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40th Signal Battalion during WWII
 

40th Signal Light Construction Battalion Record of Movements

 
Activated 21 Sep 1942 Camp Campbell, Kentucky USA
27 Sep 42 to Jan 44 Stationed Camp Campbell, Kentucky USA
11-12 Jan 44 aboard troop train to NY USA
12 Jan 44 to 18 Jan 44 Stationed - Camp Shanks, New York USA
18 Jan 44 to 28 Jan 44 At sea-aboard SS Susan B Anthony USA
28 Jan 44 Arrived Newport, South Wales England
29 Jan 44 to 2 July 44 Eynsham Park, Oxon England
24 Feb 44 to 29 Mar 44 Middleston Stoney, Oxon England
11 Mar 44 to 29 Mar 44 Leatherhead and Staines, Surrey England
27 May 44 to 31 May 44 Anti Aircraft Gunners, Stiffkey range, York England
3 July 44 to 5 July 44 Marshalling Area 1/RCRP/4 England
5 July 44 to 6 July 44 LSTs-1359, 1360, 1361, US Navy France
6 July 44 to 7 July 44 Vehicle Transit Area #4, Omaha Beach, Normandy France
7 July 44 to 9 July 44 Bivouac Areas: Valognes France
9 July 44 to 28 July 44 St. Come du Mont France
28 July 44 to 30 July 44 St Jean de Daye France
30 July 44 to 7 Aug 44 Carantilly France
7 Aug 44 to 13 Aug 44 Bouceel France
13 Aug 44 to 15 Aug 44 Clermont France
15 Aug 44 to 24 Aug 44 Argentre France
24 Aug 44 to 27 Aug 44 Chartres France
27 Aug 44 to 29 Aug 44 Ablis France
29 Aug 44 to 6 Sept 44 Bois D'Arcy France
6 Sept 44 to 13 Sept 44 Jouarre France
13 Sept 44 to 21 Sept 44 Verdun France
21 Sept 44 to 3 Oct 44 Longuyon France
3 Oct 44 to 5 Nov 44 Capellen Luxembourg
5 Nov 44 to 22 Nov 44 Liege Belgium
22 Nov 44 to 11 Dec 44 Epen Netherlands
11 Dec 44 to 19 Dec 44 Aachen(Aix la Chapelle) Germany
19 Dec 44 to 21 Dec 44 Namur Belgium
21 Dec 44 to 22 Dec 44 Tillier Belgium
22 Dec 44 to 12 Jan 45 Bommershoven Belgium
12 Jan 45 to 16 Jan 45 Verviers Belgium
16 Jan 45 to 31 Jan 45 Wetteraat Belgium
18 Jan 45 to 6 Feb 45 On Belgium
31 Jan 45 to 10 Mar 45 Grand Halleux & Vielsam Belgium
10 Mar 45 to 20 Mar 45 Bliealf Germany
20 Mar 45 to 30 Mar 45 Sasserath, Munchen-Gladbach Germany
30 Mar 45 to 20 Apr 45 Bingen, Hessen Germany
4 Apr 45 to 20 Apr 45 Rudesheim, Hessen Germany
20 Apr 45 to 22 Apr 45 Solingenstad Germany
22 Apr 45 to 7 May 45 Friedrichsdorf Germany
7 May 45 to 31 May 45 Veitsbrona, Nordbayern Germany
31 May 45 to 28 Jun Schwartzenbruck ( Near Nurnberg) Germany
28 Jun 45 to 29 Jun 45 Kaiserlautern Germany
29 June 45 to 5 Aug 45 Camp Cleveland, Rheims France
5 Aug 45 to7 Aug 45 Boarded train at Mourmelon France
7 Aug 45 to 16 Aug 45 Camp Calas staging area BT 43333 France
16 Aug 45 to 29 Aug 45 Cannes (7 days TDY on Riviera) France
30 August 45 to 8 Sep 45 Boarded SS Sea Robin from Marseilles heading to Boston Atlantic
9 Sep 45 Arrived Boston, departed by rail for Camp Myles Standish, Mass. (arriv 1700) USA