PAGE 8 353RD HISTORY                                                      

                  

                             ON THE 16TH THE 33RD WAS ALERTED FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE

                        WITH READINESS DATE SET AS FEB. 15, 1943 FOR MOVEMENT TO SAN

                        FRANCISCO PORT OF EMBARKATION ON CALL OF THE PORT COMMANDING

                        GENERAL.

         

                             RANGE SEASON FOR THE REGIMENT STARTED ON THE 22ND

                        FIRING RECORD COURSE "C" FOR THE 1903 RIFLE.

         

                             THE REGIMENT WAS ASSIGNED THE APO ADDRESS OF A.P.O.

                        #3613, C/O POSTMASTER, SAN FRANCISCO, CA., ON THE 25TH.

         

                             THE 353RD BULLDOZER BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED THE

                        FOLLOWING GAMES THIS MONTH:



                              5TH - S.C.U. 1913       (11)  353RD ENGRS. (33)

                              8TH - 81ST GEN. HOSP.   (19)  353RD ENGRS. (30)

                             14TH = 83RD GEN. HOSP.   (19)  353RD ENGRS. (15)

                             19TH = 23RD FIELD HOSP.  (20)  353RD ENGRS. (14)

                             22ND - 20TH FIELD HOSP.  (20)  353RD ENGRS. (28)

         

                             TRANSFER OF OFFICERS FROM THE 353RD

         

                             18TH - 2ND LT. LORIS T. SHANKS TO 922 ENGR. REGIMENT,

                                     GEIGER FIELD, WASHINGTON

         

                             27TH - 2ND LT. MILTON HOFFMAN TO ENGINEER SPECIALIST

                                     SCHOOL, GRANITE CITY ENGR. DEPOT, GRANITE CITY,

                                      ILLINOIS

         

                             FOLLOWING ENLISTED MEN REPLACEMENTS REPORTED IN THIS

                        MONTH:

         

                              8TH - ONE FROM ERTC, FT. BELVOIR, VA.

         

                             23RD - ONE FROM RECEPTION CENTER, SCU 1913, SAN

                                     FRANCISCO, CA.

         

                          UNIT STRENGTH: 55 OFFICERS - 1254 ENLISTED MEN.

         

                        FEBRUARY 1943:

         

                             THE REGIMENTAL IMPEDIMENTA WAS SHIPPED TO SAN FRANCISCO

                        PORT OF EMBARKATION ON THE 10TH. 1ST LT. VALMAR A. SCHAAF

                        HAD LEFT ON THE 4TH FOR SFPE TO ACT AS LIAISON OFFICER FOR

                        THE REGIMENT AT THE PORT. ON THE 19TH TWO ENLISTED MEN,

                        SGT. OTTO W. REED AND T/4 RICHARD R. HIGGENS DEPARTED CAMP

                        WHITE ON DETACHED SERVICE TO JOIN LT. SCHAAF IN ESCORTING

                        THE REGIMENTS IMPEDIMENTA TO ITS OVERSEAS DESTINATION.

         

                             A REGIMENTAL RETREAT PARADE WAS HELD 11 FEBRUARY 1943

                        PRECEDED BY A DRILL COMPETITION AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE

                        NEW REGIMENTAL SONG. THE 2ND PLATOON OF COMPANY "D" CARRIED

                        AWAY THE PLAQUE FOR THE BEST DRILLED PLATOON HAVING COMPETED