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Service Notes From U S Supply Forces In France
Reports detail the 1987th Railway Engineers later Army Transportation Corps unit operating the Cherbourg Terminal. Led by Lt Col Carl D Love, the battalion trained in Fort Slocum and Fort Snelling, built and maintained rail lines in England and France, handled 199 eastbound trains and 138 westbound trains in a 15 day span, and earned praise from Brig Gen Clarence L Burpee. Navy and local notes include soldier letters from Pvt Alan Berryhill and Pvt Robert Wilkens, plus Bronze Star for Cpl Carl A Kiewiet for heroic actions near Anzio Italy. letters mention Camp Parks California and Belgium theater movements.
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U. S
France
Army Transportation Corps
Cherbourg
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Carl D. Love
Louisville
Kentucky
New Orleans
Fort Slocum
New York
Camp
William C. Reid
Clovis
New Mexico
Santa Fe
United States
England
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Clarence L. Burpee
2Nd Military Railway Service
Transportation Corps
Pfe
Carl Breckunitch
Mary Breckunitch