The names mentioned in the document are: 

• Herman G. Railing 
• Homer M. Carter 
• Dominick A. Mandolare 
• Monty H. Foster 
•  Charles R. Summers 
• Lt Col Barnes (mentioned as the issuing authority) 
• Gerald T. McMaster (Captain, T.C., Adjutant)

Former Staff Sgt. George Mills Grant (middle), an electrician with the 766th Railway Shop Battalion during World War II, displays a Nazi flag with two close friends in Germany. The flag was part of a collection of World War II historical artifacts donated by retired Staff Sgt. H. Lee Adelman, Grant’s son-in-law and the Antiterrorism Director for Naval District Washington Headquarters. Also included in the collection was one of Grant’s uniform shirts, maps detailing the unit’s route through France and into Germany, as well as miscellaneous photographs and documents from Grant’s time in service and the unit’s history. The artifacts were collected and processed by the 326th Military History Detachment from Whitehall, Ohio and will be transferred to the 766th Transportation Battalion, formerly the Railway Shop Battalion, from South Bend, Ind., to be displayed

Harry C. Surls Image of Harry C. Surls Harry Surls at time of interview War: World War, 1939-1945 

Branch: Army Unit: 766th Railway Shop Battalion, 7th Army; 397th Military Police Battalion Service 

Location: Fort Custer, Michigan; Camp McCoy, Wisconsin; Fort Slocum, New York; England; Belgium; France; Germany Rank: Technician Five

https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.19880/

766.pdf by Nancy

Veterans History Project by Nancy

Ken writes about his dad's service in the 766th

 "Dad ( Harold W. Ross)  was a TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE. SERVED JUNE 6, 1944 - JUNE 6, 1946. SERVED WITH COMPANY A, 766TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION, BATTLE OF THE BULGE, FRANCE, GERMANY, WWII Trained at Camp Plauche, Louisiana"

* I have very little on the 766th if anyone has any additional info please contact me Nancy  cunningb2[@] gmail.com

Argiriou, Paul William -- Sergeant, Army Veteran 727TH ROB World War II, 1939-1945 - European Theater

Bellings, Irving -- Technical Sergeant, Army Veteran  732nd ROB World War II, 1939-1945 - Fort Dix, New Jersey; France; Central Europe; Germany

Bishop, Ralph -- Staff Sergeant, Army Veteran  766th ROB World War II, 1939-1945 - Bischeim, France; Frankfurt, Germany

Bottoms, John Norman -- E-4, Army Veteran  717th ROB Other - Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Brose, Robert W. -- Corporal, Army Veteran  724th World War II, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Japan; Pusan, Korea Veterans History Project Rail vets http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/search?query=%2Brailway&start=0

Jonathan grandson to GH Myren writes...

Nancy, I would like to find information on my Grandfathers unit The 766 RY Shop BN TC. Not sure what the RY stands for? Maybe rail way,rail yard??
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
SSG, Myren,Jonathan US Army

If anyone has more info on the 766th I sure need it on the blog. please contact me !

Jonathan sends his granddad's headstone :

Department of the Army Emblem
Department of the Army - Lineage and Honors

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 766th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION

Constituted 28 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 766th Railway Shop Battalion, Transportation Corps

Activated 4 September 1944 at Camp Plauche, Louisiana

Inactivated 10 February 1946 in Germany

Redesignated 16 April 1959 as the 766th Transportation Battalion and allotted to the Army Reserve

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 766th Transportation Battalion, activated 1 May 1959 at Gary, Indiana

Location changed in 1960 to East Chicago, Indiana

Inactivated 31 January 1968 at East Chicago, Indiana

Activated 15 March 1972 at Evansville, Indiana

Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Evansville, Indiana; released from active military service 3 July 1991 and reverted to reserve status

Location changed 17 January 1999 to South Bend, Indiana

Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at South Bend, Indiana; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
Streamer without inscription

Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994



BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History