World War II's Army Eng Fire Fighting Platoons
#21

Well, i found 1 location for the 1222EFFP in the U.S. Forces Paris Telephone Directory dated 5 April 1945.

They were stationed on Linas (street name?), Montmarte, Paris. which is the old art district in north paris.

 

post-304-0-23372000-1369499679_thumb.jpg post-304-0-62831000-1369499717_thumb.jpg

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmartre

 

The unit Lineage is from the 15th Engineer Company

http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/eng/0015enco.htm

 

15th Engineer Company Lineage

Constituted 5 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1222d Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Inactivated 8 May 1946 in France

Activated 30 June 1946 in Japan

Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 538th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Reorganized and redesignated 5 December 1947 as the 538th Engineer Fire Fighting Company

Redesignated 31 December 1947 as the 15th Engineer Fire Fighting Company

Inactivated 15 September 1948 in Japan

Campaign Participation Credit: World War II: Northern France



Attached Files
.jpg   Phone Directory US Forces Paris Page 84.jpg (Size: 192.9 KB / Downloads: 0)
.jpg   Phone DirectoryPage 166.jpg (Size: 224.56 KB / Downloads: 0)
Reply


Messages In This Thread
World War II's Army Eng Fire Fighting Platoons - by Jim Davis - 06-04-2008, 02:22 PM
World War II's Army Eng Fire Fighting Platoons - by SonofaMP - 05-25-2013, 01:50 PM

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Hello From Alexandria, VA Interested in Engineer Aviation Firefighting Platoons 90th_history 7 9,184 12-25-2014, 10:59 AM
Last Post: Walt's Daughter
  Polar Bear Association of World War II yankeeal 1 4,583 09-15-2010, 02:30 PM
Last Post: Walt's Daughter



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)