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Show embarked to T'alu they at remained wher-e son they gi v j ng support Cape Gl oucestcr to were attached to the 185th HCT and wher e the combat tea III until its return to the Di vision , On New Britain the engineers went through the sa me tasks which they had provided before at the former locations of the 40th Divi si on. A listing of achievements of their services the variety and volume of their during a selected period undertakings. It should be noted also that this ance of Company history shows A which that during was was will suffice to show accomplished without the assist in support of the 185th the month of The Battalion Infantry May, 1944, they completed the following 0 work: eight tent frames and floors and a dispensary were con structed at Division dump was tank and a Headquarters, a Division Ammunition constructed, a 10,000 barrel gasoline storage distribution system was installed, seventy-five 20') kitchen buildings and one (20' x 50') building were prefabricated, twenty-nine kitchen floors were poured, the Battalion operated a shovel in a gravel pit, permanent lights and a pier were installed at Borgen Bay, a dozer was operated on beaches during unloading of LSTs, ramp (16' x construction, installation of sawmill a May, 1944, operation of the sawmill board feet of furnished lumber was was was cut 10 completed continued during the (152,000 month) 0 Operation of the base engineer depot was continued, miscel laneous signs were painted for use on roads and for Division Headquarters, sixteen miles of road and about forty bridges were maintained, sanitary facilities were constructed at the air transportation terminal, new tank towers were erected at water points, also water point areas were cleared, construction was started on a new bakery for the 123rd Bakery Company, tent frames were constructed and utility installations were revamped at Base Hospital, a mobile water purification unit was installed at Base Hospital, on 26 May 1944, two demolition men were assigned call at all times for bomb and ammunition struction work Battalion on 27 was May started on a 19440 Also were 25"History 4. of the 115th Engineer Battalion: New a on Con rifle range for 640th TD during the month of Maya Battalion theatre Battalion shower and to be disposal. constr-ucted, Britain," 25 pp. 1, 2 |
