PAGE ELEVEN 353RD HISTORY
ACTIVE WARFARE. WORK ON THE YILLAGE WAS BEGUN ON MARCH 1ST
AND COMPLETED IN 15 WORKING DAYS BY IHE FIRST BATTALION AT
AN APPROXIMATE STRENGTH OF 400 HEN.
COMFLETED DETAILED PROJECIS WERE AS FOLLOWS: SEVEN
EXISTING STRUCTURES HAULED IN AND REMODELED, 1WENTY-TWO
STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED AT THE SIDE STREETS, FENCES,
SIDEWALLS ETC., INSTALLED AND THE SYSTEM OF FIELD
FORTIFICATIONS COMPLETED.
TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE PROJECT WAS $868.55 INCLUDING
MATERIALS AND HIRED EQUIPMENT.
ON THE 21ST THE BULLDOZER BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATED THE
19TH GENERAl HOSPITAL BY A SCORE OF 22 TO 5.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAMP WHITE FORTIFICATION AREA
STARTED ON THE 22ND. THIS WAS FIRST PROJECT USING THE
WHOLE REGIMENT INCLUDING THE BAND AND MEDICS.
ON THE 12TH CAPT GAVIN WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR.
ON THE 22ND IHE FOLLOWING 2ND LTS WERE PROMOTED TO 1ST
LTS: BELLOWS, SMITH, EVANS, HANTON, MATHESON, MANZER,
WARNER, YANTIS, MAACK AND YAP.
ON 24TH LTS GRIFFIN AND SMALL WERE PROMOIED FROM 2ND
LTS. TO 1ST LTS.
THE 353RD ENGINEER BOXING TEAM WON THE CAMP WHITE
TROPHY, OF EIGHT WEIGHT CLASSES THE BULLDOZERS PLACED FIRST
IN FOUR.
ON THE 27TH THE BULLDOZER BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATED THE
1ST MEDICAL REGIMENT BY A SCORE OF 6 To 4.
FOURTEEN ENLISTED MEN REPLACEMENTS ARRIVED ON THE 1ST
FROM EUTC, CAMP CLAIBORNE, LA.
ON THE 9TH ALISTAIR M SMITH, 1ST LT. M.C. JOINED THE
REGIMENT FROM SCU 1901, FT DOUGLAS, UTAH AND ON THE 25TH
CHARLES J H GALLAGHER, 1ST LT. C.E. JOINED FROM CAMP
CLAIBORNE, LA.
ON THE 8TH ROBERT A GREENMAN, CAPT M.C. WAS TRANSFERRED
TO THE PASADENA AREA STATION HOSPITAL, PASADENA, CA.
UNIT STRENGTH: 60 OFFICERS - 1299 ENLISTED MEN.
APRIL 1943:
ON THE 10TH THE BULLDOZER BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATED THE
270TH ORDNANCE BY A SCORE OF 17 TO 3.
