History of the 337th Engineer Combat Battalion

[janis337]

I just found something else in my files that was given to me by a gentleman named Pat Skelly and it goes like this:

 

209th Coast Artillery Rigiment (Antiaircraft) (Semimobile)

Campaign credits: Tunisia, Naples - Foggia, Rome - Arno

10 FEB 41 Inducted into Federal Service from the New York National Guard

21 FEB 41 Moved to Camp Stewart, GA

23 APR 42 Staged for overseas movement at Ft Dix, NJ

11 MAY 42 Departed New York Port of Embarkation

18 MAY 42 Arrived Northern Ireland

12 DEC 42 Arrived England

03 JAN 43 Landed in North Africa

28 OCT 43 Landed in Italy, where attached to Fifth Army

14 MAR 44 Redesignated thus:

~Headquarters & Headquarters Battery (HHB) > HHB 209th Antiaircraft Artillery Group at Arpaia Italy

~1st Battalion > 72nd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion at Anzio, Italy

~2nd Battalion > 898th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion at Montesarcchio, Italy

~3rd Battalion > 335th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion at Bari, Italy

 

 

335th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion

Campaign credits: Rome - Arno

01 MAY 44 Activated at Bari, Italy

07 DEC 44 Redesignated as 337th Engineer Combat Battalion at Malpensa, Italy

 

 

337th Engineer Combat Battalion

Campaign credits: North Apennines, Po Valley

07 DEC 44 Activated at Malpensa, Italy

30 JUL 45 Departed Italy for Southwest Pacific Area

01 AUG 45 Landed in Philippines

25 JAN 46 Inactivated in Philippines