Serviceman
Collins
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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.
- Army serial number
- 14137975
- Rank
- Cpl (23 October 1943), Cpl (27 October 1943), Cpl (31 October 1943), Cpl (8 December 1943), Cpl (14 December 1943), Cpl (25 January 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
8 entries, first 23 October 1943, last 25 January 1944; grades seen: Cpl. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1943-10-23 817th: Trfd to Hq this Gp for duty per MOS 11 EM asgd from Org indicated 1
- 1943-10-27 817th: Duty Mail C1k(056) asgd jd fr Hg 483rd Bomb Gp AAR Ephrata Wn 47 EM qualified with Carbine Caliber 30 M 1 as per atchd SO
- 1943-10-31 817th: fr duty to DS Intelligence Sch SLC Utah
- 1943-10-27 HQ: Reld fr Hg & asgd to 817th Sq
- 1943-12-14 815th: trfd to 815th Bomb Sq 483rd BG this stations
- 1943-12-08 817th: fr DS SLC to duty FLD O& CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
- 1944-01-25 815th: 14 day fur to dy
National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 609, roll 453519128 p. 614, roll 453519128 p. 742, roll 453519128 p. 749, roll 453519128 p. 756, roll 458053820 p. 197, roll 458053820 p. 205, roll 461010974 p. 722
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