OT: US Army question
04-25-2004, 05:49 PM
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Re: OT: US Army question
Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
> Pioneer, seems to be a name used by the Australian battalions.
> Regiment: military unit consisting usually of a number of
>battalions. We'd probably call it a Artillery Division.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
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>
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Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
> Pioneer, seems to be a name used by the Australian battalions.
> Regiment: military unit consisting usually of a number of
>battalions. We'd probably call it a Artillery Division.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)
04-25-2004, 05:49 PM
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Re: OT: US Army question
Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
> Pioneer, seems to be a name used by the Australian battalions.
> Regiment: military unit consisting usually of a number of
>battalions. We'd probably call it a Artillery Division.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)
Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
> Pioneer, seems to be a name used by the Australian battalions.
> Regiment: military unit consisting usually of a number of
>battalions. We'd probably call it a Artillery Division.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)
04-25-2004, 05:49 PM
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Re: OT: US Army question
Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
> Pioneer, seems to be a name used by the Australian battalions.
> Regiment: military unit consisting usually of a number of
>battalions. We'd probably call it a Artillery Division.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)
Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
> Pioneer, seems to be a name used by the Australian battalions.
> Regiment: military unit consisting usually of a number of
>battalions. We'd probably call it a Artillery Division.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)
04-25-2004, 06:42 PM
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Re: OT: US Army question
Hi William,
By the time I was drafted, they didn't combine Divisions and call
them Regimental anything (as far as I know), say like your example of
90th infantry division and 105 Artillery, the 105 would have been
another Division. I was assigned to the 8th infantry Division, but in a
Battery of the 8th, you may just see my abbreviated address on my foot
locker shipping container, As Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 8th
Infantry Division, Artillery, APO N.Y., N.Y.:
http://www.----------.com/proudFcivilian2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Wblane wrote:
>
> Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
> Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
> being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
> Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
> platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
> They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
> was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
By the time I was drafted, they didn't combine Divisions and call
them Regimental anything (as far as I know), say like your example of
90th infantry division and 105 Artillery, the 105 would have been
another Division. I was assigned to the 8th infantry Division, but in a
Battery of the 8th, you may just see my abbreviated address on my foot
locker shipping container, As Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 8th
Infantry Division, Artillery, APO N.Y., N.Y.:
http://www.----------.com/proudFcivilian2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Wblane wrote:
>
> Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
> Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
> being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
> Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
> platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
> They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
> was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
04-25-2004, 06:42 PM
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Re: OT: US Army question
Hi William,
By the time I was drafted, they didn't combine Divisions and call
them Regimental anything (as far as I know), say like your example of
90th infantry division and 105 Artillery, the 105 would have been
another Division. I was assigned to the 8th infantry Division, but in a
Battery of the 8th, you may just see my abbreviated address on my foot
locker shipping container, As Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 8th
Infantry Division, Artillery, APO N.Y., N.Y.:
http://www.----------.com/proudFcivilian2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Wblane wrote:
>
> Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
> Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
> being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
> Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
> platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
> They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
> was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
By the time I was drafted, they didn't combine Divisions and call
them Regimental anything (as far as I know), say like your example of
90th infantry division and 105 Artillery, the 105 would have been
another Division. I was assigned to the 8th infantry Division, but in a
Battery of the 8th, you may just see my abbreviated address on my foot
locker shipping container, As Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 8th
Infantry Division, Artillery, APO N.Y., N.Y.:
http://www.----------.com/proudFcivilian2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Wblane wrote:
>
> Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
> Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
> being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
> Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
> platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
> They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
> was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
04-25-2004, 06:42 PM
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Re: OT: US Army question
Hi William,
By the time I was drafted, they didn't combine Divisions and call
them Regimental anything (as far as I know), say like your example of
90th infantry division and 105 Artillery, the 105 would have been
another Division. I was assigned to the 8th infantry Division, but in a
Battery of the 8th, you may just see my abbreviated address on my foot
locker shipping container, As Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 8th
Infantry Division, Artillery, APO N.Y., N.Y.:
http://www.----------.com/proudFcivilian2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Wblane wrote:
>
> Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
> Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
> being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
> Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
> platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
> They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
> was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
By the time I was drafted, they didn't combine Divisions and call
them Regimental anything (as far as I know), say like your example of
90th infantry division and 105 Artillery, the 105 would have been
another Division. I was assigned to the 8th infantry Division, but in a
Battery of the 8th, you may just see my abbreviated address on my foot
locker shipping container, As Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 8th
Infantry Division, Artillery, APO N.Y., N.Y.:
http://www.----------.com/proudFcivilian2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Wblane wrote:
>
> Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
> Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
> being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
> Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
> platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
> They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
> was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
04-25-2004, 06:42 PM
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Re: OT: US Army question
Hi William,
By the time I was drafted, they didn't combine Divisions and call
them Regimental anything (as far as I know), say like your example of
90th infantry division and 105 Artillery, the 105 would have been
another Division. I was assigned to the 8th infantry Division, but in a
Battery of the 8th, you may just see my abbreviated address on my foot
locker shipping container, As Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 8th
Infantry Division, Artillery, APO N.Y., N.Y.:
http://www.----------.com/proudFcivilian2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Wblane wrote:
>
> Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
> Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
> being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
> Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
> platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
> They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
> was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
By the time I was drafted, they didn't combine Divisions and call
them Regimental anything (as far as I know), say like your example of
90th infantry division and 105 Artillery, the 105 would have been
another Division. I was assigned to the 8th infantry Division, but in a
Battery of the 8th, you may just see my abbreviated address on my foot
locker shipping container, As Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 8th
Infantry Division, Artillery, APO N.Y., N.Y.:
http://www.----------.com/proudFcivilian2.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Wblane wrote:
>
> Bill, The Korean War, An Oral History, Pusan to Chosin by Donald Knox shows
> Pioneer & Ammunition Platoons (not companies, I guess i got that wrong) as
> being attached to every Headquarters Company of every US Army Battalion in
> Korea. It even has stuff written by guys who were in Pioneer & Ammunition
> platoons in the US Army back then. I figured if anyone knew it would be you.
> They also had Pioneer & Ammunition platoons in WWII. I know one WWII vet who
> was in the 90th infantry division (105 artillery) in WWII maybe I'll ask him.
04-26-2004, 03:23 AM
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Re: OT: US Army question
On 25 Apr 2004 19:41:03 GMT, Wblane wrote:
>I've been reading: A History of the Korean War: Pusan to Chosin. Anyway, in the
>organizational chart for the US Army of that day they mention a Pioneer &
>Ammunition company, which is normally attached to the headquarters company of
>an infantry battalion of the US Army. What does a Pioneer & Ammunition company
>do? Does the US Army still have Pioneer & Ammunition companys today? Also, does
>the US Army still use Regimental Combat Teams anymore?
In the Australian Army the Pioneers were (still are?) the people who
prepared the garrison areas (latrines, tentage, cooking areas) and
cleaned up when the troops left (first in, last out). Pioneer
Companies and platoons were important assets, but individuals in these
units were basically derided (who wants to know someone who looks
after the latrines?), and membership was not much sought after. The
Pioneers were responsible for the preparation and distribution of
ammunition in their spare time.
Maybe the US Army was similar?
I don't know much about regimental combat teams.
--
GW De Lacey
>I've been reading: A History of the Korean War: Pusan to Chosin. Anyway, in the
>organizational chart for the US Army of that day they mention a Pioneer &
>Ammunition company, which is normally attached to the headquarters company of
>an infantry battalion of the US Army. What does a Pioneer & Ammunition company
>do? Does the US Army still have Pioneer & Ammunition companys today? Also, does
>the US Army still use Regimental Combat Teams anymore?
In the Australian Army the Pioneers were (still are?) the people who
prepared the garrison areas (latrines, tentage, cooking areas) and
cleaned up when the troops left (first in, last out). Pioneer
Companies and platoons were important assets, but individuals in these
units were basically derided (who wants to know someone who looks
after the latrines?), and membership was not much sought after. The
Pioneers were responsible for the preparation and distribution of
ammunition in their spare time.
Maybe the US Army was similar?
I don't know much about regimental combat teams.
--
GW De Lacey
04-26-2004, 03:23 AM
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Re: OT: US Army question
On 25 Apr 2004 19:41:03 GMT, Wblane wrote:
>I've been reading: A History of the Korean War: Pusan to Chosin. Anyway, in the
>organizational chart for the US Army of that day they mention a Pioneer &
>Ammunition company, which is normally attached to the headquarters company of
>an infantry battalion of the US Army. What does a Pioneer & Ammunition company
>do? Does the US Army still have Pioneer & Ammunition companys today? Also, does
>the US Army still use Regimental Combat Teams anymore?
In the Australian Army the Pioneers were (still are?) the people who
prepared the garrison areas (latrines, tentage, cooking areas) and
cleaned up when the troops left (first in, last out). Pioneer
Companies and platoons were important assets, but individuals in these
units were basically derided (who wants to know someone who looks
after the latrines?), and membership was not much sought after. The
Pioneers were responsible for the preparation and distribution of
ammunition in their spare time.
Maybe the US Army was similar?
I don't know much about regimental combat teams.
--
GW De Lacey
>I've been reading: A History of the Korean War: Pusan to Chosin. Anyway, in the
>organizational chart for the US Army of that day they mention a Pioneer &
>Ammunition company, which is normally attached to the headquarters company of
>an infantry battalion of the US Army. What does a Pioneer & Ammunition company
>do? Does the US Army still have Pioneer & Ammunition companys today? Also, does
>the US Army still use Regimental Combat Teams anymore?
In the Australian Army the Pioneers were (still are?) the people who
prepared the garrison areas (latrines, tentage, cooking areas) and
cleaned up when the troops left (first in, last out). Pioneer
Companies and platoons were important assets, but individuals in these
units were basically derided (who wants to know someone who looks
after the latrines?), and membership was not much sought after. The
Pioneers were responsible for the preparation and distribution of
ammunition in their spare time.
Maybe the US Army was similar?
I don't know much about regimental combat teams.
--
GW De Lacey
04-26-2004, 03:23 AM
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Re: OT: US Army question
On 25 Apr 2004 19:41:03 GMT, Wblane wrote:
>I've been reading: A History of the Korean War: Pusan to Chosin. Anyway, in the
>organizational chart for the US Army of that day they mention a Pioneer &
>Ammunition company, which is normally attached to the headquarters company of
>an infantry battalion of the US Army. What does a Pioneer & Ammunition company
>do? Does the US Army still have Pioneer & Ammunition companys today? Also, does
>the US Army still use Regimental Combat Teams anymore?
In the Australian Army the Pioneers were (still are?) the people who
prepared the garrison areas (latrines, tentage, cooking areas) and
cleaned up when the troops left (first in, last out). Pioneer
Companies and platoons were important assets, but individuals in these
units were basically derided (who wants to know someone who looks
after the latrines?), and membership was not much sought after. The
Pioneers were responsible for the preparation and distribution of
ammunition in their spare time.
Maybe the US Army was similar?
I don't know much about regimental combat teams.
--
GW De Lacey
>I've been reading: A History of the Korean War: Pusan to Chosin. Anyway, in the
>organizational chart for the US Army of that day they mention a Pioneer &
>Ammunition company, which is normally attached to the headquarters company of
>an infantry battalion of the US Army. What does a Pioneer & Ammunition company
>do? Does the US Army still have Pioneer & Ammunition companys today? Also, does
>the US Army still use Regimental Combat Teams anymore?
In the Australian Army the Pioneers were (still are?) the people who
prepared the garrison areas (latrines, tentage, cooking areas) and
cleaned up when the troops left (first in, last out). Pioneer
Companies and platoons were important assets, but individuals in these
units were basically derided (who wants to know someone who looks
after the latrines?), and membership was not much sought after. The
Pioneers were responsible for the preparation and distribution of
ammunition in their spare time.
Maybe the US Army was similar?
I don't know much about regimental combat teams.
--
GW De Lacey