722nd Nazi Memorabilia by Nancy on Scribd

Greg send us more from his grandfather's collection Robert Seeley of 722nd Company C Thanks !!!

Thanks to Greg for more great info on 722nd ROB

Central of Georgia Railroad historical Society 722- greg by Nancy on Scribd

Greg is busy scanning his grandfather's photos Robert Seeley of 722nd Company C
 Thanks !!!

Alan shares photos of his Dad's service " John A. Fiermonte, Sr., USAF, A1C served in the 5th Motor Transport Squadron in Korea at YDPo 1952-53 He took these photos circa 1952 while in Korea"

Greg is scanning his grandfather's Robert Seeley's photos from the 722nd ROB C co. Also amongst his grandfathers rerecords Greg found an envelope of pictures from company B belonging to Richard Miramontes - please email me if you know or are connected to this soldier militaryrailway@gmail.com

Frank sent this great photo of the 763rd 1952 reunion that both his Dad and Uncle attended he writes .... 
763^rd Railway Shop Battalion, Company A held a reunion at the Hotel Governor Clinton, NYC, on Aug 2, 1952. 

Thanks Frank!

MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE REUNION - ARMED FORCES DAY WEEKEND (MAY 19 - 21)

2017- FT EUSTIS, VA

Currently, there are no formal national organizations for Military Railway Service (MRS) veterans to unite, share their experiences preserving the history of military railway transportation, network, or develop relationships.  In post WWII, numerous MRS battalions formed veterans’ associations to carry on the comradeship developed during the war.  These WWII battalion level associations were united on a national level through The Military Railway Service Veterans.  Reunions were held at both the local battalion as well as the national levels.  For WWII Veterans, national level reunions were held through the mid-1990s.  The last of the battalion level reunions were held two to three years ago.  Similar veterans’ associations were formed following the Korean War with two of these continuing to hold reunions.

Following WWII, the 714th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion (TROB) at Ft. Eustis was the Army's primary active duty railway unit until deactivated in 1972.  Additional MRS units served on active duty at Ft. Eustis for short periods during the Korean War and Viet Nam War eras.  None of the active duty units that served at Ft. Eustis have a surviving veterans’ association. The post WWII reserve rail structure has mirrored that of the 714th TROB and has left no surviving veterans associations. With only the two Korean War associations remaining active, it is safe to say that many if not most Veterans assigned to the 714th TROB and other short lived active duty units as well as those who served in the post WWII reserve structure have not visited the U.S. Army Transportation Museum (TC Museum) or are members of the U. S. Army Transportation Museum Foundation (USATMF.)

To address this issue, the USATMF is in the preliminary planning stages of developing a MRS Reunion to be held at Ft. Eustis over the 2017 Armed Forces Day weekend (May 19 -21).  The Reunion is dedicated to the service of all active duty and reserve MRS Veterans from WWII to the current date.  This weekend endeavor will provide MRS Veterans, their families, friends and the general public the opportunity to unite as one group; to visit the TC Museum, to share their story and history of MRS railroading; to receive a formal, interactive historical rail presentation, from a former professor of military history and to tour the Fort Eustis rail network.

While dedicated and open to all MRS Veterans, their families, friends and the general public; it is USATMF's intention to recognize those Veterans who served in MRS units during WWII, the Korean War and the BERLIN DUTY TRAIN through the Korean War era as Honored Guests by sponsoring their attendance at this Reunion. The Honored Guest program's objective is to provide up to 25 MRS Veterans with round trip transportation, accommodations and meals for the two-day Reunion.  USATMF's intention is to fully fund the selected 25 MRS Veterans along with providing financial assistance to their escorts.*

We are currently endeavoring to identify MRS Veterans meeting Honored Guests criteria and interested in attending the Reunion.  If you are such a Veteran or know of such a Veteran and desiring additional information please contact LTC (R) Mark Metz at m-m-e@comcast.net or (717) 331-8405.  Additional general and specific Reunion details will be provided as they are confirmed.  Please mark Armed Forces Day 2017 on your planning calendars and plan to join us at Ft. Eustis.
** 2011 photo

National archives :
U.S. Army Chief of Transportation "Historical Program Files"
World War II historians should also take note of the records of the U.S. Army's Office of the Chief of Transportation (OCT), "Historical Program Files, 1940 50," which contain documentation of the role of the U.S. Army in the rail transportation system in the United States and information concerning foreign railroads during World War II. These files include records relating to army operation of all or parts of the U.S. railroad system in 1943, 1946, and 1950. A long report entitled Plan for the Possession, Control, and Operation of the Railroads by the Army, dated December 27, 1943, describes the army plan, mandated by executive order, to seize control of the nation's railroads in response to the threat of rail union strikes set to commence on December 30, 1943. The purpose of the plan was to ensure uninterrupted rail service in moving troops, war material, and equipment for the war effort. Army control of the railroads, assumed on December 27, 1943, was terminated on January 18, 1944, as the threat of strikes ceased.(21)
Other records in this file include historical reports of the Military Railway Service and the Transportation Corps, Rail Division; army technical manuals, plans, and regulations on hospital railway cars, railway kitchen cars, other troop cars, locomotive repair shops, and locomotive inspections; army field manuals concerning the Military Railway Service and the Railway Operating Battalions; copies of The Yankee Boomer, a newsletter of the Military Railway Service; reports concerning wartime traffic control and the relationships between OCT and the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Office of Defense Transportation; records of the American Association of Railroads including the scripts of The Line Behind the Lines -- The Story of Railroads in War, a series of ten weekly radio programs; correspondence concerning civilian labor recruiting due to manpower shortages; and a report entitled American Rails in Eight Countries: The Story of 1st Military Railway Service, which tells the story of supply and service in Europe during the war.
The Southern Railway System wrote a report called Well Done, which describes the efforts of Southern to teach the fine art of railroading to American soldiers who would be operating military railroads overseas. Southern trained the 727th Railway Operating Battalion and other units a total of six thousand officers and men. Also included in these records are the annual reports of the Pullman Company for the years 1942-1945 and the Railroad Retirement Board, 1942-1945.(22)
The U.S. Army Military Railway Service prepared reports on foreign railroads in Europe and Africa, including Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Libya, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal. These reports include photographs, maps, charts, and general information concerning the status of foreign railroads in 1942-1943.(23)

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Railway Signaling and Communications, Volume 38 1945

Edward's son Mark is working hard digitizing (scanning)  and sharing photos of his father's service!
Thanks, Mark

 He writes ...My father was a med tech with that unit which confirms what I could discern from the 700+ photo archive I have of his. It seems that as a med tech with the support group instead of front lines he had a lot of time on his hands.

This is what's he's working on .. it's up to us ( the kids and grand-kids of the soldiers) to honor their service.