PAGE EIGHT 1177TH HISTORY
3OTH - COORDINATOR SOS, AREA IMPROVEMENT BY COMPANY B,
l394TH, 1ST LT W B MCGEE, COMMANDING.
THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED:
2ND - POINT CRUZ AMMUNITION DUMP
- ELEVATED AVIATION GAS PIPELINE ACROSS LUNGA RIVER
- SPECIAL SERVICES AREA IMPROVEMENT
7TH - RECONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROAD TO BAKERY
- NEW AREA FOR AMPHIBIAN TRUCK BATTALION
12TH - RED CROSS SEPTIC TANK
- 29TH REPLACEMENT CAMP (FORMER 1395TH ECB AREA)
- SPECIAL SERVICE DOCKS
13TH - SIGNAL DEPOT AREA IMPROVEMENTS
14TH - DRAINAGE KUKUM BEACH STORAGE AREA
17TH - LUNGA AREA WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM SURVEY
19TH - BEACH TABLES FOR RED CROSS AT SPECIAL SERVICES AREA
- SERVICE CLUB AREA IMPROVEMENTS
21ST - WATER TOWER AND 15,000 GALLON TANK
22ND - WATER POINT #9
- NURSES AND RED CROSS QUARTERS, 20TH STATION HOSPITAL
27TH - AVIATION CREEK BRIDGE, HIGHWAY 91
28TH - CHEMICAL WARFARE ANNUNITION DUMP
29TH - VEHICLE WASH RACKS
UNIT STRENGTH: 14 OFFICERS - 80 ENLISTED MEN
JULY 1944:
10TH - THE 690TH ENGINEER BASE EQUIPMENT COMPANY ASSIGNED TO
THE 1177TH HQS, PER PAR 1, ASSIGNMENT ORDER 126, HQS, SOS,
SPA, APO 502, 4 JULY 1944, AND IN TURN ASSIGNED TO THE
1191ST ENGINEER BASE DEPOT GROUP.
