Glen Williamson
June 1942 - March 1943
Chapter VIII Bits and Pieces of Soldiering
Officers: Capt Schultz
Enlisted: Williamson (Ill) c1924, Goodrich, Sgt Wright, Glen Taylor (Wash) c1904, Tex, (platoon) Sgt Harvey
Ships:
Places:St Louis, Camp McCoy Wisc, Scott Field Air Base, Springfield, Camp Rucker, Montgomery Al, Ashley Ill, Dothan Al
March 1943 (new soldiers took barracks) -
Chapter IX Bits and Pieces of Maneuvering
Officers: Capt Schultz
Enlisted:Hezekiah Hallum, Doug Hadley (Memphis), 1st Sgt Meister (Ca) c1899, Kramer, Herbert Hartner (Houston), Paul Rainey (Muskogee Ok)
Ships:
Places: (3 wks maneuvers near) Tallahassee Fl, (April-July near) Nashville, Dateland Az, Yuma, Camp Horn (Aug-Nov), Hyder Az,
Camp San Luis Obispo (mid-Nov), Santa Barbara
Chapter X Bits and Pieces of Amphibious Training
Officers:
Enlisted: Buck Proach (Minn), Stull, Paul Rainey
Ships:
Places: Morro Bay Ca, Catalina Island (15 days), San Diego, Los Angeles, Kansas City, St. Louis, Ava
Chapter XI Bits and Pieces of Preparing to
and Leaving the USA
Officers:
Enlisted: Audrey Evans, Pierce, Rinehart, Rainey, Hartner, Jimmy Hughes (Ok Cherokee), Lopez, Hoffmeyer
Ships: Queen Elizabeth debark July 3(?) [part of division], USS Barnstable (new - out of Seattle) [boarded mid-August]
Places:Camp San Luis Obispo, Camp Beal Sacramento (abt May 1 - late June), Pittsburg Ca (Sacramento River), ferry 50 miles to San Francisco,
Hawaii (Oahu: Honolulu-Kaneohe-Kahuku Point), Laie Bay ["USO Beach"], [Makin Island], Palan Pass, Pearl Harbor, equator, Guadalcanal
Chapter XII Bits and Pieces of Combat
Officers: Admiral Jessie Olendorf, Capt Shultz, General Mueller, Major General Roy S Geiger, Col Forsman (323rd cmdr), Lt. Prigmore
Enlisted:Glen Taylor (Michigan), Haffner (St Louis), Droughty (southeastern coast), Romando Lopez, Stillman, S/Sgt Norris (mg platooon leader),
Doug Hadley, Still (F Co)
Ships:BB [Pennsylvania (cmd), Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Idaho], Hvy Cruis [Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, Portland, Minneapolis],
Lt Cruis [Cleveland, Denver, Honolulu], Carriers [USS Wasp,,,]
Places:Guadalcanal [depart abt Sept 8], Peleliu, Angaur (Sept 17), Ulithi (Sept 21), Fallalop, Ngulu
Chapter XIII Bits and Pieces After Peleliu
Officers: Capt Schultz, General MacArthur
Enlisted: William F. Williams Southern Baptist Preacher, Klinger, 1st Sgt Meister, Crowelly
Ships:Sea Star (French), USS Highlander
Places:New Caledonia (12-44 5-45), Noumea, Leyte, Philippines, Japan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Mindanao, Samar, Velenchian Hills, Negula, Aomori, Honshu, Manchuria
Chapter XIV Bits and Pieces of Homeward Bound
Officers:
Enlisted: Hoffmeyer, Wright, Reinhart, Haffner
Ships: USS President Adams
Places:Aomori, Yokohama, Sato, San Francisco, Camp Ansie (or Anzie), Denver, Royal Gorge, Jefferson Barracks (Missouri)
