999th Signal Service Company
History of the 999th Signal
Service Company: August 16, 1943 to September 1,
1945.
Training
Camp Crowder,
Missouri July -
December 1943
Company A, 29th Training
Battalion Edition, late 1943
Robert E.
Schmitt's photo is on page 102.
Camp Wood, Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, New
Jersey December, 1943
- January 1944
France
Normandy June to July, 1944
Paris Summer 1945
Namur,
Belgium October 1944 to
April 1945
Members
of the 999th:
Undated, unidentified and men and places
Identified
members of the 999th
in combat gear with jeep, undated and place unidentified
Germany
April to June, 1945
Graves, sites
unidentified
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Robert E
Schmitt: Gallery of WWII photos 1942 -1945
Rest of his life
Recognition documents
1958
Utah Beach Plaque
Collection
of 999th related artifacts sold on Ebay
Jim Schmitt son of the late 999th veteran Robert E. Schmitt
rescued this picture from Ebay.
Items such as this should be donated to archives, museums,
libraries, or historical association so that remain available
to all and not lost in private collections.
*Shoulder
patches:
Left: Army Service Forces
Right: Headquarters, European Theater of Operations
U.S. Army Communications Zone
Source: Jim Schmitt son of
the late 999th veteran Robert E. Schmitt
Post WWII