Description

836th Engineer Aviation Battalion

 · World War II (Pacific Theater) ·

82 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Written by Walter Merz, this unit history follows the 836th Engineer Aviation Battalion from its activation at Hammer Field, California, through nearly two years of airfield and road construction across the Southwest Pacific — Milne Bay, Lae, Nadzab, Wakde, Morotai, and the Philippines — to its final station in occupied Japan. The record combines pictorial and narrative chapters with a station-and-dates roster and official commendations, and is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime publication.

Campaigns: New Guinea, Wakde-Biak, Southern Philippines, Luzon, Occupation of Japan

Commanders: Capt./Col. Stephen E. Smith (Battalion Commander), Lt. Col. R. W. Blackwood

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Dedication

Foreword

Activation at Hammer Field, California

Milne Bay, New Guinea

Lae and Nadzab, New Guinea

Wakde Island, Dutch New Guinea

Morotai Island, Netherlands East Indies

Lingayen and Luzon, Philippine Islands

Manila and Nichols Field, Luzon

Niigata, Japan

Commendations

Resume

“And somewhere in the Pacific in New Guinea — in the Philippines are graves of men of the 836th. They won’t be forgotten.”

— Walter Merz