Re: WW II Unit Rosters

On Feb 13, 12:29 am, Walt Boyd <WaltB...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for your quick and detailed response! Going to the St. Louis
records center is not out of the question. I'll have to check into that.
I'm only a few hours away.

Hi Walt, if he was in the 294th JASCO then he was assigned to the 5th
Engineer Special Brigade, which supported the 1st Division in the
assault on OMAHA. The Joint Assault Signal Company was intended to
serve both as the intercommunications unit for the brigade and as the
brigade's shore-to-ship signals link. Signals teams from the JASCO
were assigned to the various component units of the brigade and also
served as attachments to other units as well and supplied some of the
signals personnel for the Shore Fire Control Parties. For example, the
signallers with Ranger Detachment A at Pointe du Hoc were drawn from
the 293rd JASCO of the 6th Engineer Special Brigade. You might get
some more information at this excellent website, which has a lot of
the original reports of the ESB available as downloads. http://
www.armyamphibs.com/

Good luck.

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