Description
902ND ENGINEER AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS COMPANY — REPRODUCTION PLATOON
• World War II •
170 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.
Document Overview:
902 in the ETO was written, designed, and printed by the men of the Reproduction Platoon themselves after V-E Day, using captured enemy paper, inks, and type on the unit’s own mobile map reproduction train. It traces the platoon from its activation at Mitchel Field, New York, in May 1942 through its departure for overseas in November 1942, its arrival in the European Theater on March 25, 1944, top-secret pre-invasion work for D-Day, and its moves across Normandy and France to occupation duty in Bad Kissingen, Germany, with a full platoon roster, letters of commendation, a guide to its $1,000,000 equipment train, and a tally of 1,580 jobs and nearly three million press impressions completed by V-J Day. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original booklet.
Campaigns: Stateside East Coast defense with First Fighter Command (1942–43); pre-invasion England and Operation Neptune (1944); Normandy, including St. Laurent-sur-Mer and St. Lô; Northern France (Castilly, Livet, Buc, Paris); Chantilly with Ninth Air Force Headquarters (1945); Army of Occupation, Bad Kissingen, Germany
Commanders: Capt. Stewart (first company commander); Capt. Anton W. Bondy (company commander overseas); Maj. Joseph C. O’Brien (Reproduction Platoon commander in the States); Maj. Gen. O. P. Weyland (Ninth Air Force)
Unit newspaper: unknown
Table of Contents
Foreword
The Men
Platoon Roster
Letters of Commendation
The Materiel
The Mission
Platoon Itinerary
Mitchel Field, N.Y. — First Air Force Headquarters
Bradley Field, Conn., and Camp Shanks, N.Y.
Sketches of England
Maidenhead, England — IX Engineer Command
Normandy — St. Laurent-sur-Mer, Castilly, and Livet
Buc and Paris, France
Chantilly, France — Ninth Air Force Headquarters
Bad Kissingen, Germany — Occupational Air Force Headquarters
About This Book
“They make no pretense of being heroes and fortunately wear no Purple Hearts.” — Foreword, 902 in the ETO