Date |
Place |
Unit |
June 24 | New York Port of Embarkation aboard the RMS Queen Mary | 390th Engineer General Service Regiment |
June 29 | Gourock, Scotland | |
Source |
Richard Horrell, Member, The Unofficial Archive of the Signal Corps in Northwest Europe in WWII | |
Englad |
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Eardisley: | Company A, 1st. Battalion |
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Maghull: | Company B, 1st Battalion |
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Sudbury: | Headquarters | |
HQ & Service Co | ||
HQ & HQ Det, and Company C, 1st Battalion |
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HQ & HQ Detachment, Companies D, E, & F, Medical Detachment, 2nd Battalion | ||
Source | : Black
Army/Air Corps Units Stationed in the United Kingdom (as of 30 September 1943)
Researched and submitted by Phil Grinton |
Dates: Dates ovelap probably because
different battalions of the regiment served at different
places |
Place |
Service |
June 17 | Cherbourg to Lison |
"Railroad rehabilitation on the Continent began at
the Carentan yards on 17 June": "The 390th Engineer General Service Regiment performed track work between Cherbourg and Lison junction," |
Source: Page
393, Chapter 18: Supporting a War of Movement in
Northern France from "United States Army in World War II: The
Technical Services The Corps of Engineers: The War Against
Germany" by Alfred M. Beck, Abe Bortz, Charles W. Lynch, Lida Mayo, and Ralph F. Weld |
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Last week of August: | Le
Molay-Littry |
Constructed a railroad marshaling yard to service Omaha Beach. |
August 2 to November 3 |
Couville |
Worked on the construction of a marshaling yard |
August 13 to 15 | Pontanaubault
to LeMans |
Units of the 390th with other units constructed
135 miles of tracks to supply the 3rd Army's advance to the Seine River. |
Source: |
The
Trains That Fueled the Normandy Breakout by by Kerry
Skidmore |
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29 August | Granville. | 2nd
Battalion repaired all existing rail facilities in They
extended the rails to the docks. This was for the delivery
of coal to supply the U.S. Army's transportation system.
By September 15, while reconstruction was in progress, the
port was able to receive coal. Reconstruction was completed by October 31. |
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