Linda  shared this great photo of her dad, Russell E. Jones and this article that ran about him in the local papers.

Anyone know what unit this is ??


Photos of five men of the "Best" railroad crew in the US Army in North Africa, 4-13-1943, all named on the back.
Photo is by or from Pfc. Jack W. Smith who was from Dennison, Ohio, and who served in a US Army railroad unit in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France in WWII.

 


723 HQ photo Seated in front: 
 Left to right Row Chaplain Lt. Rusthoi, Lt McClooney, Capt Johnson 

Left to right Row (1) (1) Thomas D. Mooney, (2)Thomas leeper (3) Sidney M.Mellor, (4) Ivan D. Grable (5) William C. Hartigan (6) Leonard W. April (7) Melvin W. Malet (8) Robert L. Broviak (9) Robert C. Cox (10) Philip Giovengo (11) Arthur E. Rees (12) David M. Love (13) Richard O. Skinner (14) Harry R. Wallace (15) David H. Coffman (16) Walker McCoy (17) Mark J. Flum (18) Lyle W. Massoy (19) Richard D. Miller (20) Charles E. Murray (21) Cleveland S. Baker (22) Russell L. Carson (23) Roy P. Asfahl (24) Thomas A. Murray (25) Robert L. Cottle (26) Harold J. Kratze (27) Robert Borrego 

Left to right Row (2) (1) William C. Pjura (2) Arthur M. Smith (3) Luthor Horn (4) Walter S. Groesbeck (5) Arthur R. Hoveland (6) Cleo H. Kanodo (7) Carl E. Hippensteel (8) Paul L. Irish (9) John C. Lonac (10) Charles T. McKenna (11) Erwin Landy (12) Frank C. Beckham (13) Roman A.Viduski (14) Eldridge L. Schope (15) Howard G. Smale (16) Herbert B. Kohus (17) William D. Sears (18) Francis C. Burns (19) Thomas C. Aldridge (20) Harold A.Pleet (21) George F. Weber (22) Lloyd A. Bryant (23) Paul V. Owens (24) Thomas J. Bowes (25) James C. Kerschner (26) Leo R. Whalen 

 Left to right Row (3) (1) Oliver L. Hawkins (2) Randle Shumate (3) John T. Geary (4) Emerson O. Draper (5) Ralph C. Mueller (6) Paul W. Sorr (7) Raymond W. Maze (8) Max W. Larson (9) Russell J. Burloy (10) Orlen L. Stuart (11) Chester Conrad (12) Emil W. Madsen, Jr. II (13) Eugene E. Roody (14) William H. Guild, Jr. (15) Clifford Crooch (16) Doland Priestly (17) Bert A. Cramer (18) James E. Bragg (19) Earl W. Skiver (20) John J. Kujawa (21) Robert J. Hentschell (22) Barney M. Porter (23) Harry A. Morrison (24) Lawrence B. Gallenstein (25) Daniel R. Tafelski 

 Left to right Row (4) (1) George J. Herman (2) Harley A. Collier (3) John R. Davis (4) Eldon A. Hunt (5) Arthur H. Schorr (6) Walter D. Garman (7) Karl Schroeder (8) Edward S. Torres (9) Elmer T. Manning (10) Julius Levine (11) Oscar J. Mangold (12) Fred Z. McNeil (13) Wilbur A. Hunt (14) Nelson Morgan (15) Robert J. Rohn (16) James W. Wade (17) Clarence W. Burningham (18) Lelsie E. Frank (19) William R. Stipp (20) Clyde E. Myrphey (21) Harry W. Schmidt (22) Harvard G. Markentien (23) Harry E. Winson (24) Joseph M. Pacejka 

 Left to right Row (5) (1) William B. Davenport (2) Aloysius Trobitoski (3) Lawrence Daily (4) William H. McComas (5) Delmar K. Tucker (6) Maurice G. Gerrity (7) Wilber L. Thornton (8) Charles W. Shelton, Jr. (9) William J. Morris (10) Raymond L. Briggs (11) Clarence D.Giblin (12) Charles Smith (13) William C. Burnett (14) Francis J. Rau (15) Lawrence C. Wells (16) James W. Sullivan (17) Donnie N. Crenshaw (18) John G. Hayes (19) William H. Turner (20) Clare W. Crouch (21) Bernard M. Hedges (22) Argyle A. Coffman (23) Louis M. Morgan (24) Stanley Cohon (25) George G. Smith (26) James W. Tate (27) Darlington R. Hawkins (28) Ross E. Robinson 

713th the 713th Rolls Into Action Santafe by Nancy

Thanks to Bryan for sharing his Uncle Killian's great photos ..

Thanks so much to the family of Engineer, Jack Naugle for these great photos and docs. Son and nephew of Jack write ... Jack was the RR engineer in the 724th RR during WWII and especially in France where his unit was doing ammunition trains out of Paris toward the advancing front towards Germany.


All four of the Naugle brothers served overseas during WW II and all returned alive safely which was quite the homecoming story in this small south central PA town (15,000-20,000 population at the time). 3 of the brothers already had jobs on the Western Maryland RR before their enlisting in the services and they returned to those jobs in Hagerstown, MD as Road Foremen after the war. They are buried in Hagerstown. The youngest brother married a woman from Chambersburg and ran the woman's father's dairy farm nearby until his death.

Below you will find a timetable document and unit history from the 724th Railway Operating Battalion -thanks to Naugle Family

724th Railway Operating Battalion History of WW2 1943-1945 by Nancy

724th Timetable by Nancy