PAGE SEVENTEEN 353RD HISTORY

         

             2ND - REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF 52ND ORDNANCE ROAD BY

                    COMPANY "C", 1ST LT HOWARD J. BELLOWS

                    COMMANDING.

         

             6TH - CONSTRUCTION OF TIRE REPAIR SHOP BY COMPANY "B,

                    CAPTAIN MYRON C. TERPENING COMMANDING.

            

            15TH - CONSTRUCTION OF GENERAL DEPOT, MEDICAL AREA #8

                    BY COMPANY "B", CAPTAIN MYRON C. TERFENING

                    COMMANDING.

         

            28TH - REPAIR OF PAITA TOWN HALL BY COMPANY "C", 1ST LT

                    HOWARD J. BELLOWS COMMANDING.

         

            THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED:

         

            17TH - REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF DUMBEA ROAD FROM ROUTE

                    #1 TO 8TH GENERAL HOSPITAL.

         

                 - CONSTRUCTION OF TIRE REPAIR SHOP.

         

                 - CONSTRUCTION OF PAITA PRISONER OF WAR STOCKADE.



             22ND - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF PAITA ROAD NETWORK.

         

             ON THE 15TH THE OPERATION OF KM#26 QUARRY WAS

        TRANSFERRED TO COMPANY "A", 1ST LT WILLIAM G. HANTON,

        COMMANDING.

         

             THF BULLDOZER BASEBALL TEAM WON THEIR 13TH CONSECUTIVE

         GAME ON THE 11TH BY SHUTTING OUT THE 362ND ENGINEERS WITH A

         SCORE OF 10 TO 0.

         

              ON THE 26TH THE FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS WERE ANNOUNCED.

         

              1ST LT M.C. GEORGE W. HOPKINS TO CAPTAIN, M.C.

              1ST LT M.C. ALISTAIR M. SMITH TO CAPTAIN, M.C.

         

         AUGUST 1943:

         

              THE 15TH WAS REGIMENTAL DAY, THE 353RD’S 1ST

         ANNIVERSARY. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL WAS NOTIFIED IN LETTER

         DATED 12 AUGUST 1943 PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN PAR.

         7, AR 345-105.

         

              IN THE EVENING THOSE THAT WERE NOT ON DUTY GATHERED IN

         THE THEATRE AREA TO HEAR A BRIEF SPEECH BY COLONEL TROWER

         COVERING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE REGIMENT THROUGH ITS

         INITIAL STAGES OF TRAINING AND OPERATION UP TO THE PRESENT.

         A SPECIAL PROGRAM OF ENTERTAINMENT BY THE BAND FOLLOWED.

         

              THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE STARTED: