21 Jan 1944 -- Various Orders from Bengal Air Depot

After arriving in Bombay on December 26, 1943, my relative left for Calcutta, to be assigned at the Bengal Air Depot, where today's orders assigned him to the 881st Signal Company.

Various orders came down for individuals mostly for varying travel in the CBI Theater. No doubt due to classified requirements, it was difficult to tell exactly where personnel were being sent. Some examples:

1. Temp duty to APO 885
2. Temp duty to Panagarh, India
3. Temp duty APO 884
4. Soldier change of unit
5. Soldiers transferred from 47th Dep Rep Sq to 3rd ADG
6. Soldiers assigned for mission pursuant to authority in Secraphone Message, provided with authority for frequent trips between the following named stations:

Purbatipur, India                  Mokemah Ghat, India Lalmanir Hat, India Dhubri, India

Amingaon, India Pandu, India Neomati Ghat, India Chabua, India

7. Additional Duty of Commanding Officer, Det 881st Sig Co Dep (Avn)
8. Promotions

List of personnel affected by the above order:

NAME		NAME
ROBERT D HICKS		JOSEPH W HARRISON
THOMAS E BRASWELL JR		ROBERT J POTTER
JAMES V COX		VICTOR P COURTIEN
HUGH R RILEY		AUBREY O SIMMONS
ELVIN E PALMER		DENVER C PERKINS
EDWARD R BLOXSOM		FRANCIS H DAVIS
HOWARD A GREENE		ARTHUR  DUTY
JOSEPH H MINTER		JAMES J KASNESTIS
SHERWIN R WIESNER		ARCHIE L BURKE
MARCUS H GAUPP		HAROLD H SHIPMAN
NORBERT A GRZESIAK		GILBERT H JOSEPH
TELESFORO  ACOSTA		REYNARD  BOS
WILLIAM B PERRON		PETE W DEVOE
JOSEPH P NAHLEN		WILLIAM P MURRAY
VINCENT W FULGIERI		RALPH R TAMEX
AUBREY K EWING		ROY F PATTEN
HORACE S HORTON		FRANK E DORICK
BILLY J DAVIS		JOHN H JOHNSON
GEORGE P WAESCH		PAUL E JOHNSON
EDWARD  KANE		FLOYD M JONES
DAVID M EWART		JOHN  B HAWKES
PAUL J REGOLI		JOHN C RYAN
EARL C ULEN JR		EVERETT H SCHADT
ALFRED E REDMANN		VICTOR NC DARNELL
LUTHER O HORTON JR		CURTIS E PARAMORE

A copy of Special Orders #18, HQ Bengal Air Depot, APO 492, dtd 21 January, 1944