PAGE FOURTEEN 1177TH HISTORY
28TH - CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AT RATION DUMP #5
- CONSTRUCTION OF CLASS II WAREHOUSE (3RD ADDITION) QM
DEPOT
29TH - CONSTRUCTION OF RATIONS WAREHOUSES
31ST - CONSTRUCTION OF C.W.S. WAREHOUSES
THE FOLLOWING AWARDS, TRANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS WERE
ANNOUNCED:
3RD - 2ND LT JOHN J FARRELL, C.E., 1394TH ECB, RELIEVED
FROM DETACHED SERVICE AT 1177TH HQS
12TH - AWARD OF LEGION OF MERIT WAS PRESENTED TO COL WENDELL
P TROWER, GROUP COMMANDER, BY GENERAL J W EARNETT
PER SECTION I, GO #1157, HQS USAFISPA, APO 502,
DATED 31 JULY 1944, FOR EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS
CONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA FROM 1 JUNE 1943 TO 1 JULY
1944
31ST - 2ND LT ROBERT C NORTH, C.E., RELEIVED FROM DETACHED
SERVICE AT 1177TH HQS, ASSIGNED TO 1191ST ENGINEER
BASE DEPOT GROUP THIS STATION
UNIT STRENGTH: 14 OFFICERS - 79 ENLISTED MEN
SEPTEMBER 1944:
25TH - THE 1395TH ECB RELIEVED FROM ASSIGNMENT WITH 1177TH
ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION GROUP PER ASSIGNMENT ORDER #77, HQS,
SOUTH PACIFIC BASE COMMAND, APO 502, DATED 21 SEPTEMBER 1944
THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE STARTED:
1ST - POST OFFICE EXPANSION BY COMPANY B, 1393R0 ECB, 1ST
LT JOHN H HAYNES, OFFICER IN CHARGE
4TH - DITCHING HIGHWAY #4 BY COMPANY B, 1394TH ECB, 1ST LT
WILLIAM B MCGEE, OFFICER IN CHARGE
5TH - RATION DUMP #7 SHELTER ROADS BY COMPANY B, 1394TH
ECB, 1ST LT WILLIAM B MCGEE, OFFICER IN CHARGE
6TH - POST OFFICE AREA GRADING BY COMPANY B, 1393RD ECB,
1ST LT JOHN H HAYNES, OFFICER IN CHARGE
7TH - CONSTRUCTION OF GILBERT & ELLICE CAMP BY COMPANY C,
1393RD ECB, 2ND LT RICHARD E SCHILLING, OFFICER IN
CHARGE
