(01-26-2008, 03:09 PM)David Angell Wrote:Hi David,My full name is David Beswick Angell, I live in the UK in the county of Oxfordshire, not very far from where 343 Engineer GS Regiment were stationed during WW2. I only found out some 20 years ago
that I am half Texan,half English. It's taken me until last year to make contact with my half sister and
half brother. My sister sent me last Christmas our late father's Military Records, and I would like to make contact with veterans and families whose fathers served with Captain Beswick Wray, General Sevice Engineer Unit Commander 1328, 92nd Engineer General Service Regiment, from San Antonio Texas commanded by Col George W Bennett, was under the command of the 1168 Engineer Combat Group as a part of 5th Army support units during WW2. After the war he worked for the Texas Highway Dept. Captain Beswick Wray I would very grateful for any help.
the "General Service Engineer Unit Commander 1328" is referred to the MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES (MOS) code. This position was specifically linked to the command of engineering units involved in logistical and construction tasks not directly on the front line (unlike the "Combat Engineer Unit Commander", code 1331).
Andrea
Andrea Gatti
The attrition continued; Italy sank to such a low priority on the list of theaters that by the winter of 1944-45 the men there began to feel that they were on a "forgotten front."
from THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT: ON BEACHHEAD AND BATTLEFRONT by Lida Mayo