1053rd Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group

[j3rdinf]

Thank you in advance for reading my posting. I have run into a dead end in researching my grandfather's steps during WWII. His name was Victor Richards and was from Rochester, NY. He was assigned to the 1053rd Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group and left for England, from Boston, MA on 28 December 1943, arriving in England on 07 January 1944. His unit landed in France on 16 August 1944 and redesignated at Lige, Belgium 02 January 1945. This is where things become murky. His unit was redesignated to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company as "Port Construction and Repair". His unit left France on 16 January 1945, arriving in the Philipines on 20 July 1945, and was deactivated on 15 January 1946. IN trying to research his history, I cannot find anything on 1053rd Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group. Can anyone help at all? Thank you again in advance.