Thursday, October 5, 2023

Hospital Trains research

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If you can help Rob in his search for these locos get in touch with me. Rob writes ... My WWII railway interests focus on motive power and r...

729th Railway Operating Battalion - Kroll

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Richard writes about his uncle Fred  ... I started my search for my uncle's history before I received this Veteran's archive documen...

743rd Railway Operating Battalion - Hines

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William writes... Hi my Dad Paul T. Hines Served in the US Army from Dec.30 1943-May 6 1946 DOB October 11, 1918 Army serial #31427521 Rank ...
Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Clairborne-Polk Military Railroad Timetable 1942

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Monday, October 2, 2023

The Men, Locomotives and Tracks That Took the Armies to War 1914-18 by Roden, Andrew

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 Interested in trains used in WWI ? ( many were still in use when we got to France in '44) Pick up a used copy or check you library  The...
Sunday, October 1, 2023

A Vietnam War Clerk's Diary- Transportation Corps in Viet Nam 714th TROB

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J.R. writes ... My father COL Richard Paris Clark, Jr., commanded the 714th between 1968 and 1970. He kept a diary of his Vietnam tour from...
Monday, September 25, 2023

737th Railway Operating Battalion - Morgan W. Colquett

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Friday, September 22, 2023

On their war to war: 729th ROB lines up at buses in 1942

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Friday, September 15, 2023

790th Railway Operating Battalion -Michael Walter Matlosz

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Thanks to Tom for sharing these great photos of his dad, Michael Walter Matlosz.  Obituaries: Michael W Matlosz, 77 Jersey Journal, The (Je...
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

729th Railway Operating Battalion in Antwerp Belgium 1944

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Men from Company C, 729th Railway Operating Battalion, operate a British War Department made Austerity locomotive in a railyard at Antwerp, ...
Friday, September 1, 2023

727th Railway Operating Battalion in Algeria on 17 February 1943

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An old French steam locomotive is seen being operated by men of the 727th Railway Operating Battalion in Algeria on 17 February 1943 .Just a...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

763rd Railway Shop Battalion : Abraham Glanzman

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 Thanks to Adam Glanzman for sharing some photos of his grandfather Abraham Glanzman who served in the 763rd.    

What Happened on the Trains That Brought Wounded World War II Soldiers Home? The logistics of moving patients across the U.S. by rail were staggeringly complex

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During World War II, as the number of wounded soldiers in need of transport back to the United States rose, the Army developed and managed a...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

729th Railway Operating Battalion James Franklin Hannah photos

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Thanks so much to his son Eric and other family members for sharing these amazing photos !  ...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Looking for information and photos of USATC Whitcomb locomotives ..

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Jeroen van der Schaaf of Rotterdam, The Netherlands is trying to find out about these locomotives. If you have any information or photos of ...