Description

232nd Signal Operations Company
GHQ Signal Operations Group, Southwest Pacific Area • World War II •

68 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Written by the unit’s historian-reporter and covering the 232nd Signal Operations Company from its activation at Camp Crowder, Missouri on 15 June 1942 through its deactivation on 1 April 1946, this history follows the company’s training, its Pacific deployment, and its communications work across New Guinea, the Philippines, and occupied Japan. This listing is a digital download of the scanned original booklet.

Campaigns: Lae-Salamaua-Finschhafen Campaign, New Guinea (Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Hollandia), Leyte Campaign, Luzon Campaign (Lingayen Gulf, Manila), Occupation of Japan (Tokyo).

Commanders: Capt. Albert M. Ankrom, Lt. Edward F. Chamberlain, Capt. Walter J. Lefferts, Lt. Alfred Freeman, Lt. R.H. Burton, Lt. R.R. Winsor, Capt. L.A. Uslin, Lt. Rudyard Olsen, Lt. E.B. Hening.

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Basic to Embarkation
Hot Circuits
Across the Hump
Back to Civilization
History in the Making
City Life
Destination Tokyo
Occupation: Occupation

“War came to the United States on a Sunday afternoon, December 7, 1941.”
— Unit Historian, 232nd Signal Operations Company