711th Railway Operating Battalion Iran article

3rd Military Railway Service (702nd Military Grand Division) 711th Railway Operating Battalion, 730th Railway Operating Battalion, 754th Railway Shop Battalion, 762th Railway Shop Battalion, 791st Railway Operating Battalion

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Thanks so much to the great TimM for these great records as he said “Most of those records came from the US Army Center of Military History and all I did was copy them during lunch breaks when I worked nearby in downtown DC in 1993-1994.…. Heck, I was a peacetime GI railroader, no big deal. I was lucky no one was shooting at me and the trains and track were in good condition”

Thank so much for MSaxton research into this amazing group the railway units involved in this command were:

• 3rd Military Railway Service (702nd Military Railway Grand Division)
• 711th Railway Operating Battalion
• 730th Railway Operating Battalion 
• 754th Railway Shop Battalion 
• 762nd Railway Shop Battalion
• 791st Railway Operating Battalion 

 This booklet has a list of units in the Persian Gulf Command.

What's included:

   -- The front cover and the first 2 pages

   -- All but the first page of the section by Joel Sayre, 27 pages,
      is left out for copyright reasons.

   -- The last 6 pages, on military aspects, freight tonnages, the
      list of units, and the song "Men of the Persian Gulf Command"

   -- The back cover is missing from the copy I have so I copied the jpeg file
      from the PERSIAN GULF COMMAND VETERANS ORGANIZATION World War II website
            http://pgcvowwii.homestead.com/home.html
      The organization has disbanded for reasons of age but the website has
      some good material.

Joel Sayre (1901) was a war correspondent who spent 49 weeks with the
Persian Gulf Command.  He wrote for the New Yorker and was a friend
of James Thurber.  Short biography at IMDb.

     http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768540/bio

He published the Persian Gulf Command material in three places, basically the
same material.

1.  The New Yorker
    06 Jan 1945, Some Marvels between Khorramshahr & Kazvin, Part I
    10 Feb 1945, Persian Gulf Command, Part II
    24 Mar 1945, Persian Gulf Command, Part III, The Whirling Men
    31 Mar 1945, Persian Gulf Command, You Don't Fool Around with a Railroad, Part IV

2.  This Army publication

3.  His book. Persian Gulf Command Some Marvels on the Road to Kazvin.
    Published by Random House, New York, 1945.  Introduction by James
    Thurber.  It's easy to find a copy to buy, either an original or a
    reprint.  140 pages, 4-5/8 X 7-1/8 inches

In the Army "Green Books" series, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II.
The Middle East Theater.  THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR AND AID TO RUSSIA.
by T. H. Vail Motter.  Available free online
http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/008/8-1/index.html

Chappell, John J. -- Technician Five, Army Veteran 749th ROB World War II, 1939-1945 - Camp Plauche, Louisiana; Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Camp Stoneman, California; Luzon (Philippines); Korea

Chappell, John J. -- Corporal, Army Veteran  749th ROB World War II, 1939-1945 - Camp Plauche, Louisiana; Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Camp Stoneman, California; Luzon (Philippines); Korea

Chowen, Ewan Donald -- Staff Sergeant, Army Veteran  702nd ROB World War II, 1939-1945 - United States; Iran

Creedon, John M. -- Technician Four, Army Veteran  729th ROB World War II, 1939-1945 - United States; European Theater; England; France; Belgium; Luxembourg; Holland; Germany; Omaha Beach

Douthett, Jr., Chester Wilton -- Private First Class, Army Veteran 724th TRSB Korean War, 1950-1953 - Pusan, Korea

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Re-printed with permission-- Thanks to Mark Metz , Rail chairman

besson MM by Nancy

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