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HEADQUARTERS 298TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION Camp Rucker, Alabama |
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March 18, 1943 |
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GENERAL ORDERS) NUMBER 1) |
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Activation of the 298th Engineer Combat
Battalion. Pursuant to authority contained in Letter Order No. A-181, Headquarters, Second Army, Memphis, Tennessee, March 4, 1943, the 298th Engineer Combat Battalion is activated at 0001, March 18, 1943. |
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2. Assumption of Command: Pursuant to authority contained in Army Regulations 600-20, dated June 1, 1942, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the 298th Engineer Combat Battalion. |
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RAY R. LIEDIKE Major, 298th Engr (C) Bn. Commanding |
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Distribution: 2- Each Officer concerned. 1- 201 file, each Officer concerned. 2- Each Co. 5- Post Hq. 5- TAG. 10- File 5- Hq. 5th Det., 2nd Army |
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HEADQUARTERS 298TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION APO 230, U. S. Army |
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9 November 1944 |
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GENERAL ORDERS) NUMBER 3) |
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1. Pursuant to authority contained in letter, headquarters First United States Army, file 320 (C), subject: “Reorganization,” 3 November 1944, the 298th Engineer Combat Battalion announces its reorganization in accordance with T/O & E 5-15, 13 March 1944, and Change 1, 2 August 1944. |
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RAY R. LIEDIKE Lt Col, CE Commanding |
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Transcribed by Bob Kipke – April 2013 |