PAGE THIRTY-TWO 1177TH HISTORY
1óTH - CHEMICAL AMMUNITION FIELD STORAGE UNIT
- LA SAGE CREEK BRIDGE
- SALVAGE OF 515TH COMBAT ENGINEERS AREA
18TH - PAINTING CHAIRS ARMY REST CAMP
20TH - RATION DUMP #1 WIRING AND LIGHTING
22ND - REST CAMP THEATER COVERING
- SALVAGE OF OLD APO BIVOUAC AREA
- HUT SALVAGE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION AREA
26TH - RELOCATION OF PROJECTION BOOTH ARMY REST CAMP
- BOXING AND CRATING 48TH STATION HOSPITAL
27TH - ARMY REST CAMP SHOWER DRAIN
29TH - SALVAGE OF 159TH PORT COMPANY
THE FOLLOWING TRANSFERS AND PROMOTIONS WERE ANNOUNCED:
5TH - LT CDL WHITNEY ASHBRIDGE, C.E., JOINED THIS
ORGANIZATION FROM THE 4I6TH REPLACEMENT DEPOT, NEW
CALEDONIA. (HE WAS LT COL MURRAY BURNS, C.E.
REPLACEMENT AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND NOT UNTIL THE
ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED IN AUGUST DID ANY ONE IN THE
1177TH KNOW HE HAD BEEN ON THE LOS ALAMOS STAFF
HELPING TO DEVELOP THE BOMB. IN TURN IT IS
INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT MURRAY BURNS WAS SENT TO
APO 244 TO TAKE CHARGE AND EXPEDITE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE AIR STRIP THAT THE B-29’S FLEW OUT OF WITH THAT
TREMENDOUS LOAD)
11TH - 1ST LT HAROLD M SATHER, C.E., PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN
18TH - 1ST LT FRANK W MUNRO, C.E., PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN
UNIT STRENGTH: 13 OFFICERS - 79 ENLISTED MEN
MARCH 1945:
2ND - THE 568TH ENGINEER DUMP TRUCK COMPANY ATTACHED TO
THIS HEADQUARTERS PER PAR 4, SO 342, HQS GUADALCANAL ISLAND
COMMAND, DATED 29 DECEMBER 1944 AND CONCURRENTLY ATTACHED TO
THE 1393RD ECB, IS RELIEVED FROM ATTACHMENT TO 1393RD ECB
THIS DATE.
- THE 765TH ENGINEER DUMP TRUCK COMPANY ATTACHED TO
THIS HEADQUARTERS PER PAR 4, SO 342, HQS GUADALCANAL ISLAND
