Showing posts with label 744th Railway Operating Battalion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 744th Railway Operating Battalion. Show all posts

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Railway Unit Group 5

 

744th Railway Operating Battalion

NameUnit
James A. BruewerCompany B, 744th Railway Operating Battalion
Gilbert J. TaylorCompany C, 744th Railway Operating Battalion
James D. WilburnCompany B, 744th Railway Operating Battalion

745th Railway Operating Battalion

NameUnit
Homer L. Cardwell745th Railway Operating Battalion
Hurshell Winburn Cupell745th Railway Operating Battalion
Robert F. HustedCompany B, 745th Railway Operating Battalion

746th Railway Operating Battalion

NameUnit
Howard L. BuxserCompany C, 746th Railway Operating Battalion
Walter Curtis CarterCompany C, 746th Railway Operating Battalion
Raymond F. Delaney746th Railway Operating Battalion
John A. Hughes Jr.Company A, 746th Railway Operating Battalion

748th Railway Operating Battalion

NameUnit
Byron L. HughesCompany B, 748th Railway Operating Battalion
Clarence T. MaggsCompany C, 748th Railway Operating Battalion
Clifford Doan RuskHeadquarters, 748th Railway Operating Battalion
Leonard R. SandyranCompany C, 748th Railway Operating Battalion

749th Railway Operating Battalion

NameUnit
James Robert BlackHeadquarters Company, 749th Railway Operating Battalion
Vernon Whitfield HillCompany A, 749th Railway Operating Battalion

750th Railway Operating Battalion

NameUnit
Raymond Patrick DevineTransportation Corps, 750th Railway Operating Battalion
William Z. Hardie750th Railway Operating Battalion
John L. LaVerneCompany A, 750th Railway Operating Battalion
Glenn J. Wilton750th Railway Operating Battalion

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

 

744th Railway Operating Battalion thanks letter from Major General Ross

History of the 744th BY GEORGE B. ABDILL reprinted from the Military Railway Service Journal- Jan 1959

744th news-- The Milwaukee Magazine Published bv the CHICAGO MILWAUKEEST PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD 1944June 20

744th ROB Company C a little more - Sergeant Henry Espinosa

 A little more from Andy about his dad, Sergeant Henry Espinosa. His Dad's "War chest" is picture below and a photo after liberation.

He writes ..

Here’s an excerpt from a letter about his baseball playing to my grandmother, the letters all written in Spanish had to be translated. 

Aug 6th, 1945 Brussel Belgium …

Mom, right now I’m in the capital Brussels and I’ve been here for 2 days. We came to play ball. Possibly today at 2pm I will leave to go to Charleroi. All of our games went very well - we didn’t lose a single game - we played 7 games and won them all. The colonel brought us a pallet of beer as thanks for having won all of the games"

 



 

744th abdill history by Nancy on Scribd

https://www.angelfire.com/va2/worldwar2family/744.html

744th ROB Company A - Sergeant Henry Espinosa

 Great stuff shared by Andy about his dad

He writes "View the below reprint from the Military Railway Service Journal – Jan 1959; Paragraph 7, third line down. It seemed that after the war there were lots of GI’s waiting to come home and needed to be entertained. The European Battalions organized baseball teams and my dad was the 744th’s star pitcher and team captain (of course). See attached travel orders to play baseball. They actually went 7 wins, 0 losses, undefeated. As my dad described it to me, they were given a train travel-car, a sleeper-car and a kitchen-car and cook, and were pulled over Europe to play their games. Interestingly, I found out about my dad’s ability at baseball pitching, hitting...years later at our family picnics. All the other uncles were ok, but he seemed to be a cut above. He could pitch like a semipro and I always wondered why. Then he shared that he led his Battalion team and his European baseball story. "

 baseball team
baseball order  Sergeant Henry Espinosa

716th Railway Operating Battalion - Raoul Santos (also served 732nd, and 744th)

 Check out the web page dedicated to his service created by his grandson here : 

https://www.angelfire.com/va2/worldwar2family/raoul.html 

 

The website acts weird now - here is text and photos from the site

744th Railway Operating Battalion and the Chemin de Fer Belges



744th Railway Operating Battalion: Memories of World War II by Louise Greenfield

744th Railway Operating Battalion History Greenfield by Nancy on Scribd

744th ROB Milwaukee Magazine May 1944

744th ROB Milwaukee Magazin... by on Scribd

744th ROB -- various documents

744rob.pdf by Nancy

thanks tim

744th ROB Co B Roster

744th ROB Co B Roster by Nancy

Library of Congress Veterans History Project: Railroad Vets ( some are now digital) #3



Drackert, Donald William -- Technician Five, Army Veteran  744th ROB
World War II, 1939-1945 - Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Camp Shanks, New York; France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater
Edelmann, Herbert M. -- Technical Sergeant, Army Veteran  733rd ROB
World War II, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater
Eschbaugh, John Thomas -- Technical Sergeant, Army Veteran  500th Transportation Railway Grand Battalion
World War II, 1939-1945 - Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Fort Eustis, Virginia
View Digital CollectionFender, Ernest E. -- Corporal, Army Veteran  752nd  ROB
World War II, 1939-1945 - United States; European Theater
Digitized content includes: sound recording(s), text transcription(s)  



Veterans History Project Rail vets
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/search?query=%2Brailway&start=0