ASF38th Signal Construction BattalionSignal Corps

Lineage and honors

History

1943

October 6:
Camp Tococoa, Georgia
Programs of We Found a Home: A Musical Extravaganza by Company B
Program Cover

1944

January 27 to February 28
Desert Training, Possible Company A Click on image for larger format
Desert Training

The Summing Up: A short history of Company A, 38th Signal Light Construction Battalion and 38th Signal Construction Battalion

Itinerary of the 38th Signal Construction Battalion

1944 to 1945

Frome, England: April 18 until July 14, 1944 when the 38th to deploy to France. Wikipedia article with no mention of Frome's WWII history. Frome is in Somerset County which was a major WWII military base area.

Plaque in Neuilly-la-Forêt, France.

July 22: 
Sgt. William J. McDermott, Sr. lost both his legs below the knees in a mine clearing incident.

December 1944 to March 1945


Noorbeek, the Netherlands:
December 7, 1944: Document: Reassigning the 38th from the Advanced Section, Communications Zone to the Ninth Army Click on image for larger format
Reassignment
Personnel

William J. McDermott, Sr.

Corporal Sidney Talmud


Sources: Desert Training photo; Plaque in Neuilly-la-Forêt, France; The Summing Up: A short history of Company A, 38th Signal Light Construction Battalion and 38th Signal Construction Battalion; and Document Reassigning the 38th from the Advanced Section, Communications Zone to the Ninth Army from the collection of Bill Goess, son of the late 38th veteran Frederick (Freddy) Goess.

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