GOING HOME JANUARY 1946
My name, as well as: Randolph, Chung, Row, Roett, Freeberg and Bowlings were posted and we were sent to Yokohama. We boarded a ship that took us to Portland, Oregon and borded a train there to Fort Dix, to be discharged.
REMAINING CHRONOLOGY OF THE 544th
JANUARY 1946-
ORDERS TO PREPARE THE 544 EB&SR TO DISBAND OPERATIONS
MARCH 15, 1946- THE 544th IS RELEIVED OF OPERATIONAL DUTIES APRIL 16, 1946-
ALL REMAINING TROOPS ARE TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE REGIMENT
MARCH 1946-
THE 544th ENGINEER BOAT & SHORE REGIMENT, HAVING COMPLETED ALL OF THEIR OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES
WAS DISBANDED
EPILOGUE- CHARLIES WAR 1943-1946
I as millions of men was called into service to fight for our country in World War II. I was a teen age boy, others married with children and single men as well. The sacrifices of some of these men were far greater than that of a teenage home sick boy.
