This is a group of 29 photographs which are still glued to scrapbook pages. I think these are photographs taken by a member of U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps Battery B, 42nd Artillery which were engaged in Army maneuver in the fall of 1920. There are pictures from Navy Base Norfolk, Camp Eustis, VA. There photographs of the CAC 10-inch Gun, Fort Motors, 12-inch Motor M1918 Railway Carriage, 8-inch M1918 Railway Gun. Also there is a neat picture of the Railway Artillery Reserve insignia painted on the side of a military train, marked on one side B and other 42.

Thanks so much to April, who is daughter of the great Floyd and Virginian McKechnie, back in the day they ran the 743rd reunion group. 743rd Railway Operating Company C taken in April 1944 at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Here is the rolled photo in 4 sections and the name key as well as Virginia Ms notes on missing names.

743rd Railway Operating Company C taken in April 1944 at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. by Nancy on Scribd

743rd co photo Names Combined by Nancy on Scribd

*I can send a higher quality of a panel photo if you find your GI.

 Dick is researching his mother's first husband TEC4 Brasfield. He was killed in France, less than a month before VE Day. Does anyone know anything of him. Thanks, ,Dick Flippo TEC4 Roy H. Brasfield | dflippo@juno.com 

 Roy Harmon Brasfield, TEC/4 of the 724th Railway Operating Bn, USA. Killed when he ran over a 1000 lb bomb, on 11 April 1945, near Chevres (?), France. Engineering Engine 3563, part of the "Toot Sweet Express"

Thanks Richard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TC 1 TC_ETO_Vol_VI_Part_I 

TC 1 TC_ETO_Vol_VI_Part_II 

TC 1 TC_ETO_Vol_VI_Part_III 

Transportation Corp V. 5 Part I 

Transportation Corp V. 5 Part II 

Transportation Corp V. 5 Part III

I'm having trouble hosting these they are rather large,  let me know if you want to read one and I'll send it to you.  militaryrailwayservice (@) gmail.com

thanks Richard

War Railroading in Africa, Italy Railway Age Vol 117 No 2 by Nancy on Scribd

Thanks Richard

MRS - MandalayLine - Master by Nancy on Scribd

George M Harris

Names: Griffith, Stephenson, Black, Calhoun and White

 Thanks Ed ! Does anyone know anything about this event?

These are the copies i have and I will work on linking a copy of each one !  

The Yankee Boomer – newspaper for the personnel of the Military Railway Service. First published in October 1943 in Algiers, North Africa. The last issue came out on September 27th 1945. The magazine was run in two volumes, each one consisting of 52 issues. Edited and produced at General Headquarters, M.R.S. T/Sgt. N.E. Kernell, Editor T/5 R.K. Waldron, Associate Editor Contents of each publication had been passed by SHAEF field press censor. Bob Waldron LINK

 Yankee Boomer Vol.1
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 04 October 28, 1943 LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 09 December 2, 1943 LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 20 February 17, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 21 February 24, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 22 March 2, 1944 (2) LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 23 March 9, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 24 March 16, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 25 March 23, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 26 March 30, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 29 April 20, 1944  LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 30 April 27, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 31 May 4, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 32 May 4, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 33 May 18, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 35 June 1, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 36 June 8, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 38 June 22, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 41-44 August 3, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 45 August 10, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 46 August 17, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 47 Aug 24, 1944 Picture Ed LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 48 August 31, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 49 September 7, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 50 September 14, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.1 No. 52 September 28, 1944

Yankee Boomer Vol.2
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 01 October 5, 1944 LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 03 October 19, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 05 November 2, 1944
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 06-18 February 1, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 19 February 8, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 20 February 18, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 21 February 22, 1945 (2) LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 22 March 1, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 23 March 8, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 24 March 15, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 25 March 22, 1945 LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 26 March 29, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 27 April 5, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 28-32 May 10, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 33 May 17, 1945 (2)
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 34 May 24, 1945 LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 35 May 31, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 36 June 7, 1945 (2)
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 37 June 14, 1945 (3)
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 38 June 21, 1945 Picture ed. LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 39 June 28, 1945 (2) LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 40 July 5, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 41 July 12, 1945 (2) LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 43 July 26, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 44 August 2, 1945 (posted)
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 45 August 9, 1945 LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 46 August 16, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 48 August 30, 1945 LINK
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 49 September 6, 1945 (2)
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 51 September 20, 1945
Yankee Boomer Vol.2 No. 52 Sept. 27, 1945 Last Issue LINK