Post by Shirley Weiss on Oct 31, 2007 7:47:22 GMT 8
Attention: Corregidor Historians
For a long time I have been searching for information on the 362nd Harborcraft Company assisgned to the Pacific Theater.
I found this information on the internet:
Robert B Lewis Sr. served during World War II in the 4th Engineer Special Brigade (4th ESB). His unit in that brigade was the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (594th EB&SR). He started his site to organize and preserve history about the 594th EB&SR. He is the contact point for the website.
I have written to the National Archives and Military Archival records with limited sucess regarding the history of Harborcraft units. Of course, my interest is that my father served in the 362nd Harborcraft company. I do know he trained at Camp Gordon Johnston in 1944. He was a small boat operater during his training at Camp Gordon Johnston and a master tugboat operator (Tech 4) in the Pacific.
In attempting to piece together my father's WWII experiences there are so many inconsistencies. Unfortunately, his military records were destroyed in an Archival fire in St. Louis. According to the records I do possess, he was assigned to Camp Gordon Johnston in mid 1944, which is inconsistent with the written data that indicates Camp Gordon Johnston stopped amphibious training in 1943. He also acted as a POW interpreter giving German POW's work orders at some point in his assignment at Camp Gordon Johnston. In September of 1944, he became a naturalized citizen at Tallahassee, Florida. Shortly, after his becoming a citizen he was sent to Camp Ritchie for Military intelligence training. On December 22, 1944 he was dropped from the Camp Ritchie class and reassigned to Camp Gordon Johnston. Of course, not long after that he was sent to the Phillipines. He remained in the Phillipines until mid 1946. Lastly, after his service in December of 1946 the Deportation order was removed by INS and the Department of Justice on my father.
If you know how I can obtain information on this unit I would be most appreciative. If not, I would be most happy if you could tell me typically what a tugboat master's role would have been in Manila during 1944 -1946.
Thank you for your time. I am most eager to know if you can shed some light onto this subject.
Shirley Weiss
For a long time I have been searching for information on the 362nd Harborcraft Company assisgned to the Pacific Theater.
I found this information on the internet:
Robert B Lewis Sr. served during World War II in the 4th Engineer Special Brigade (4th ESB). His unit in that brigade was the 594th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (594th EB&SR). He started his site to organize and preserve history about the 594th EB&SR. He is the contact point for the website.
I have written to the National Archives and Military Archival records with limited sucess regarding the history of Harborcraft units. Of course, my interest is that my father served in the 362nd Harborcraft company. I do know he trained at Camp Gordon Johnston in 1944. He was a small boat operater during his training at Camp Gordon Johnston and a master tugboat operator (Tech 4) in the Pacific.
In attempting to piece together my father's WWII experiences there are so many inconsistencies. Unfortunately, his military records were destroyed in an Archival fire in St. Louis. According to the records I do possess, he was assigned to Camp Gordon Johnston in mid 1944, which is inconsistent with the written data that indicates Camp Gordon Johnston stopped amphibious training in 1943. He also acted as a POW interpreter giving German POW's work orders at some point in his assignment at Camp Gordon Johnston. In September of 1944, he became a naturalized citizen at Tallahassee, Florida. Shortly, after his becoming a citizen he was sent to Camp Ritchie for Military intelligence training. On December 22, 1944 he was dropped from the Camp Ritchie class and reassigned to Camp Gordon Johnston. Of course, not long after that he was sent to the Phillipines. He remained in the Phillipines until mid 1946. Lastly, after his service in December of 1946 the Deportation order was removed by INS and the Department of Justice on my father.
If you know how I can obtain information on this unit I would be most appreciative. If not, I would be most happy if you could tell me typically what a tugboat master's role would have been in Manila during 1944 -1946.
Thank you for your time. I am most eager to know if you can shed some light onto this subject.
Shirley Weiss