
USNAB 11, Omaha Beach, France, for duty on Oct. 9, the main body of 69th
On Sept. 20, four officers and 273 men were detached for duty at
At the wars end Detachment A was still as
Calais on temporary duty from Oct. 15 to Oct. 29. NCB was transferred to Port Hueneme on Jan. 30, 1945, arriving on Feb. 4. At wars end it
Leyte Gulf on Oct. 23 (D-Day plus three) and began unloading off Dulag,
from Davisville to Camp Parks to Hueneme to San Francisco before sailing for
sections landed on June 1 and July 4, 1944. moving to Samar three days later. Aug. 27, 1944, one company was sent to Nantes, while 260 men and 5 officers
Formed at Camp Allen, Norfolk, Va., the 36th Battalion was
Seventh, with 1,082 men and 27 officers, left Camp Parks for San Fran-cisco
Dec. 9 and second group arrived Dec. 22. WWII
more shore party platoons went ashore, and on D-plus-2, one shore party
2,
shipping out. May 13, 1944, the Battalion left for Brisbane for recuperation leave,
Peleliu push and took part in D-Day beach landings Sept. 15. Unfortunately, rosters for units serving in World War II from 1944-46 were destroyed in accordance with Army records disposition authorities after the war. returned to San Francisco on Dec. 13, 1943. Leyte and Luzon. Bay, New Guinea, Jan. 13, 1944. Section Two arrived at Iwo on March 25. Personnel were gathered from the second sections of the 47th
Battalion began Nov. 23, 1944. pool on Guam, the 134th NCB was operating on this big Pacific
Beginning its second tour of duty in June 1945, the Battalion shipped
Sailing on May 25, 1945, the unit arrived at Okinawa via Eniwetok and
Guinea. Formed at Norfolk, the 21st Battalion reached Hueneme Sept.
April 16, and to
Leaving
From April 24 to Sept. 26, the 71st was at Pityilu in
Embarking at Staten Island on Oct. 1, the Battalion arrived at Argentia,
When the Japs announced surrender, the 63rd
split into two sections with the first section departing for Guadalcanal on
1943. and Pearl Harbor, reaching Pearl Dec. 29. first echelon embarked overseas from Davisville on Nov. 23, followed by the second
with the last group arriving on Tinian Sept. 5, 1944. was still operating in the Philippines. On Dec. 14,
arriving April 2. Feb. 28, 1943. Since then the
On New Years Day, 1945, the 55th
Hawaiian Islands June 18, 1944, landing on Guam in early August. 26, 1943 and embarked Feb. 23, 1944 for Pearl Harbor. On Jan. 1, 1943, Co. G and 1/5th of Headquarters
of one officer and 26 men reaching Angaur Sept. 24. detachments to Midway, Palmyra, in the Christmas Islands, Johnston Island
The same detachment built PT bases on
1/5th of Headquarters transferred to 21st Marines
When the war ended, the Battalion was
The Seabees began as regular construction battalions made up of 32 officers and 1079 enlisted men.
The
6, 1945. An advance echelon left for Guam
The unit arrived at Adak in the Aleutians Aug 31. men and one officer to participate in the assault on Angaur in the Palau
The 72nd NCB was organized at Camp Peary in January 1943 then
Another Detachment was sent to Great
and Arzew March 21. and disembarked at Guadalcanal Dec. 12. 24 and was there when peace was declared. Meanwhile, on May 27, one half of the original 68th
and six men went ashore on that island on July 24 (J-Day). unit sailed from Argentia on Nov. 17, 1943, arriving at Davisville Nov. 20.
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