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       DECEMBER 1943:

         

            OFFICER TRANSFERS AND PROMOTIONS:

         

             7TH - 1ST LT. ROBERT S MAACk PROMOTED TO CAPT, PER

                    SO 341, HQS USAFISFA, APO 502

         

            10TH - 1ST LT. CHARLES S LINVILLE PROMOTED TO CAPT, PER

                    SO 344, HQS USAFISPA, APO 502

         

            11TH - 2ND LTS. LEONARD J DE BOER, JOHN H HAYNES,

                    EDWARD T KELLY AND WILLIAM J PAGE PROMOTED TO

                    1ST LTS. PER SO 345, HQS USAFISPA, AFO 502

         

            12TH - 1ST LTS. WALTER B NELSON AND PHILIP STIELER

                    PROMOTED TO CAPT. PER SO 344. HQS USAFISPA,

                    APO 502

         

            14TH - EDWIN WEISMAN TRANSFERRED TO 1192ND ENGINEER

                    BASE DEPOT, APO 502

         

            20TH - LT. COL. MURRAY E BURNS ON DETACHED SERVICE WITH

                    REGIMENT AS CONSULTING ENGINEER

         

            29TH - 2ND LT. ALBERT J KRIEFSKE TRANSFERRED TO 211TH

                    PORT COMPANY, APO 502

         

            THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE STARTED:

         

            4TH - CONSTRUCTION OF 3RD UNIT OF THE 5TH CONVALESCENT

                   HOSPITAL BY COMPANY "A", WILLIAM G HANTON,

                   COMMANDING.

         

            6TH - CONSTRUCTION OF 1ST ISLAND COMMAND AND SERVICE

                   COMMAND MESS BY COMPANY "C", 1ST LT. CHARLES S

                   LINVILLE, COMMANDING.

         

            16TH - PTE AURENTIO ROAD CONSTRUCTION BY COMPANY "C",

                    CAPT. CHARLES S LINVILLE, COMMANDING

         

            THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED:

         

            24TH - 1ST ISLAND COMMAND AND SERVICE COMMAND MESS.

         

            28TH - PTE AURENTIO ROAD.

         

            UNIT STRENGTH:  51 OFFICERS - 1241 ENLISTED MEN



         JANUARY 1944:

         

              ON THE 18TH THE REGIMENT WEATHERED A HURRICANE WITH

         WIND VELOCITY OF 63 MPH. THE DUMBEA RIVER FLOODED WITH THE

         OVERFLOW EXTENDING TO THE RECREATION TENT AND A PORTION OF