292nd Engineer Combat Battalion (New Member)

[Sir Gator]

Hey Gary,

 

Good job! I too had spotted the 90th CMB aboard ship and I think another unit who's name and number escapes me at this time, I'm sure it wasn't the 475th MP's you speak of, guess I'm getting a touch of "old timers". God knows why but the government intentionally destroyed troopship records in 1951. Some folks over at ww2troopships.com started a most worthy and ambitious project to try and reconstruct the many convoy crossings. I submitted to them 1-2 years ago the info I had at the time about the USAT Thomas H, Barry's departure from New York on 22 OCT 1944, but apparently, "the light is on, but nobody home". Guess their interest in the project ran out, tis a shame. The only departure their site currently shows on 22 Oct 1944 from New York is the ship "Saturnia"(http://www.ww2troopships.com/crossings/1944b.htm), carrying the 286th ECB. The 282nd ECB was apart of this convoy, maybe even aboard the "BARRY", this topic was touched on this forum here at this thread http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/engforum/index.php?showtopic=8379&hl= in case you missed it. Keep up the good work Gary my friend!

 

Randy

Randy,

 

It is unfortunate that the records were destroyed without explanation. I will continue to gather the nuggets that fill in the holes in the history as I am sure others will here, If you remember what that other unit was that you had found that traveled on the Barry then give me a heads up. Hand in hand we walk forward, my friend, inching closer to the ultimately goal of complete documentation of the unit and at the same time help others in their searches. We may not ever get all the way there, but will never stop trying.

 

Gary