1067th Engineer Construction Group
Headquarters & Headquarters Company 1067th Engineer Construction Group Unit History
23 Dec 1943 ---- 09 Nov 1946
Original Unit (DETAILS 1)
23 Dec 1943 Provisional Headquarters and Headquarters, Engineer Construction Group, Eighth Service Command, Army Forces, Dallas 2, Texas
07 Aug 1944 Provisional Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Engineer Construction Group organized at Camp Claiborne, LA. Authority for Organization: General Order #27, Armed Services Forces Training Center, Camp Claiborne LA, dated 07 Aug 1944. Personnel were obtained from full duty personnel of Camp Claiborne and EM pools in Camp Claiborne, LA
CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION (DETAILS 1)
IN DESIGNATION:
02 Sept 1944 Unit became Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1067th Construction Group. Pursuant to authority in War Department Letter AG 322 OB-I-SPMOU-M 05 Sep 1944, subject: Constitution and Activation of Certain Engineer Units.
11 Sept 1944 General Order #43 Inactivated Provisional organization. Major Clifton A Pratt assumed acting command of the 1067th Engineer Construction Group (DETAILS 1 & DETAILS 2).
13 Sept 1944 Activation was announced in General Order #105, Army Service Forces Headquarters, Eighth Service Command, Dallas TX. Colonel Roy M McCutchen assumed command, Major Clifton A Pratt assumed Executive Officer and Captain Stanley K Brown Adjutant Officer
UNIT TRANSFERRED FROM ONE REGIMENT TO ANOTHER (DETAILS 1)
07 Aug 1944 Assigned to 1st Regiment, 3860th Unit, ASFTC, Camp Claiborne, LA
23 Aug 1944 Relieved from 1st Regiment, 3860th Unit, ASFTC, Camp Claiborne, LA
24 Aug 1944 Assigned to 2nd Regiment, 3860th Unit, ASFTC, Camp Claiborne, LA
20 Oct 1944 Relieved from 2nd Regiment, 3860th Unit, ASFTC, Camp Claiborne, LA
23 Oct 1944 Assigned to 17th Group 3860th Unit, Army Service Forces Training Center, Camp Claiborne, LA
STRENGTH, COMMISSIONED AND ENLISTED (DETAILS 1)
08 Aug 1944 Beginning of pre-activation:
(a) Officers: 4
(b) WO: 0
(c) Enlisted Men: 48
11 Sep 1944 At activation
(a) Officers: 10
(b) WO: 0
(c) Enlisted Men: 80
31 Dec 1944 Prior to shipment to ETU
(a) Officers: 12
(b) WO: 2
(c) Enlisted Men: 80
TRAINING STATIONS (DETAILS 1)
08 Aug 1944 Entire unit activated, Camp Claiborne, LA
04 Oct 1944 Bivouac near Boyce, La.
28 Oct 1944 Camp Claiborne, LA
13 Nov 1944 Camp Claiborne, LA
21 Nov 1944 Twelve enlisted men went before a review board and received an excellent rating.
22 Nov 1944 Brigadier Generals Guerre and Miller from Headquarters of Camp Claiborne visited Group Headquarters. Warning orders for overseas destination were issued by the Commanding General, Army Services Forces, Washington, DC.
25 Nov 1944 Camp Claiborne, LA
02 Dec 1944 Marksville, LA (Engineer Section Field Party). The training tests given by the Inspector General and Office of the Chief Inspection Teams received the rating of Excellent. Performance of the unit has been considered satisfactory. The unit is ready for overseas movement.
09 Dec 1944 Camp Claiborne, LA. Full company of troops was filled.
11 Dec 1944 90% of all shipping containers had been constructed. 85% of equipment had been received.
13 Dec 1944 All equipment shortages had been requested.
31 Dec 1944 All required subjects (lectures) on POM subjects, such as censorship, movement of troops overseas, personal affairs, etc., were completed. The first shipment of organizational equipment was 95% complete.
26 Jan 1945 Staged at Camp Miles Standish, Mass.
06 Feb 1945 Departed the Boston Port of Embarkation.
19 Feb 1945 Arrived on the continent (France) via the UK aboard troop carrier shipment BO-128 with a complement of 93 men (DETAILS 1). They were staged at the Cigarette camp, Lucky Strike (DETAILS 1 & DETAILS 3).
04 Mar 1945 Movement orders No. 2-236 dated 28 Feb 1945 and movement orders No. 3-13 are rescinded and Move orders No. 3-48 request movement without delay of the unit to Liege, Belgium (DETAILS 1).
06 Mar 1945 Crossed into Belgium.
20 Mar 1945 Entered Germany.
12 Apr 1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt died.
30 Apr 1945 Hitler committed suicide.
02 May 1945 Served in the Army of Occupation of Germany.
03 May 1945 Victory in Europe.
15 May 1945 The unit is put on Priority List No. 4 to move from ETO (Europe) to POA (Pacific Ocean Area). Arrival date Marseilles, France 31 May 1945 (DETAILS 1).
18 May 1945 Movement orders No. 133 states the unit is moving from Bohn to staging area (DETAILS 1).
02 Jun 1945 Orders received deleting the unit from priority list 4B and adding to list 4A, Destination: Steamroller.
05 Jun 1945 Departed Germany. Entered France.
01 Jul 1945 The unit moved from Marseilles, France to Port Antwerp, Belgium for immediate departure (DETAILS 1).
06 Jul 1945 Arrived staging area Antwerp.
09 Jul 1945 Departed Antwerp aboard (Shipment # R0698-C) Possibly the Marine Eagle for duty in POA.
06 Aug 1945 Little Boy (first atomic bomb) was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
09 Aug 1945 Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
15 Aug 1945 Japan surrendered. The unit arrived in San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines.
02 Sep 1945 V-J Day. World War II was over.
30 Sep 1945 The unit was in Aringay, La Union, Luzon, Philippines (DETAILS 1).
16 Oct 1945 The unit sailed for Kure, Honshu Japan from Luzon, PI.
22 Oct 1945 The unit arrived in Kure, Honshu, Japan.
15 Nov 1945 - 05 Mar 1946 Served in the Army of Occupation of Japan (DETAILS 1).
02 Jan 1946 Monthly Historical Report (DETAILS 1).
09 Nov 1946 The 1067th Engineer Construction Group was inactivated in Japan. (DETAILS 4)
REFERENCES I. National Archives at St. Louis, MO, 1 Archive Rd a. National Archives at College Park, MD, 8601 Adelphia Rd. i. DETAILS (1): National Archives Catalog U.S. National Archives & Records Administration; 1067th Engineer Construction Group 1945, 1943,-1947. ii. National Archives Identifier: 5819981 iii. Creator(s): War Department. U.S. Forces, European Theater. Engineer Section. Administrative Division 7/1/1945-3/15/1947 (Most recent) iv. From: Series Organizational Unit Records, 1943-1947. Records Group 498: Records of Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (World War II), 1942-1947. v. Container Identifier: 3216 vi. HMS/MLR Entry Number: UD 494 vii. Contacts: 1. National Archives at College Park – Textual References (RDT2). 2. National Archives at College Park, 8601 College Park Maryland 20740-6001 3. Phone: 301 837 3510 4. Email: [email protected] 5. Catalog.archives.gov/id/5819981
viii. DETAILS (2): National Archives Catalog U.S. National Archives & Records Administration; 1067th Engineer Construction Group 1943,-1947. ix. National Archives Identifier: 5666367 x. Creators: War Department. Sixth Army. Engineer Section. 1/25/1943-9/18/1947 (Most recent) xi. From: Series: Organizational Units’ Reports Files, 1943-1945 xii. Record Group 338: Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations xiii. Container Identifier: 6 xiv. HMS/MLR Entry Number: P 50602 xv. Contacts: National Archives at College Park Textual References (RDT2) xvi. National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001; Phone: 301 837 3510; email: [email protected]; catalog.archives.gov/id/5666367
viv. DETAILS (3): Wikipedia: Cigarette Camp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_Camp
vv. Details (4) Military.com Unit Pages: http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitPageFullText/0,13476,718722,00.html
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