ASFFelix & World War IIASF
Company C
3110th Signal Service Battalion
Army Service Forces

1944: Deployment to Europe

February 15, 1944: Transferred to Camp Shanks, New York.
February 20: Transferred by train to the port of New York.
Departure Date Embarkation Place Troopship
Vessel
Units on Board Convoy Number Debarkation Place Arrival Date
February  21, 1944
New York
NY
Aquitania Related Links   12,000 troops
sailed alone Glasgow,
Scotland
February 28, 1944
Table reproduced from 1944 World War II Troop Ship Crossings January Through June (linke to site broken).

February 28: Arrives in Glasgow Scotland. 10 officers and 160 enlisted men.
February 29: Left by train for Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
British Newsletter Welcoming Americans from the collection of Felix A. Cizewski
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February 29 to March 14: Bury St. Edmunds.
March 12: Two enlisted men on detached service to the 13th Port of Embarkation.
March 15: To Devonport, Devon.
March 18: Felix A. Cizewski hospitalized: My father said that while he was in the Army his foreskin was removed because of chronic recurring infections. Could this hospitalization been for that surgery?
March 29: Felix returned to duty from hospital. An 11 day hospital stay is consistent with treatment for a serious infection and recovery from surgery.
April 9: 1st Lt. Imendorf on detached service to Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army.
April 17: Detachment E established with 1 officer and 22 enlisted men and attached to 15th Station Complement Squadron, Boxted Air Base. Possibly attached to the 1030th Signal Company.
Includes all 16 members of the Ground Line Teams.
Felix's V-Mail to his sister Jean Schuth, his only surviving letter.
April 22: Burton Bradstock, Dorset by rail. 6 officers and 107 enlisted men attached to the 3113th Signal Service Battalion.
April 25: Six enlisted men detached to the 3113th Signal Service Battalion, Salibury Wilts.
April 26: Three enlisted men detached to Headquarters, Southern Base Section (SBS).
Forty seven enlisted men attached to Company C, 3113th Signal Service Battalion, Bampton, Devon.
Detachment E returned from 15th Station Complement Boxted Air Base.
April 27: Two officers and 52 enlisted men (including Felix A. Cizewski) attached to the 3113th Signal Service Battalion, Burton Bradstock, Dorset
Two officers and 24 enlisted traveled by "organic transportation" (units own vehicles) to Totnes, Devon.
June 7: Station changed to: Kingston 6 M1 NYH 2287 Totnes.
June 19: Five officers and 106 enlisted men (including Felix A. Cizewski) return from detached service.
June 20: Change of station to Bridestowe v S 9412
June 21: Sixty-four enlisted men of Company A attached for rations, quarters, and administration. (Detachment D of Company A).
June 25: Twelve enlisted men  and one officer on temporary duty for 7 days at Middle Wallop Air Base, Hampshire.
July 1: Three enlisted men to temporary duty to Depot 0-617
July 3: Detachment A: Eleven enlisted men assigned to temporary duty at Middle Wallop Air Base, Hampshire.
July 5: Detachment D of Company A attached to Company C.
July 14: To Depot G-25 at Ashchurch.
Undated: Ashchurch to Dorchester.
July 22: Dorchester to Devonport, Devon.
July 24: Devonport to Southampton and boarding boats
July 25: Southampton to Utah Beach, France.
Meritorious Unit Commendation

The 3110th Signal Service Battalion was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for its work in England from March 15 until August 15, 1944 (when the other three companies of the battalion were deployed to France) for their communications work in preparation for the Normandy landings and campaign.

Felix and Company C in Scotland and England on Google Maps.
Sources: Except where otherwise noted, all information is from Company Morning Reports.

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