(Transferred to CBI, date unknown.) Ashchurch 274 Quartermaster Service Battalion. on D-Day 3360th Quartermaster Truck Company Constituted and activated on 13 March 1943 in the Oran area of North Africa as Company D of the 2639th Quartermaster Truck Battalion Reorganized and re-designed on 19 Dec 1943 as the 3360th Quartermaster Truck Company Inactivated on 05 April 1946 Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons,commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M38_Blackout_Driving_Light.jpg. I was scareder [sic] than Id ever been in my life. He recalled, you couldnt hardly see the sky because they had these huge big balloons over the area where we live; so the planethe Germans couldnt tell exactly what they hit . Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966. the World War II years (1942-45). suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit Jeff Jones, Charles Pittman, and other Black drivers on the Ledo Road kept China in the war. food to American forces in Europe during WWII. The photographs document a close-knit group of African American soldiers of the U.S. Army's 3909th Quartermaster Truck Company in Munich, Germany, August 1945, during the last weeks of World War II. Chester Jones and other Black GIs in the Red Ball Express made Pattons rapid advance possible. Unit Deactivated 14 Jan 46. 1 Provisional Quartermaster Truck Company was redesignated 2257 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation) 22 Apr 45 at Herbert Smart Airport, Macon, GA. Unit is manned with colored personnel. and Coat of Arms from the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry The Components of the Regiment were made active as follows:- Unit disbanded, starting on 10 Aug 45; personnel transferred to other organizations. Unit left for overseas duty 21 Sep 42 in the Middle East. They served in port battalions, drove trucks, worked as mechanics, and served as "humpers" who loaded and unloaded ammunition and supplies. Quartermaster Battalion USAR Activated as a Detachment at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL, Sep 41. 373d Quartermaster Lawrence Young and the other Black GIs in Port Companies prepared Allied forces for the D-Day invasion. Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, access online atwww.loc.gov/vets/. How did Black GIs help win World War II? Infantry Division Quartermaster in Europe WWII, Travelogue of a Division Quartermaster These young Black men were able to make a difference in the outcome of the war because of the expansion and transformation of US service forces during World War II. Best of luck with your family research! Renumbered from 773 QM Truck Co per WD AG 320.1 (8-28-42) Letter, Subject: Redesignation and Reorganization of Quartermaster Companies, Truck, with the Army Air Forces, Sep 12, 1942. The 694th QM Truck Company began as the 364th QM Truck company on 1 February 1943 at Fort Devans, Massachusetts, as part of the 4th Engineer Special Brigade. Wednesday, November 26, 2008, Distinguished invasion of Japan, Shoes ), The US Army Heritage & Education Center at Carlisle Winter-weather indoctrination during WWII for units headed for the planned Fort Lee, Virginia, Army a listing of over 40 current and former Quartermaster units inducted into the DUOR The Quartermaster Troop Transport Company But if my duty was to do what they said, and they put me if Id have been put up there, I would have, but they put me here; so, I loaded the gun for the other man to shoot it., World War II began for Staff Sergeant Chester Jones of the 3418th Trucking Company, Quartermaster Corps when he hit the beaches of Normandy on June 16, 1944, 10 days after Allied GIs came ashore on D-Day. Activated as Company "D", 33 Quartermaster Company (Truck) 10 Jan 42 at Williams Field, Chandler, AZ. and the Army France in 1944, Refuel on the Move: Resupplying Patton's Only one truck was allowed on it at once. You can literally trace the steps of your WWII veteran! Lessons Learned From a Historic Tragedy, Fuels Went overseas to Jorhat, India 22 Sep 43. quartermaster, and headquarters company. Went overseas to India 13 Mar 42, later having supply detachments in Karachi, India and Kunming, China. He was drafted in September 1943, assigned to a Quartermaster Port Company, and sent to Southampton, England. Dallas Eugene "Gene" Hustead, age 95, passed February 19, 2023, at Point Lookout Nursing and Rehab in Hollister, Missouri. The Quartermaster Museum frequently receives requests for information on Quartermaster units. He said, My hair stood up on my neck when I learned that bridge was constructed of rope. Location Tunisia. Pardy, John Box 3 SGT Survey, pay record, copy of . March-April 1994 In India by Apr 44, Activated 25 Apr 44 at Kelly Field, TX. Location India, 15 Dec 42. Shortly afterwards, all records he left dried up. In any war, there are two tremendous tasks. . location of the Company HQ on a map. Quartermaster Battalion USAR, 14th Quartermaster 593, Organized about November 1922 in New York, New York, Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 593d Motor Transport Company, Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company I, 3d Battalion, 472d Quartermaster Regiment, Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company I, 3d Battalion, 472d Quartermaster Truck Regiment, Ordered into active military service 15 February 1943 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina, Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3729th Quartermaster Truck Company, Inactivated 19 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3729th Transportation Corps Truck Company, Redesignated 19 May 1947 as the 319th Transportation Truck Company, (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve), Inactivated 1 April 1950 at Albany, Georgia, Activated 1 January 1951 at Savannah, Georgia, Inactivated 1 February 1952 at Savannah, Georgia, Redesignated 18 July 1955 as the 319th Transportation Company, Location changed 1 February 1957 to Cartersville, Georgia, Inactivated 15 November 1957 at Cartersville, Georgia, Activated 1 June 1959 at Fort Valley, Georgia, Location changed 1 November 1959 to Albany, Georgia, Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Albany, Georgia; released from active military service 12 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status, Location changed 31 December 1965 to Augusta, Georgia, Ordered into active military service 13 May 1968 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 19 August 1969 and reverted to reserve status, Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 2 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status, Element ordered into active military service 1 November 2002 at Augusta, Georgia; remainder of company ordered into active military service 16 January 2003 at Augusta, Georgia, Element released from active military service 31 October 2003 and reverted to reserve status; remainder of company released from active military service 15 January 2004 and reverted to reserve status, Ordered into active military service 30 March 2010 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 3 May 2011 and reverted to reserve status, World War II:Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription, Vietnam:Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969, Southwest Asia:Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire, War on Terrorism:Campaigns to be determined, Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003, * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA JAN-JUN 1944, * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA JUL-DEC 1944, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991, Constituted 1 July 1936 in the Organized Reserves as Company B, 1st Battalion, 478th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, Ordered into active military service 25 October 1942 and organized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3842d Quartermaster Truck Company, Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3842d Transportation Corps Truck Company, Redesignated 18 March 1947 as the 497th Transportation Corps Truck Company, Activated 3 April 1947 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 497th Transportation Truck Company, Inactivated 15 March 1952 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Redesignated 1 December 1958 as the 497th Transportation Company, Activated 29 January 1959 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Location changed 1 April 1959 to Tulsa, Oklahoma, Inactivated 25 February 1963 at Tulsa, Oklahoma, Withdrawn 7 February 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army, Activated 25 March 1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington, War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005, Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997, 153d QM Battalion (Mobile)* - Shingbwiyang, Constituted 14 December 1920 as 43d Division Quartermaster Train and allotted to Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont, Redesignated 118th Quartermaster Regiment 1 May 1936, Company D Federally recognized 23 April 1937 at Providence, RI, Inducted into Federal service 24 February 1941, Company D redesignated 19 February 1942 as 185th Quartermaster Company, Depot Supply; inactivated 22 April 1946 in India. Inactivated 7 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion, Redesignated 11 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th Transportation Battalion, Activated 3 August 1954 at Camp Gordon, Georgia, Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Transportation Battalion, Inactivated 10 March 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington, Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971, Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Quartermaster Regiment, Activated 15 January 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia, Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Quartermaster Truck Regiment, Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3301st Quartermaster Truck Company, Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3301st Transportation Corps Truck Company, Redesignated 24 February 1947 as the 10th Transportation Corps Truck Company, Activated 21 April 1947 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1947 as the 10th Transportation Truck Company, Inactivated 23 August 1948 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, Redesignated 20 November 1950 as the 10th Transportation Heavy Truck Company, Activated 22 December 1950 at Fort Eustis, Virginia, Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 10th Transportation Company, Inactivated 15 September 1994 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Activated 16 October 2006 at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II, Southwest Asia:Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969, Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 21st Quartermaster Regiment, Activated 25 January 1942 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 21st Quartermaster Truck Regiment, Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company M, 3d Battalion, 45th Quartermaster Regiment, Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Company M, 3d Battalion, 45th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, Activated 9 May 1942 at Oakland, California, Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3472d Quartermaster Truck Company, Inactivated 26 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3472d Transportation Corps Truck Company, Redesignated 6 March 1947 as the 62d Transportation Corps Truck Company, Activated 14 April 1947 at Fort Eustis, Virginia, Redesignated 7 July 1947 as the 62d Transportation Truck Company, Reorganized and redesignated 3 June 1949 as the 62d Transportation Heavy Truck Company, Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 62d Transportation Company, Inactivated 15 April 1993 at Fort Bliss, Texas, Activated 16 September 2006 at Fort Richardson, Alaska, Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire, Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991, Activated at Camp Sutton, NC February 1943, Redesignated 472nd QM Group by September 1945, Constituted 10 March 1922 in the Organized Reserves as Motor Transport Company No. Eisensmith report, 5. 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