710th Railway Operating Battalion

Timeline
Date

Document
Type
Special
Order 3

Document Details

Additional Details

Scanned File Name(s)

War Dept Orders

assigned section 0218616, TC
(Transportation Corp)

19440104_SO3_OriginalAssignmentOfDuty.pdf

16083

N/A

16114

Photo

Certificate
(folded up
with
red/yellow
ribbon
around it)

large panoramic photo; 1st

row seated, third from right;
with larger group probably the
entire class in front of what
looks like barracks
Probably started training on
Jan 17 for total of 6 weeks;
have graduation certificate

19440212_OfficersTrainingSchool_1944Feb12.jpg

16128

Effective Date of rank

- went to Camp
Stoneman, Calif for 6
weeks training; then
to join 710th HDQ
Eleventh Special
Class - Pacific Coast
Transportation Corps Officer Training
School
Graduated The
Transportation Corps
Officer Training
School, Camp
Stoneman, Calif

ASN = army serial number;

Effective date 1/4/1944,
Branch is TC (Transportation
Corp), temporary duty at
Camp Stoneman, Calif for 6
weeks training then 710th Hq
& Hq Co Railway Grand
Division out of Ft Sam
Houston, TX; Grade = CAPT
Captain Albert Frederick
Marth, Albuquerque, NM; info
taken from Special Order 3

16075

16132

Photo

16135

Special
Order 56

Officer Personnel
710th Railway Grand
Division
Orders out of Ft. Sam
Houston to join 710th

The Camp Stoneman site is

located in Northern California,
in Contra Costa County, in the
City of Pittsburg, 40 miles
northeast of the city of San
Francisco
8 x 10 picture; 1st row
standing, second from left;
smaller group of just the 710th
Unknown if he spent any
training time in Texas at Fort

none

19440226_TCOfficerSchoolCert_CaptMarth.jpg

194403_710thOfficerPersonnel.jpg

19440304_56_ToFtSnelling.pdf

in Ft. Selling, MN by
Brig Gen Nulsen;
listed with 2nd Lt Jack
E. Eiseman
Property Issue Slip
Requisition; War
Department Q.M.C.
Form No. 400

16174

Property
Issue Slip
Requisition

16232

S-1
802/36148
/Berth 43
RCPD 5
Southampt
on 6-9-44
Special
Order 59

710th Railway Grand

Division Roster of
Men
Signed by Albert
Marth, Captain, T.C.,
Supply Officer
Announcement Marksman (710th
Ry Grand Div)

16244

Special
Order 60

16245

SPTAA
353.02 - P

16258

Special
Order 66 #3

16258

Special
Order 66 #4

Announcement Sharpshooter 67%

(710th Ry Grand Div)
Headquarters New
York Port of
Embarkation
Office of the
Commanding General
1st Ave and 58th
Street
Brooklyn, NY
Ft. Snelling Assignments in the
Stores Section are
announced
Announcement "Expert" (710th Ry
Grand Div)

16292

Special

Army Service Forces

16243

Sam Houston or went straight

to MN??

Looks to be a Voucher for his

personal field supplies at Ft.
Snelling, MN; includes tent,
bed roll, blankets, canvas field
bag, canteen, utensils
in UK (written in his
handwriting); he is the head of
this group of 10 men

19440412_PropertyIssueSlip_FieldSuppliesFtSnell
ing.pdf

Given "Marksman", practice

with Carbine Model M-1 on
Course C at Camp Riley, Ft.
Snelling
Given "Sharpshooter", practice
with Pistol .45 Cal., Course D
at Ft. Snelling Pistol Range
Things To Do for Unit
Commanders and Officers
until reaching overseas port of
debarkation - 4 pages; also
includes to-do list for Enlisted
Personnel

19440620_SO59_AnnouncementOfMarksman.pd
f

General Storekeeper given to

Capt. A.F. Marth, signed by
Otto D Crill, Lt. Col TC,
Commanding
Given "Expert", practice with
U.S. Rifle, .30 Cal. M1903,
Course C at Camp Riley Rifle
Range, Ft. Snelling
New York Port of Embarkation

19440705_SO663_AssignmentToGeneralStorekeeper.pdf

19440609_710thRoster.jpg

19440621_SO60_AnnouncementOfSharpshooter.
pdf
19440622_OfficersAboutToEmbarkOverseas_ToD
oList.pdf

19440705_SO66-4_AnnouncementOfExpert.pdf

19440808_SO212_EmbarkationNYtoEurope.pdf

Order 212

New York Port of

Embarkation
Camp Shanks, NY

unkno
wn

Camp Map

16308

Memorand
um No. 1

Hand-drawn camp
map - location
unknown but very
interesting - all tent
areas - could be the
staging area before
leaving NY or maybe
UK?
Headquarters 14th
Port
Staging Area
APO 409, USA

16319

Clearance
Slip

Clearance Slip.
Departed from
Marshalling Area C to
RCRP (C-21)
destination??
Prepared at C-RCRP-2

unkno
wn

Unit T/BA
Equipment
Data
Unit Serial
No S1-802
36148

Headquarters
Services of Supply,
ETOUSA
Office of the Chief of
Transportation
Movements Division,
APO 887
Unit T/BA Equipment
Data

Camp Shanks, New York;

permanent change of station
for Europe by ship; Units, Pier
& Terminal, Ship No, are
hidden with ******; appears to
be Staten Island, NY for some
date unspecified in Aug 1944
(Possible the arrival port was
Liverpool, England)
Cross streets noted are
Burgess Road and Hill Lane
and a small lake or pond

Document listing procedures

upon arrival in Camp and
Mission of Marshalling Area for
transient troops awaiting
movement by Transportation
Corps (embark) to craft loads.
This might be the area once
arrived in UK??
Time cleared 2350, Sept 4,
1944; handwritten is "325-326
men"; Paper clipped to this
form was a blank "Form A"
"Strength Return"
Final Location of Unit Prior to
Movement to Port:
Chester, Cheshire, England
38 pieces
I'm guessing this is loading up
for trip to english channel and
then on to France?

UnknownCampMap.jpg

19440824_Hdqs14thPort_ProceduresForTransient
TroopsAtStagingArea.pdf

19440904_ClearanceSlip_PreparedAtC-RCRP2.pdf

1944_UnitTBAequipmentChesterEngland.pdf

somet
ime in
Sep
1944

Secret Convoy
Itinerary

CONVOY - Sept W 436

- Index No. S-1802

16399

Thanksgivi
ng Menu

unkno
wn

SPTAE-L

Thanksgiving 710th
Railway Grand
Division Somewhere
in France
23 November 1944
Guide For Unit
Censors

unkno
wn

Log of the
710th Ry
Grand Div

Short list of Departure

and Arrival Dates to
June 1945

Leave Chester (England) 1000

Travel ends in Stockbridge but
destination is RCRP C-2 (I
believe this to be
Southampton a bit further
south) which is a port city on
the English Channel. The
route is highlighted in pencil
on two of the England road
maps (Sheet 6 and Sheet4)
but ends at Swindon because
Sheet 1 is missing. It appears
the Clearance Slip above is for
this convoy.
Page 1 - Menu
Page 2/3 - Otto D Crill,
Commanding - Officers (Capt
Marth) and Headquarters
Company
Document describes
procedures for censorship of
mail & packages. Two pages
were stapled together but
they are not numbered in
sequence so some may be
missing.
This was found in the 1945
folder. Some of the dates
don't coincide with some of
the other documents, because
of still traveling in England in
Sept.

1944Sept_SecretConvoyItineraryChesterToAndov
erEngland.pdf

19441123_710thThanksgivingMenuOfficersEnlist
edNames.pdf

1944_GuideForUnitCensors.pdf

1945_710thLogOfLocationsToJune1945.pdf