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     24 JUN 45 STOPPED IN BATANGAS, LUZON, P. I.

         

     28 JUN 45 ARRIVED MANILA, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

         

     31 OCT 45 LEFT MANILA ON LSM 142 AND RAN INTO A TYPHOON

                LASTING ALMOST 3 DAYS.

         

     08 NOV 45 ARRIVED YOKOHAMA-TOKYO, JAPAN.

         

               CAMP WAS TO BE A JAPANESE OFFICER’S TRAINING

                SCHOOL; HOWVER, IT WAS UNDERGOING A 3-DAY PERIOD

                OF FUMIGATION. WE SLEPT ON THE SNOW COVERED

                GROUND.

         

               THIS BIVUOAC AREA WAS CLOSE TO THE TACHIKAWA AIR

                BASE.



        DEC 45 POINT MEN WERE CONTINUALLY GOING HOME DURING THIS

                PERIOD. THE MAJORITY OF RETURNEES WENT TO

                SEATTLE, WA THEN TO FORT LEWIS OUTSIDE TACOMA, WA

                AND THEN HOME BY TROOP TRAIN TO THEIR RESPECTIVE

                DISCHARGE CAMPS. THE WAR WAS OVER AND WE HAD

                PERFORMED OUR PART IN BRINGING IT TO A SUCCESS-

                FUL CONCLUSION.



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                            1394TH ENGINEERS

         

              THE HISTORY REPORTED ON THE 1394TH ENGINEER

         CONSTRUCTION BATTALION IS THAT THE UNIT LEFT GUADALCANAL

         TO BE STATIONED IN CEBU, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.



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         OF THE 1394TH.]

         

                            13O5TH REGIMENT

         

              THE 1305TH UNDERWENT BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CLAIBORNE,

         ALEXANDRIA, LA; ENGINEERING TRAINING AT CAMP SUTTON, NC;

         REORGANIZED AS THE 1395TH BATTALION AT GUADALCANAL. FROM

         THERE IT DEPARTED TO ESPIRITU SANTO AND OTHER PACIFIC

         ISLANDS IN A VERY ACTIVE AND HAZARDOUS ENGINEERING ROLE.



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         OF THE 1305TH AND THE 1395TH.]