PAGE NINE 353RD HISTORY

                  

       WITH THE 1ST PLATOON OF COMPANY "C" AND A PROVISIONAL

       PLATOON OF H&S COMPANY, COMPANY "F" RECEIVED A PLAQUE FOR

       HAVING QUALIFIED THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THE COMPANY IN

       THE RECORD RIFLE FIRING FROM THE PERIOD 22 JANUARY 1943 THRU

       28 JANUARY 1943. CORPORAL BYRON F. SCOTT WAS PRESENTED WITH

       A PRIZE DONATED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER, COLONEL WENDELL

       P. TROWER FOR ATTAINING THE HIGHEST SCORE OF ANY MAN IN THE

       REGIMENT DURING THE ABOVE MENTIONED PERIOD OF RECORD FIRING.

         

            THE "SONG OF THE 353RD ENGINEERS" WAS PRESENTED TO THE

       REGIMENT, WORDS HAVING BEEN WRITTEN BY 2ND LT. WILLIAM B.

       STILWELL OF COMPANY "F" AND THE MUSIC COMPOSED BY CHIEF

       WARRANT OFFICER, MILTON L. PERKINS OF THE BAND.

         

            ON THE 28TH COL. KARRICK OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL’S

       DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C. ARRIVED TO DETERMINE IF THE

       REGIMENT WAS ADEQUATELY TRAINED FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE.

          

            THE BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED THE STATION HOSPITAL ON

       THE 2ND WITH A SCORE OF 22 TO 18 IN ITS LAST GAME.

         

              FOLLOWING OFFICERS REPORTED FOR DUTY THIS MONTH:

         

       7TH - WOJG HYMAN SADOFF FROM CAMP GRANT, IL

       8TH - CAPT DARYLL C SPEARS FROM U.S. DISTRICT ENGINEERS,

                LOS ANGELES, CA

       9TH - 1ST LT FRANK E VOORHEES FROM 413 BH & AB, TONOPAH

                SQUADRON, A.A.B., TONOPAH, NEVADA

           - 1ST LT JAMES W THOMAS FROM SANTA MARIA, CA., A.A.B.

           - CAPT HARRY E POLLARD FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

      11TH - WOJG NORTON T BURSTEIN FROM CAMP GRANT, IL

           - CAPT CHARLES W SECORD FROM QM DEPOT, OGDEN, UTAH

           = CAPT DAVID A HARRISON, M.C. FROM CAMP ROBERTS, CA

           - WOJG GEORGE D MONTGOMERY FROM FOSTER FIELD, TX

           - 2ND LT GEORGE R SULLIVAN FROM FT HUACHUCA, AZ

      12TH = CAPT ROBERT A GREENMAN, M.C. FROM CAMP LOCKETT, CA

      15TH = 1ST LT GLENN F SUDMAN FROM SCU 1927 PRESIDIO OF SF CA

      20TH - 2ND LT ERLING HENRIKSON FROM CAMP CLAIBORNE, LA

      22ND - 2ND LT VICTOR G OVERBECK FROM CAMP CLAIBORNE, LA

         

              FOLLOWING OFFICERS WERE TRANSFERRED THIS MONTH:

         

      15TH - 2ND LT GEORGE R SULLIVAN TO MIRA LOMA QM DEPOT.

              MIRA LOMA, CA

      22ND - WOJG GEORGE D MONTGOMERY TO SCU 1927, PRESIDIO OF

              SAN FRANCISCO, CA

           - 2ND LT GERALD V ZINK TO SCU 1932 FT WINFIELD SCOTT CA

      23RD - 2ND LT ANTHONY W ALANSKY TO SCU 1933, CAMP KOHLER, CA

           - 2ND LT WILLIAM L DARROW TO ECU 1957, MATHER FIELD, CA

           - 2ND LT FRANK A BARRETT TO ECU 1902, FT DOUGLAS, UTAH

           - CAPT DAVID A HARRISON, M.C. TO ECU 1914, FT WORDEN WA

      26TH - CAPT CHARLES W SECORD TO ECU 1913, CAMP WHITE, OREGON