Unknown Railway Operating Battalion in North Africa 1943 Pfc. Jack W. Smith
Anyone know what unit this is ??
Photos of five men of the "Best" railroad crew in the US
Army in North Africa, 4-13-1943, all named on the back.
Photo is by or from Pfc. Jack W. Smith who was from Dennison, Ohio, and who served in a US Army railroad unit in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France in WWII.
723rd Railway Operating Battalion Headquarters Roster
Kevin writes … Thank you for posting the info and photos of
the 723rd Railway Operating Battalion on the blog. I stumbled onto it, and was interested---
In the HQ photo the Lt. McClooney seated in the front row
center—he was my uncle. James E.
McClooney. He now rests at Arlington
National Cemetery here in Washington DC.
I heard many stories during visits to my uncle, while
growing up as a child in the 1960s about the 723rd and his work in the Railway
Operating Battalion. At that time he was
a civilian instructor at the Army Transportation School at Ft. Eustis
722nd Railway Operating Battalion - Killian Tucker
Thanks to Bryan for sharing his Uncle Killian's great photos ..
724th Railway Operating Battalion Jack Naugle
Thanks so much to the family of Engineer, Jack Naugle for these great photos and docs. Son and nephew of Jack write ...
Jack was the RR engineer in the 724th RR during WWII and especially in France where his unit was doing ammunition trains out of Paris toward the advancing front towards Germany.
All four of the Naugle brothers served overseas during WW II and all returned alive safely which was quite the homecoming story in this small south central PA town (15,000-20,000 population at the time). 3 of the brothers already had jobs on the Western Maryland RR before their enlisting in the services and they returned to those jobs in Hagerstown, MD as Road Foremen after the war. They are buried in Hagerstown. The youngest brother married a woman from Chambersburg and ran the woman's father's dairy farm nearby until his death.
724th Railway Operating Battalion unit history and timetable document
Below you will find a timetable document and unit history from the 724th Railway Operating Battalion -thanks to Naugle Family
724th Railway Operating Battalion History of WW2 1943-1945 by Nancy
724th Timetable
764th US Army Transportation Corp Steam Engine 1807 taken at 764th Railway Shop Battalion stationed near Le Mans, France in 1945
35th Engineers
** these engineers worked on some very interesting rail bridges ...
Returning to the United States in July and August 1943, the regiment was next stationed at Camp White, Oregon. The regiment was broken up at Camp White on 25 September 1943. Its HQs became the headquarters of the 1122d Engineer Combat Group, and its 1st and 2nd Battalions became the 35th and 145th Engineer Combat Battalions, respectively.
The 35th trained at Camp White until April 1944, and then served in Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and central Europe campaigns of World War II and received a Croix de guerre from the government of Luxembourg. The battalion returned to the United States in September 1945 and was inactivated on the 17th of that month at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
753rd Railway Shop Battalion Co. C Invitation and letter
Company ‘C’ 753rd Railway Shop Battalion invitation to SECOND OVERSEAS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOR COMPANY ‘C’ 753 RAILWAY SHOP BN TENTH OF FEBRUARY 1945… Also a letter thanking ‘BEN’ for his service and urging him to attend. Signed by F.J. Kossuth Captain TC Commanding
759th Railway Operating Battalion group photo
Thanks so much to Catherine for sharing !
Here's a better copy from Sam grandson of T/Sgt. George A. Akers, Company B,he writes .. is in the fourth row, just left of the leftmost officer.
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