U.S. Army
            Engineers Insignia390th Engineer General Service RegimentU.S. Army
            Engineers Insignia

Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes-Alsace (Battle of the Bulge), Rhineland
Occupation of Germany: May 20 to July 4, 1945

Chronology

1943

Date
Place
Unit
June 24 New York Port of Embarkation aboard the RMS Queen Mary 390th Engineer General Service Regiment
June 29 Gourock, Scotland
Source
Richard Horrell, Member, The Unofficial Archive of the Signal Corps in Northwest Europe in WWII

Englad


Eardisley: Company A, 1st. Battalion

Maghull: Company B, 1st Battalion

Sudbury: Headquarters


HQ & Service Co


HQ & HQ Det, and Company C, 1st Battalion


HQ & HQ Detachment, Companies D, E, & F, Medical Detachment, 2nd Battalion
Source : Black Army/Air Corps Units Stationed in the United Kingdom (as of 30 September 1943) Researched and submitted by Phil Grinton

1944
Dates: Dates ovelap probably because different battalions of the regiment served at different places
Place
Service
June 17 Cherbourg to Lison
"Railroad rehabilitation on the Continent began at the Carentan yards on 17 June":

"The 390th Engineer General Service Regiment performed track work between Cherbourg and Lison junction,"
Source: Page 393, Chapter 18: Supporting a War of Movement in Northern France from "United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Germany"
by Alfred M. Beck, Abe Bortz, Charles W. Lynch, Lida Mayo, and Ralph F. Weld
Last week of August: Le Molay-Littry
Constructed a railroad marshaling yard to service Omaha Beach.
August 2 to November 3
Couville
 Worked on the construction of a marshaling yard
August 13 to 15 Pontanaubault to  LeMans
Units of the 390th with other units constructed 135 miles of tracks to supply the 3rd Army's advance to the Seine River.
Source:
The Trains That Fueled the Normandy Breakout by by Kerry Skidmore
29 August Granville. 2nd Battalion repaired all existing rail facilities in They extended the rails to the docks. This was for the delivery of coal to supply the U.S. Army's transportation system. By September 15, while reconstruction was in progress, the port was able to receive coal. Reconstruction was completed by October 31.













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