Showing posts with label 712th Railway Operating Battalion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 712th Railway Operating Battalion. Show all posts
N.Y. Central Headlight Railroad Magazine Vol.VI No. 10 October 1945
War time editions of N.Y. Central Railroad Headlight are a goldmine and this edition includes mentions of soldiers in the units:
CH October 1945
- 718th ROB Battle of Bulge
- 712th India Bassell
- 725th ROB Austria Finley
- 759th ROB Zimmerman
- 762nd ROB Hilstrom
N.Y. Central Railroad Headlight Magazine Vol.VI No.6 June 1945
War time editions of N.Y. Central Railroad Headlight are a goldmine and this edition includes mentions of soldiers in these units:
- 2nd MRS Rhine bridge photo
- 712th ROB Mulligan
- 138th Hospital Train Maintenance
- 735th ROB M.P. Wood
- MRS McGlynn
- MRS thefts
- 744th RGD
- 715the ROB Runion
- 723rd POL in Germany
- 721st ROB Ryan
- 721st Tracy and Iran
- 701st RGD DeLisle
N.Y. Central Railroad Headlight Magazine Vol. 5 No. 9 September 1944
Sept 1944
- MRS Iran killed Greeno
- MRS France
- 722nd Railway Operating Battalion Diesel Streamliner captured
- 748th Railway Operating Battalion
- Crockette died India Troy Time Record – Hitler’s Trains story
- 712th Railway Operating Battalion Davis
712th Railway Operating Battalion cup and 714th Railway Operating Battalion candlesticks: soldier's art
712th Learn more about soldier's art ... Art of the American Soldier by Center of Military History
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712th Railway Operating Battalion -- Roy Edward Mitchell
Franklin writes about his Father-in-lawRoy Edward Mitchell ....
Just found these additional photos of the battalion. The box car in the background appears to be one of the barracks cars they converted from French boxcars.
R. Edward Mitchell is individual in uniform. We don't know the tee shirt guy.
Back of Tiger Tank photo, " a German Tiger tank that lost his argument with a Yank".
More here: https://goo.gl/oiR9Fk
712th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion (TROB) Jimmie Ross Mulkey
712th TRSB Mulkey by Nancy on Scribd
712th Railway Operating Battalion -- R. Edward Mitchell
Franklin writes of his father-in-law ...
My father in-law, Roy
Edward Mitchell was with this group in WWII and Korea.
R. Edward Mitchell
R. Edward Mitchell, 90, of Lynchburg, passed away on
Thursday, September 17, 2009. Born in Roanoke on October 7, 1918, he was the
son of Virginia Dare and Robert Weldon Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell is survived by
his wife of 62 years, Daphne Gray Mitchell. He is also survived by his
children, Weldon G. Mitchell and wife Karen, Suzanne .J Mitchell, Stephen W.
Mitchell, and Edie M. Swann and husband Franklin: and six grandchildren,
Matthew, Sabrina, Danielle, Allan, Kaitlin and Mitchell.
He was the last surviving sibling of his family, preceded
in death by Robert Mitchell Jr., Gladys Doss, Mary Dent, and two infant
sisters. Mr. Mitchell was a veteran of WWII (D-Day) and Korea earning the
Purple Heart, Silver Star, and many honors. He graduated from Newport News Ship
and Drydock and later became owner and president of Mitchell Construction
Company.
He was an active member of Centenary United Methodist
Church, its’ board and property committee, secretary/treasurer and Past Grand
Counselor of UCT, Lynchburg Council 130, a sixteen year member of the American
Legion, a DAV Past Commander, the VFW, and an avid Bible reader.
Eddie enjoyed Smith Mountain Lake as well as travel with
his wife throughout the US, Canada and Europe. He will be remembered as a happy
and jovial person who loved and appreciated his family and friends.
Visitation will be held Saturday, September 19th at
11:00AM with funeral following at 12:00 Noon at Diuguid Funeral Home on
Wiggington Road. A graveside service will be held at Evergreen Burial Park in
Roanoke at 3:00PM.
Memorial contributions may be made to Centenary United
Methodist Church, 1501 Rivermont Ave., Lynchburg, VA 24503 or The National
D-Day Memorial, PO Box 77, Bedford, VA 24523.
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