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Travel and locations of the 46th Signal Corps from New York in November 1944 to the Philippines January 1946. Per Lester Pinnex, the 46th Signal Corp traveled over 6000 miles and was one of the most traveled Units in World War II.
46TH SIGNAL CORPS TOUR PER MORNING REPORTS LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS NATIONAL ARCHIVES & FILE/PULL NUMBERS
46TH SIGNAL CORPS TOUR PER MORNING REPORTS LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS NATIONAL ARCHIVES & FILE/PULL NUMBERS
March, 1944--46th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion is Activated. Many men come for the 95th Signal Construction Battalion
November, 1944 #24185
1-3 Onboard SSNY 579 waiting to embark overseas
3-9 Crossing the Atlantic Ocean
11-30 Hereford, England
December, 1944 #20443
1-31 Hereford, England (Herefordshire)
January, 1945 #10003
1-30 Hereford, England
30 Weymouth, England
31 Boarded LST 279 to prepare to cross the English Channel for France
February, 1945 #11604
1 Left Wymouth, England and Crossed English Channel
2 Arrive LeHarve, France
3 Arrived at Camp Twenty Grand in St. Pierce, France
3-12 Camp Twenty Grand
13 Lille, France
13-25 Left Lille, France and went to Brussels, Belgium
25-28 Left Brussels and went to Peruwelz, Belgium
March, 1945 #13379
1-16 Peruwelz, Belgium
17-20 Left Peruwelz, Belgium for Bacarat, France
21-25 Haguenau, France
26-29 Kleinbittersdorf and K-Town, Germany
30 Darmstadt, Germany
April, 1945 #9013 (Lots of fighting, different assignments, and promotions in April, 1945)
1-22 Darmstadt, Germany
23-24 Left Darmstadt, Germany and arrived in Ohringen, Germany
25 Arrived in Heilbronn, Germany
26-30 Returned back to Ohringen, Germany
May, 1945 #11367
1-2 Chringen, Germany
2-9 Geislingen, Germany
8 VE DAY (Victory in Europe)
10-13 Mindelhelm, Germany
14-29 Ruppurr, Germany
29-31 Heidelberg, Germany
June, 1945 #19033
1 Heidelberg, Germany
15 ASR Scores changed or not changed
19 Under Movement orders AW28
22-25 Traveling to Nancy France
23 Dijon, France
24 St. Rambert, France
25 Arles, France
26-30 Staging Area in Arles, France
July, 1945 #24631
1-21 Arles, France
22 St. Martin de Croix, France to Board SS Monterey for "unknown destination" #68 HQ 46th Sig Hv Cons Bn on July 22, 1945
22-31 onboard SS Monterery for "unknown overseas destination" PHILIPPINES and JAPAN
August, 1945 #10488
1-27 Still onboard SS Monterery
2 Balboa, Canal Zone
15 VJ DAY Victory in Japan Day
17 Crossed International Date Line
27 Arrived Manila Bay, Philippines
28-31 Luzon, Philippines
September, 1945 #22951 46th Sig Hv Cons Bn becomes part of the 8th Army where with the 7th Army in Europe
1-27 Luzon, Philippines XIV Corp Staging Area Lipa, Luzon Philippines
27 Board USS Leedstown, APA 56
October, 1945 #17859
Sept 27 -October 15 onboard USS LEEDSTOWN
16 Arrive in Yokohama, Japan
November, 1945 #21046
1-30 Yokohama, Japan
December, 1945 #13996
1-30 Yokohama, Japan
January, 1946
June, 1946 Name changed from 46th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion to 46th Signal Light Construction Battalion
August, 1946 46th Signal Corp Deactivated
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