War time editions of N.Y. Central Railroad Headlight are a goldmine and this edition includes mentions of soldiers in these units: 

• 757th Railway Shop Battalion 
• 715th Signal Railway MRS 
• 721st Railway Operating Battalion 
• 746th Railway Operating Battalion 

great photo at Wisconsin Historic Society https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM100569

Bruce writes ....
Henry Brill was born in Yorkville, Manhattan, New York 24 January 1913. Yorkville was known then as a German neighborhood and --according to the 1920 Census, it has 8 year old Henry's language at home as German. His German speaking ability, I believe, came in handy in the army as the 757th advanced through Germany and then set up headquarters in Kasel, Germany. At the same time, my Dad was Jewish and he was given two different sets of dog tags: his official with "H" for "Hebrew" indicating he was Jewish; and an alternative set with "P," Protestant, for when the battalion landed in Europe and confronted the Jew-hating German forces (in case of capture) . Dad didn't talk much about the war except to mention that there was German resistance when his unit landed on the Normandy beach (even if it might have been a day or two after D-Day) and he hid behind a rock, which, he said, was "his best friend" that day. He also mentioned that when advancing on towns, that artillery would bomb certain factories and leave others untouched, which seemed strange to him. Only just now after viewing a conspiratorial-type documentary in which they maintained that Auschwitz and other concentration/extermination camp were actually more factories of "robber barons" which were big profit makers since they used slave labor. (and maybe --this is my own "thinking out loud"-- that's why Auschwitz

itself wasn't bombed??) Back to my Dad..... If you watched "Band of Brothers," one of the running themes was American GIs risking their lives to get a hold of a German Luger. Dad had one and sent it home (along with three sniper rifles, a German officer's sword, a Voigtlaender camera and other "souvenirs"). Before the war he tried to open a couple fruit and vegetable stores and each time they didn't make out and closed. . . so, the joke was that once he became part of the war effort, the war, too, would soon be over too. One very piquant story: sometime in May '44 he sent my Mom a letter from Great Britain and asked her to "give Aunt Sherry Berg birthday wishes for her birthday on June 6th" ..... Get it?....My Mom knew D-Day would be June 6th at Cherbourg ("Sherry Berg"). No one can figure out how Henry and Evelyn Brill knew when and where D-Day was going to happen when General Eisenhower himself didn't know! (I WISH I had that letter: no "experts" believe this story). After the war he began working for the Post Office as a letter carrier. Retired in the mid-70s to Florida. Loved fishing.

Taking the photo of my wall with Henry's grandson's (named for him, "Henny,") caricature along with photos of Dad and Mom with the trophy fish, brings my attention to another Henry-Brill-WWII item: that knife hanging on the wall. My dad made that knife himself in Kasel from an airplane propeller! I forgot to mention his rank: He was a buck private going into the army AND COMING OUT. I don't understand that. It SEEMS like it was a conscious decision not to take any rank ...not even Pfc, which, I thought came automatically after a few months of service. Am I mistaken? When I was in the army in the early 70s, I got E-4 in about a year. Dad was in for 3 full years. 

 Thanks to Bruce for sharing these amazing photos  ...

 Five railroad soldiers pose on a locomotive near the roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. From Wisconsin are, (top) Sergeant Raymond Janiszewski of Milwaukee, (standing, left to right) Technical Sergeant Donald Fetzer of Manitowoc, First Lieutenant Sigmund Gralewicz of Milwaukee, Captain Earl D. Austin of Wauwatosa, and Sergeant Walter Demitros of Milwaukee.

Perched on the ladder is Staff Sergeant Robert Kurman, mechanic, of Brookyln, New York. A metal structure, with three soldiers working on it, is in the background.
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM100569

Thanks to William for sending these ...

1945-11-09 GO-102 728TH ROB Normandy Campaign Award by Nancy on Scribd

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1945-11-13 GO-103 728TH ROB Detachment Northern France Campaign Award by Nancy on Scribd

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1945-12-11 GO-116 728TH ROB Central Europe Campaign Award by Nancy on Scribd

Detachment 757th Transportation Battalion' by Nancy on Scribd

Thanks to Mark , his grandson for sharing these !

Mark writes about his grandfather Albert Nevins ...
My Grandfather previously served in the Army during WWI as a private in the Coastal Artillery Corps at Camp Eustis, VA. After he was discharged, he joined the Marine Corps and served in Cuba. After the onset of WWII, he volunteered for service and was Commissioned as a First Lieutenant, ultimately being assigned to C Co., 757th Railway Shop BN. The rest is history

Thanks Mark for sharing ...

757 History Primrose by Nancy on Scribd

thanks again Greg

US army exp railway center.pdf by Nancy

757.pdf by Nancy

Thanks Helen whose dad, Eugene McReynolds is in the photo from RAILWAY AGE April 29, 1944, vol 116 #18 page 813 She adds " Happy Memorial Day "

These great photos and newsletters thanks to Polly, daughter of Dock Williams.

** note the reunion group newsletters includes names of soldiers from both the 757th and the 722nd

722nd ROB Newsletter 1998 by Nancy Cunningham

722 Nd ROB Newsletter Jan 1999 by Nancy Cunningham

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