Wednesday, November 4, 2009
752nd Railway Operating Battalion Thomas E. Williams photos
Thanks to Dave Williams
1. Dad & Robert Barnes, my dad, Thomas Ervin Williams on left
2. My dad, Thomas E. Williams, Holland, 1945
3. My dad, Thomas E. Williams, Camp Gray, 1944, 752nd ROB, 2cd row third from left
4. Dad and members of his unit, 752nd ROB, France, 2nd row third from right.
1. Dad & Robert Barnes, my dad, Thomas Ervin Williams on left
2. My dad, Thomas E. Williams, Holland, 1945
3. My dad, Thomas E. Williams, Camp Gray, 1944, 752nd ROB, 2cd row third from left
4. Dad and members of his unit, 752nd ROB, France, 2nd row third from right.
8010th TMRS photos - Bernerd Drury
From Bernerd Drury
- Relaxing at the 8010th TMRs club with some of my friends.I am the cpl
- Bernerd in Yokohama Japan sumer 1952
- I remember two of these GIs, the big guy holding a can is Billy Rictie and the one holding a picture is Fortner.
- Bernerd on 70th birthday
- Unit patch
The U.S. Army in Post World War II Japan, 1945-1952
The U.S. Army in Post World War II Japan, 1945-1952 This video presentation features history of the U.S. Army in Japan following "September 2, 1945 ... [when] representatives of the Japanese government and the Allied powers gathered to sign an instrument of surrender which in effect, formally ended World War II." Also includes transcripts, photos, documents (such as the 1946 Constitution of Japan) and suggested readings and links to online resources. From the United States Army.
URL: http://www.army.mil/postwarjapan/
URL: http://www.army.mil/postwarjapan/
747th Railway Operating Battalion photos from KSanford
Karen writes:
1) Bob Nyberg & interpreter "Peirre" in France
2) Some Italian children in Rome who were hard to keep away from the supply room
3) John Reaple
4) Middle LH side, my Father Ken Sanford holding on to side of train
5) Bottom RH side "703 guys Marseille France"
6) bottom LH side someone named Ed Sanders
727th Railway Operating Battalion -Carping
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From Donna...
Ralph David Carping #36661856 Private First Class
727th RWY OPR Bn Discharged November, 9th, 1945
752nd Railway Operating Battalion Photo- Thomas Ervin Williams
From Thomas..My dad, Thomas Ervin Williams, (now deceased) was a fireman on the Santa Fe in 1944.
He enlisted and served in Europe in WWII as a railroader.
I have a picture, I think taken in basic, of him with the 752nd RY OPN BN, it's attached. He's third from left in 2cd row.
746 Railway Operating Battalion Louie Edmistion
Joy writes ...This the 746 Railway Battalion in Germany and Austria. Don't know what year. Louie Edmistion is our relative from Xenia Illinois or could be Wheatland Indiana, where his wife and children were while he was away.
Uncle Louse 3rd row from L 2nd from back
Transportation Corps : railway-operating battalion Field Manual 55-55
War Department field manual; FM 55-55.
1945
Explains the organization and operation of the railway-operating battalion upon a railway operated by the Military Railway Service. Its purpose is to assist military railway officers in the training and operation of their units and to guide command and staff officers charged with their employment.
read it