PAGE TWENTY 353RD HISTORY
DECEMBER 1943:
OFFICER TRANSFERS AND PROMOTIONS:
7TH - 1ST LT. ROBERT S MAACk PROMOTED TO CAPT, PER
SO 341, HQS USAFISFA, APO 502
10TH - 1ST LT. CHARLES S LINVILLE PROMOTED TO CAPT, PER
SO 344, HQS USAFISPA, APO 502
11TH - 2ND LTS. LEONARD J DE BOER, JOHN H HAYNES,
EDWARD T KELLY AND WILLIAM J PAGE PROMOTED TO
1ST LTS. PER SO 345, HQS USAFISPA, AFO 502
12TH - 1ST LTS. WALTER B NELSON AND PHILIP STIELER
PROMOTED TO CAPT. PER SO 344. HQS USAFISPA,
APO 502
14TH - EDWIN WEISMAN TRANSFERRED TO 1192ND ENGINEER
BASE DEPOT, APO 502
20TH - LT. COL. MURRAY E BURNS ON DETACHED SERVICE WITH
REGIMENT AS CONSULTING ENGINEER
29TH - 2ND LT. ALBERT J KRIEFSKE TRANSFERRED TO 211TH
PORT COMPANY, APO 502
THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE STARTED:
4TH - CONSTRUCTION OF 3RD UNIT OF THE 5TH CONVALESCENT
HOSPITAL BY COMPANY "A", WILLIAM G HANTON,
COMMANDING.
6TH - CONSTRUCTION OF 1ST ISLAND COMMAND AND SERVICE
COMMAND MESS BY COMPANY "C", 1ST LT. CHARLES S
LINVILLE, COMMANDING.
16TH - PTE AURENTIO ROAD CONSTRUCTION BY COMPANY "C",
CAPT. CHARLES S LINVILLE, COMMANDING
THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED:
24TH - 1ST ISLAND COMMAND AND SERVICE COMMAND MESS.
28TH - PTE AURENTIO ROAD.
UNIT STRENGTH: 51 OFFICERS - 1241 ENLISTED MEN
JANUARY 1944:
ON THE 18TH THE REGIMENT WEATHERED A HURRICANE WITH
WIND VELOCITY OF 63 MPH. THE DUMBEA RIVER FLOODED WITH THE
OVERFLOW EXTENDING TO THE RECREATION TENT AND A PORTION OF
