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508TH CADRE ASSIGNED FROM 1ST PARACHUTE INFANTRY
BRIGADE |
 On October 16, 1942 Special Order
18 written by the HQ, First Parachute Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning, GA
assigned the first men to the 508th as Cadre personnel, the seeds that would
grow the regiment.
These 327 officers and enlisted men were sufficient
staff to populate the 1st Battalion as well as to place officers and senior
NCO's at the head of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions. Once the new regiment
was established at Camp
Blanding they began to sift through the volunteers that would soon arrive
in order to find another 1,800 or so to flesh out all three battalions.
A rendition of that order set
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HEADQUARTERS
FIRST PARACHUTE INFANTRY BRIGADE
FORT BENNING, GEORGIA |
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October 16, 1942 |
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RESTRICTED |
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SPECIAL ORDER)
NUMBER...18....) |
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1. Pursuant to authority contained in teletype from Headquarters
Airborne Command, AGF, Fort Bragg, N.C., to Commanding General, 1st Prcht.
Inf. Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia, October 16, 1942, the following named
officers and enlisted men of the 508th Prcht. Infantry Cadre now assigned to
the 507th Prcht. Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia will proceed from Ft.
Benning, Georgia to Camp Blanding, Fla., on or about October 19, 1942 |
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(NOTE: Three pages of names
appeared at this point. Names of individuals can be accessed via the
button set below
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Following
allotments are to be obligated to the extent necessary to complete movement of
personnel and equipment:
FD 33 P 433 -
01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 A 04623 - 23
Travel
directed is necessary in the Military Service.
Rail and/or
government transportation will be employed for the move.
Quartermaster
will furnish the necessary transportation.
A lunch will
be furnished individuals of the troop movement and it being impractical to
cook coffee enroute to the F.D. will pay in advance the liquid coffee money
for two-hundred-eighty-two (282) EM for two-thirds of one day, at the rate of
twenty-four cents ($,024)per man, per day.
2nd Lt.
RICHARD J. GRAPOW, 01289785, 507th Prcht. Inf., is appointed Class "A" agent
finance officer to J. H. McFall, Col., F.D., for the purpose of paying the
liquid coffee money and accounting therefor in accordance with par. 21, AR
35-4520.
Travel by
privately owned conveyance is authorized. If travel is performed by
privately owned conveyance, Par. 1, (e) AR-605-180, dated July 16, 1942.,
applies.
For those EM
who travel by privately owned conveyance monetary allowance in lieu of rations
in accordance with AR 35-4520, will be paid in advance for the time required
for the journey, that is, two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) per day
per EM for rations of two-thirds of one day. |
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2. So much of
paragraph 1, above as reads "now assigned to 507th Prcht. Infantry, Fort
Benning, Ga.", is amended to read "now assigned to "507th Prcht. Infantry,
Fort Benning, Ga., and Headquarters First Prcht Infantry brigade, Fort Benning,
Ga.." By
command of Brigadier General HOWELL: | |
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ARTHUR D. RADER
Captain, 1st Prcht Inf. Brigade
Adjutant | |
OFFICIAL:
/s/ Arthur D. Rader
Captain, 1st Prcht Inf. Brigade
Adjutant | |
Special Distribution:
282 EM
45 Officers
327 Total Personnel |
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