PAGE ELEVEN 1177TH HISTORY
21ST - FIRE PROTECTION PIPELINE GROUP AREA
22ND - THE NEW BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT
26TH - SIGNAL DEPOT IMPROVEMENTS
27TH - BRITISH RESIDENT COMMISSIONER WAREHOUSES
28TH - WATER SYSTEM, 28TH REPLACEMENT CAMP
30TH - ORDNANCE BRANCH MOTOR POOL
31ST - CHEMICAL WARFARE TOXIC DUMP
THE FOLLOWING TRANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS WERE CARRIED
OUT:
14TH - MAJOR JOSEPH R WOLFE, C.E., TRANSFERRED TO 1177TH HQS
FROM 1394TH ECB
28TH - CAPT JAMES F KELLY, C.E., TRANSFERRED TO 1395TH ECB,
NEW HEBRIDES
UNIT STRENGTH: 14 OFFICERS - 81 ENLISTED MEN
AUGUST 1944:
20TH - THE 1177TH GROUP RELIEVED FROM ASSIGNMENT TO SOS, SPA
AND ASSIGNED TO SOPACBACOM AND ATTACHED TO ISLAND COMMAND,
GUADALCANAL, PER GO #1184, HQS, SOPACBACOM, DATED 19 AUG 44.
26TH - THE 1177TH GROUP RELIEVED FROM ASSIGNMENT TO HQS,
SOPACBACOM AND ATTACHMENT TO GUADALCANAL ISLAND COMMAND AND
ASSIGNED TO GUADALCANAL ISLAND COMMAND PER RADIO HOQ 3778.
HQS, SOPACBACOM, DATED 26 AUG 1944.
THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE STARTED:
3RD - EXPANSION OF KUKUM RATION DUMP BY COMPANY C, 1393RD
ECB, 2ND LT RICHARD E SCHILLINS, OFFICER IN CHARGE
10TH - CONSTRUCTION OF KUKUM QM-PX AREA 8Y COMPANY B, 1393RD
ECB, 1ST LT LEEMAN W NIX, OFFICER IN CHARGE
11TH - CONSTRUCTION OF RATION WAREHOUSES BY COMPANY C,
1394TH ECB, CAPT J P O’BRIEN, COMMANDING
- CONSTRUCTION OF KUKUM POINT GAS DUMP BY COMPANY A,
1393RD ECB, 2ND LT JOHN H JONES, OFFICER IN CHARGE
14TH - CONSTRUCTION OF THE 568TH QM BATTALION CAMP BY H&S
COMPANY, 1393RD ECB, CAPT WILLIAM G HANTON,
COMMANDING
