PAGE FORTY-FIVE 1177TH HISTORY
23RD - THE 3138TH ENGINEER REFRIGERATION MAINTENANCE
DETACHMENT ATTACHED THIS OPGANIZATIGN FOR QUARTERS AND
RATIONS.
25TH - RADIO STATION WLKA ATTACHED THIS ORGANIZATION FOR
QUARTERS AND RATIONS.
UNIT STRENGTH: 14 OFFICERS - 70 ENLISTED MEN
OCTOBER 1945:
10TH - THIS UNIT BOARDED LST 587 FOR MOVEMENT TO SASEBO, JAPAN.
- RADIO STATION WLKA RELIEVED OF ATTACHMENT.
12TH - DEPARTED LINGAYEN GULF, P.I., ABOARD LST 587 AT 1200
THIS DATE.
15TH &
16TH - EXPERIENCED YERY HIGH AND ROUGH WATER RESULT OF
TYPHOON IN VICINITY OF OKINAWA. (WHAT A POUNDING!)
19TH - ARRIVED SASEBO HARBOR, KYUSHU, JAPAN AT 1800 THIS
DATE.
22ND - UNIT DISEMBARKED AT SASEBO AT 1400 FROM LST 587 AND
PROCEEDED BY CONVOY TO FUKUOKA, KYUSHU, JAPAN. ARRIVING AT
2230. UNIT BIVUOACKED AT THE HAKATA NAVAL AIR STATION.
ADVANCE ECHELON OF SIX OFFICERS JOINED THE UNIT.
23RD - CAPTAIN ERNEST M NEWBOLD RELIEVED DETACHED SERVICE
THIS HEADQUARTERS AND RETURNED TO PARENT UNIT.
24TH - THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS PLACED ON DETACHED SERVICE
WITH 5201ST ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE PER SO 56, HQS
5ZO1ST ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE:
COLONEL WENDELL P TROWER
MAJOR JOSEPH R WOLFE
CAPTAIN GEORGE W HOPKINS
CAPTAIN HAROLD M SATHER
2ND LT HAROLD P BREHM
25TH - FORTY-SEVEN (47) ENLISTED MEN PLACED ON TDY WITH
5201ST ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE. DUE TO THE
ANTICIPATED LOSS OF OVER 50% OF THE COMMAND UNDER
READJUSTMENT REGULATIONS, THIS UNIT WILL CEASE TO FUNCTION
AS A GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND ASSIGNED PERSONNEL WILL
SUPPLEMENT THE 5201ST ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE.
- MAJOR WILLIAM 0 EVANS, CAPT FRANK W MUNRO AND 2ND LT
KEITH T KARNS DEPARTED THIS DATE INCLUDING THREE (3)
ENLISTED MEN UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE READJUSTMENT
