723rd Railway Operating Battalion

Parin Wilson — Company C

744th Railway Operating Battalion

Harold J. McLochlin — Company C

746th Railway Operating Battalion

Howard L. Buxser — Company C

749th Railway Operating Battalion

James Robert Black — Headquarters Company
Alexander W. Wisniewski — Company C

754th Railway Shop Battalion

Robert Charles Winningham — Company A

757th Railway Shop Battalion

Leo J. Winter — Company C

765th Railway Shop Battalion

Joseph P. Gallagher — Headquarters Company

770th Railway Operating Battalion

Gerald C. Craddock — Company C
William Everett Dickerson — Company C
John Nolan Grindstaff — Company B
Lars Spears — Company B

790th Railway Operating Battalion

Cole S. Frost Jr.
Floyd A. Hunt — Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Levi S. Kitchen — Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Vernon Eugene Perry — Headquarters and Headquarters Company

791st Railway Operating Battalion

Harry R. Huffmire Jr. — Company A
Bert L. Jackson — Company C
Samuel Panello — Company A

Unit cards here  

3rd Military Railway Service

Clarence P. Miller — Headquarters, 3rd Military Railway Service

713th Railway Operating Battalion

Irwin J. Miller — Company C, 713th Railway Operating Battalion

715th Railway Operating Battalion

Reyes C. Montiel — 715th Railway Operating Battalion

716th Railway Operating Battalion

Wyman Bradley Smith — Company A, 716th Railway Operating Battalion

717th Railway Operating Battalion

James Ray Tyler — Company C, 717th Railway Operating Battalion

718th Railway Operating Battalion

Carl Cottle — Company B, 718th Railway Operating Battalion

719th Railway Operating Battalion

Clark W. Neff — Company C, 719th Railway Operating Battalion

722nd Railway Operating Battalion

Philip James Muhic — Company C, 722nd Railway Operating Battalion

723rd Railway Operating Battalion

Clifford D. Moncrief Sr. — Headquarters Company, 723rd Railway Operating Battalion

726th Railway Operating Battalion

James R. Roby — Company C, 726th Railway Operating Battalion

729th Railway Operating Battalion

Albert T. Mayes — Company C, 729th Railway Operating Battalion

730th Railway Operating Battalion

Earl Edward Morrow — Company A, 730th Railway Operating Battalion

732nd Railway Operating Battalion

Kenneth King — Company A, 732nd Railway Operating Battalion

741st Railway Operating Battalion

George Andrew Hamilton — Company A, 741st Railway Operating Battalion

755th Railway Shop Battalion

Ralph A. Kendall — Headquarters Company, 755th Railway Shop Battalion

759th Railway Operating Battalion

Lawrence J. Liggett — Company C, 759th Railway Operating Battalion

762nd Railway Shop Battalion

Lloyd Moyers — Company C, 762nd Railway Shop Battalion

765th Railway Shop Battalion

Noble Garth — Company C, 765th Railway Shop Battalion
Samuel John Morrone — Company A, 765th Railway Shop Battalion

Cards here  

 Separation/rotation orders for approx 50 men from the 712th Railway Operating Battalion 1951

This is a U.S. Army Special Order issued by the Headquarters, 712th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion on 26 June 1951. It is an administrative personnel order, not a combat report. Its purpose was to officially transfer soldiers out of the battalion at the end of their overseas tour in Japan.

Here's what it means:

• Headquarters: 712th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion
• APO 301, San Francisco, California
  • This was the Army postal address for a unit stationed overseas (in Japan), not an actual location in California.
• Special Orders No. 59
• Date: 26 June 1951

The 712th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion was serving in Japan during the Korean War, operating military railroads that supported U.S. forces and logistics.

 Leave their current organization.

• Travel to Headquarters, Sasebo Replacement Depot (Provisional), APO 27.
• Return to the Zone of Interior (ZI)—the continental United States.
• Be processed for ETS (Expiration of Term of Service), meaning they had completed their enlistment.

Before departure they were required to:

• Receive a physical examination.
• Complete WD AGO Form 204 so family, correspondents, and magazine subscriptions could be notified of their new address.

The orders also specify:

• They would report to the 369th Replacement Company, 110th Replacement Battalion on 26 June 1951.
• They were scheduled to depart Japan on 1 July 1951.
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On June 18, 1941, the U.S. Army organized the 711th Railway Operating Battalion. Its first mission? To renovate the four-and-a-half-mile railroad that served Fort Belvoir, Virginia, including thousands of ties, several bridges and 20 culverts, within 48 days. Their next mission was to move to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and lay 50 miles of track between Camp Claiborne and Fort Polk. The C&P Railroad, built by more than 6,000 troops, was given a different name as training began – the Crime and Punishment Railroad. 

Because it was built on unstable ground, derailments were common. To make training more realistic, rails along the line were blown up or sabotaged so maintenance teams could train in rebuilding them. With this real-world training capability, the U.S. and Allied Forces wrote the book on wartime rail operations. Now, 85 years later, the U.S. Army returns to Fort Polk with a group of experts from ERDC to write the next chapter. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1015363/85-years-rail-expertise-711th-erdc 

Tim Slocum writes ... my grandfather Herbert A Wolfe served in B company of the 737th Railway Operations Battalion in WWII. I'd love to find him on the roster. 

Sorry, I only have a partial roster of Company B as they are coming home from the Philippines   LINK HERE

Thanks Tim for sharing this great photo 

 

 

753rd Railway Shop Battalion

• Duncan, Clifford R. — Company A
• Gumm, George S. — Company B
• Hall, John D., Jr. — Company A
• Johanson, Fred C. — Company B
• Morris, Lowell B. — Company B
• Ryan, Edmund J. — Company B

754th Railway Shop Battalion

• Baker, Ralph H. — Company B
• Burrows, William G. — Company B
• Eubanks, Thomas E. — Company B
• Stopka, John — Company B
• Trunk, Lawrence H. — Company A
• Wheeler, William R. — Battalion not specified on application

755th Railway Shop Battalion

• Aldred, Roscoe D. — Company A

756th Railway Shop Battalion

• Callahan, Harry R. — Company A
• Fitzpatrick, John W. — Company B
• Perry, Richard W. — Company A

757th Railway Shop Battalion

• Lidwell, John R. — Company A

Here are the applications  

 744th Railway Operating Battalion

745th Railway Operating Battalion

746th Railway Operating Battalion

748th Railway Operating Battalion

749th Railway Operating Battalion

750th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Raymond Patrick Devine	Transportation Corps, 750th Railway Operating Battalion
William Z. Hardie	750th Railway Operating Battalion
John L. LaVerne	Company A, 750th Railway Operating Battalion
Glenn J. Wilton	750th Railway Operating Battalion

see applications here

730th Railway Operating Battalion

• Costa, Jack H. — Company A, 730th Railway Operating Battalion
• Broadle, John Joseph — Headquarters Company, 730th Railway Operating Battalion

732nd Railway Operating Battalion

• Duran, Roberto — 732nd Railway Operating Battalion
• Hodge, Arnold — Company A, 732nd Railway Operating Battalion
• Sutliff, Nelson Harvey — Headquarters Company, 732nd Railway Operating Battalion
• Walker, Harold — Company B, 732nd Railway Operating Battalion

733rd Railway Operating Battalion

• Coops, Samuel — Company C, 733rd Railway Operating Battalion
• Coker, Young Dempsey — Company C, 733rd Railway Shop Battalion
• Healy, Ross Edward — Company C, 733rd Railway Operating Battalion
• Kirby, Charles Alfred — 733rd Railway Operating Battalion (Attached Unassigned Detachment Patients, Station Hospital)
• Walding, Orville J. — Company A, 733rd Railway Operating Battalion

734th Railway Operating Battalion

• Batchelder, Bertice H. — Headquarters Company, 734th Railway Operating Battalion
• Bing, Howard — Company C, 734th Railway Operating Battalion
• Dutra, Joseph Thomas — 734th Railway Operating Battalion
• Black, James D. — Company B, 734th Railway Shop Battalion
  • (Form corrected in red annotation to Company B, 734th Railway Shop Battalion)

735th Railway Operating Battalion

• Gross, Orville C. — Engineers, 735th Railway Operating Battalion

737th Railway Operating Battalion

• Hargis, Leo Porter — Company A, 737th Railway Operating Battalion

740th Railway Operating Battalion

• Burkett, George R. — 740th Railway Operating Battalion
• Johnson, Walter Alfred — Company A, 740th Railway Operating Battalion
• Petersen, Orville Chris — Company B, 740th Railway Operating Battalion

Railway Shop Battalions

733rd Railway Shop Battalion

• Coker, Young Dempsey — Company C, 733rd Railway Shop Battalion

734th Railway Shop Battalion

• Black, James D. — Company B, 734th Railway Shop Battalion 

See the application cards for this group here  

764th Railway Shop Battalion David Zykofsky 

David's son, Steve sent me this amazing photo -note the unit flag 

"This photo my father took, probably at Camp Millard, shows what appears to be a DIY Battalion Banner for the 764th"

More photos thanks so much Steve