28 June 1945 Time For a Bit of R & R

With V-E Day occurring last month, soldiers at Barrackpore are now being allowed some time to rest up a bit.  Locations indicated in the orders included:

• WP US Army Rest Camp #7, Ranikhet, India 
• WP US Army Rest Camp #2, Darjeeling, India
• WP Jalapahar Rest Camp, Darjeeling, India

These were all 15-day assignments as a duty station, and thus were not counted as leave. The orders also mentions that TDY payments were not authorized.

Meanwhile, APO 492 took the time for inventory.  Eleven officers were appointed Inventory Officers "for the purpose of inventor[y]ing the messes indicated...".

And one lucky person got 20 days leave to visit Mysore, India. Hopefully it was for good reasons.

Soldiers included in the orders:

RANK	NAME	UNIT
CPL	JOHN A MILFORD	HQSQ, IB ASC ATCHD 47TH DEP SUP SQ
PFC	THOMAS  J J MCKITTRICK	HQSQ, IB ASC ATCHD 47TH DEP SUP SQ
PFC	VIRON C STANFIELD	HQSQ, IB ASC ATCHD 47TH DEP SUP SQ
CPL	STANLEY  WITKOWSKI	47TH DEP SUP SQ
PFC	MATHIAS  BAMBACH	47TH DEP SUP SQ
CPL	KURT  WILE	HQSQ, IB ASC ATCHD 47TH DEP SUP SQ
PFC	BARNWELL R OLIPHANT III	HQSQ, IB ASC ATCHD 47TH DEP SUP SQ
PFC	HENRY A ARTWINSKI	47TH DEP SUP SQ
PFC	JESS  CLIFTON	325TH DEP SUP SQ
CPT	WELBOURNE W GRAY JR	333RD AIRDROME SQ, WP APO 629
1LT	HAROLD H HOWRING JR	334th AIRDROME SQ, WP APO 629
SSGT	FREDERICK H HERMAN	335th AIRDROME SQ, WP APO 629
SGT	JOSEPH  BALINT	336th AIRDROME SQ, WP APO 629
WOJG	STEWART  NICHOLS	HQ & HQSQ, 83RD ADG
MR.	JOHN F NACKENHORST	ALLISON ENG. CORP TECH REP
PFC	RUFUS J POWER	2466TH QM TRK CO (AVN)
SGT	JOSEPH P BOYD	320TH DEP REP SQ
SSGT	HERMAN M GRAY	9TH E OVERHAUL SQ
MAJ	WILLIAM D MASTIN	320TH DEP REP SQ
LTC	WILFORD F DOUGLASS	HQ & HQSQ, 83RD ADG
CPT	ADAM A BURNISKI	82ND DEP SUP SQ
1LT	WILLIAM B ARMSTRONG	82ND DEP SUP SQ
MAJ	MORRIS  SKURKA	9TH E OVERHAUL SQ
1LT	JOHN J KINSELLA	HQ SQ, 28TH ADG
MAJ	AUBREY M FOLTZ	HQ SQ, 28TH ADG
1LT	EDWARD  BANDUR	AGD, APO 496 ATCHD APO 492
2LT	EARL W TEWS	AC, ATCHD Bengal air depot
CPT	RICHARD F SMITH	AC, HQ & HQSQ, 28TH ADG
CPT	LEROY W HOLLEY	AC, HQ & HQSQ, 83RD ADG
1LT	MACK G CROSBY	AC, 47TH DEP SUP SQ
1LT	WILLIAM O HAMBLEY	AC, 2005TH ORD MAINT CO
1LT	JOHN J KINSELLA	ORD, 2466TH QM TRK CO
1LT	DONALD N MCLEAN	AC, 48TH DEP SUP SQ
1LT	MATHIAS W MOHILE	ORD, 1953RD ORD DEP CO (AVN)
1LT	EMERSON N PRICE	QMC, 893RD SIG CO DEP (AVN)
1LT	JOSEPH T ROSEN	ORD, 9TH E OVERHAUL SQ
2LT	MILTON J LEVI	AC, 48TH DEP SUP SQ
2LT	BOB A RAY	QMC, 325TH DEP SUP SQ
MAJ	KENNETH D OSBORN JR	FD, DISBURSING OFF, APO 492
CPT	FLOYD M JONES	SIGC, HQ IB ASC ATCHD 893RD SIG CO
1LT	SEYMOUR D OLICKER	AC, 48TH DEP SUP SQ
PFC	NICHOLAS J PALMER JR	25TH MED SUP PLAT (AVN)
SSGT	DAVID E TURNER	HQ & HQSQ, 54TH AIR SV GP
WOJG	ROY L SALYER	HQ & HQSQ, 28TH ADG
1LT	HERBERT J BARKER	AC, 320TH DEP SUP SQ

A copy of Special Orders #115, Headquarters, Bengal Air Depot, APO 492, dtd 28 Jun 1945

13 Jun 1944 -- Various Duty Assignments from HQ CBI ASC

Various assignments were consolidated today in an order affecting 50 or so soldiers. One was granted leave of absence, another assigned two civilian representatives to different APO's. No mention of location was made--one had to know which number meant which location. Here are a few examples:

1. Mr. Haldeman, WP by first available mil acft and/or ral T, fr APO 671 [Calcutta headquarters] to APO 629 [Chabua] and such other stations within this theater... Mr. Haldeman was a Homelite Technical Rep. Homelite made portable electric generators in WW2.

2. Mr. Collins and Mr. Seels, Technical Reps for Sperry, were assigned to APO 491 [Bangalore] and such other stations within this theater...Sperry was well known for gyroscopes and bombsights in the war.

3. Multiple enlisted men are "trfd in gr to Hq Sq, CBI ASC, and will remain on DS with the 5317th Air Depot Hq (Provisional), for dy with the Sig Sec." (transferred in group to HeadQuarters Squadron China-Burma-India ASCenter, and will remain on Duty Station with the 5317th Air Depot Headquarters (Provisional) for duty with the Signal Section)

RANK	NAME	DESC
CPT	HOWARD E ADAMS	20 days leave
CIV	JOHN H HALDEMAN	Homelight Rep
CIV	DARYL G COLLINS	Sperry Rep
CIV	HENRY  SEELS	Sperry Rep
CPL	WALDO D VANDEVENDER	No Transfer
CPT	CHARLES G PRATHER	Transfer to HQ 10th AF
2LT	PAUL E KENNEDY	order revoked
CPT	HARLOW D DODGE	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TSGT	GEORGE E OTTO	trnsfr to HQ CBI
1LT	FLOYD M JONES	trnsfr to HQ CBI
SSGT	LEROY P GRAY	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC3	DONALD L DAVENPORT	trnsfr to HQ CBI
SGT	HAROLD J KAREKA	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC4	LOUIS J LIBERATI	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC4	EDMOND T LORGE	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC4	WILLIAM E MCDERMOTT	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC4	ARTHUR  MEYERS	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC4	HENRY L RYDEL	trnsfr to HQ CBI
CPL	SALVATORE J GULI	trnsfr to HQ CBI
CPL	ROBERT E MARES	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC5	JOSE  ACOSTA	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC5	HARRY J BORUP	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC5	J T GILLIAM	trnsfr to HQ CBI
TEC5	LAURENCE J NELSON	trnsfr to HQ CBI
PFC	OBY D BERRY	trnsfr to HQ CBI
PFC	WYNNE S GRAHAM JR	trnsfr to HQ CBI
PFC	VERNON A WEBB	trnsfr to HQ CBI
PVT	SEYMOUR  EISENBERG	trnsfr to HQ CBI
PVT	EMIL F GARLEWICZ	trnsfr to HQ CBI
CPT	WALTER J ZEBROWSKI	20 days leave

A copy of Special Orders #108, HQ China-Burma-India Air Svc Cmd, APO 671, dtd 13 June, 1944