HQ & SV Troop [p 39]
C.O. Capt. Peterson
ExO Lt. Colbert
S-4 Capt Dennis
Maintenance Lt. Long
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Squadron History
[p 39-40]
The training, for men of
Supply and Transportation, aside from
the required basic training, was
from the start derived at best from
the granddy of all
teachers, --actual experience. From the start,
their job was to supply and
transport, thusly they came through
with flying colors in actual
combat.
As the campaign of Northern
France unrolled itself, if became
evermore doubtful that the
men with their ten trucks would be able
to keep the troops in front of the
front supplied with everything
necessary to keep going;
such as food, gasoline, ammo, clothing,
etc, The trucks frequently
traveled up to 200 miles over precarious
routes to obtain
supplies.
Invariably, these trucks
returned to find the Squadron had
moved closer to Germany,
What next? Locate their unit only to
find that they must unload
and start driving back for another load.
True, their hazards were not
as great as men on the front lines,
but the truck drivers knew
what it was like to hit ditches when
strafing enemy planes came
over, or when artillery and whining of
small arms fire came
over.
Supplies did get through and
S/4 looks back with pride upon a
job well done.
A section not receiving much
credit, but putting plenty of hours
keeping every man's records
straight, the Personnel Section,
traveling through combat
with Division Administration Section often
found themselves up with the front
line troops, due to the flexibility
of our movements; on one
occasion, one of their trucks, going
back for supplies was knocked out by
an enemy road block.
During the Divisions
battles to the Roer River, the Chair-
Borne boys were daily
called upon for enemy paratroop hunting;
and enemy strafing, and
bombing, was an everyday occurrence
when they moved to Verviers,
Belgium.
Through their efforts, our
records are checked, rechecked, and
rechecked so that it will
not delay our getting home.
"HOW ABOUT
SOME POINTS"??
It's sole purpose is for
constant, rapid and accurate communication
with Troops, Squadron, and
Division; whether it be by
Radio, Messenger, Telephone,
Smoke Signal, Drop or Pick-up of
messages by Airplane, or by
foot.
Combat proved that well
functioning communication for 24
hours a day was highly
essential. Much credit is due the
messengers, radio operators,
radio electricians and Message Center
Personnel, who made this
possible under all conditions. Also the
linemen, stringing wire
through snow, sleet, rain or shine, so that
the switchboard operator
could say "Vox Waiting." This section
became very versatile in
that they were experts (among their duties
in Policing up."
Keep 'em Rolling -- The
Maintenance Section was responsible
for keeping all vesicles
rolling. In combat, or otherwise, working
under all weather
conditions, (and the weather was bad!) they
kept em rolling. Besides
that, they dreamed up ways of supplying
C.P.s with electricity, put
armored windshields on peeps, constructed
luggage racks and the
unforgettable "Wh -- -- -- Dream or
the Monster, as it was
called". It was a mobile C.P. and everyone
who worked in it will claim it did
the trick, as it was able to function
either moving or stationary.
