717th Railway Operating Battalion etched soldier's cup

This cup was destined for the metal recycling at a thrift shop, was rescued and given to our Sisters Museum in Sisters, Oregon.

It is a diary and timeline compactly etched into the cup issued by US A Co 1943. 

Etched is the following: 

On the base: Co - A H D B 717th Ry. Opr. Bn 

1943 

• Oct. 9 Ft. Dix 
• Oct. 19 Cp. Harahan 
• Dec. 16 Cp. Scott 

1944 

• May 2 Cp. Kilmer 
• May 25 ENGLAND 
• Sudbury Bury Southampton 
• Hereford 
• Longmoor 
• Sept 1 FRANCE 
• Cherbourg-Chartres-Paris 
• Valenciennes - Bohain 
• BELGIUM 
• Liege 
• Sept. 23-29 

1945 

• Antwerp Dec. 23-Jan 13 '45 
• Apr 4, 45 GERMANY 
• Frankfurt Bremen Bad Nauheim 
• Wesel 
• HOME