December 23, 1940
110th Quarter Master Regiment mustered into Fedreal Service. As part of the 35th Division, a Nebraska National Guard Division, they arrived at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, January 2,1941
May 13, 1941
a provisional battalion comprized of National Guard men and officers with some recently arrived selectees joined the 2nd Army in the first Tennessee maneuvers. They ran a depot in Murfreeseburo, as well as trucks as needed.They ran a gas depot in Wartrace as well. Lack of equipment and efficiency was obvious but the inititive of officers and men was in evidence during the seven week maneuvers. As the provisional battalion truck convoy returned through Memphis, an event took place that created headlines coast to coast.To properly understand, visualize this. Army trucks filled with neophite troops returning to camp after five weeks in the field. A beautiful sunny day, arching blue sky. To embellish the scene, a covey of young ladies in shorts was grouped around a tennis court. The young military men expressed their
appreciation, "Yoo Hoo!!" A lush green golf course bordered the opposite side of the road. An elderly grayhaired golfer on the course did not approve of the convoy deportment. When he approached the convoy to make his displeasure known, the convoy didn`t stop. Repeated attempts were futile until Q.M. officers following the convoy in a command car recognized a very perturbed Genral Lear in civilian clothes. The convoy proceeded on its way unaware that Aramageddon had erupted behind them. General Lear said that he would accept the resignation of all officers on the spot. When the smoke cleared a little and no resignations were forthcoming , General Ben decreed that the trucks be gassed on their arrival at Camp Robinson, the troops would remain loaded, and would start a return to Memphis immediately. A field inspection would be held at the Memphis airport the following morning. That to be followed by a fifteen mile hike to be taken in five- mile sections by every officer and enlisted man in the convoy.The event surprised us. I would guess that the public outcry surprised the General. Newspaper editors, politicians and irate mothers made their displeasure known from coast to coast We in the ranks grew up quite a bit in those two days. All further contact with. General Lear, inspections, field problems or parades reflected a mutual repect by both sides
August 14, 1941
the Q.M. departed for the Louisana maneuvers. The equipment was mostly vintage WWI. The tanks were cardboard , the guns make believe, but the mosquitoes, snakes, scorpions and poison ivy were very real. The bogs, underbrush and trackless expanse of green polished the abilities of the truck drivers to go in either direction with or without trailer attached, and with or without sleep. Blackout lights, close interval and in inky blackness developed confidence in the men ahead and the men behind. Rations were broken down for about 23,000 men daily mostly from a spur railroad siding, often at night by blackout flashlight, and done quickly lest we be captured by those guys in the red arm bands---- or the blue arm bands, on that particular day. Our capture was tried but never successfully. The Piper Cub air force didn`t cause us to panic into the underbrush or dive into gullys, but we did learn not to face them in admiration as they flew by at treetop height. Faces were visible, as were mess kits drying in the grass, white clothes anywhere. Even the white layer in a straddle trench. We finished the maneuvers issuing olive drab toilet paper
October 6, 1941
Q.M. returned to Camp Robinson from Louisana maneuvers
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor was bombed. The quality of our adversary was questioned by many of us, but we knew our year in service had been extended
December 18,1941
Departed Camp Robinson headed west
Dec 24, 1941
Arrived at Ft. Ord, California, by way of Salt Lake.Four hours crossing the Great Divide. Railroad equipment problem. Christmas night spent in the olive orchards above Ft Ord. The first of many cold nights long remembered
January 18, 1942
Q.M. arrived at Camp San Luis Obispo. Reassignment of troops began on a small scale
March, 1, 1942
Q.M. reorganized from Q.M. Regiment to a Q.M.. Battalion
April 20, 1942
Q.M .Bn. arrived in Van Nuys, California, after a truck convoy down the coast from Camp San Luis Obispo. Headquarters at Van Nuys in a large organ factory. Initially issued rations from the railroad depot in Van Nuys. Main ration depot moved to Pasadina. There were truck platoons located up and down the coast around Los Angeles. A railhead was set up at Ventura to supply a few troops on a couple of off shore islands and 134 infantry troops across the ridge at Ojai.
Nov 15, 1942
Q.M. Bn. reorganized from Q.M. Bn. to the 35th Quarter Master Co. During the time between April 20 and Nov 15, many of the original men were reassigned and a few added. These men left the 35th Q.M.Bn. "D" Co. furnished the nucleus of the 136 Truck Co "B" Co. furnished the nucleus of the197 Eng. Co. "C" Co.furnished the nucleus of the 186 Truck "E" Co furnished the nucleus of the 735 Ord. Troops were sent to the South Pacific and to the Alaskan Theater.
From April 20,1942, until January 18, 1943, the Q.M. operated in an area from Long Beach on the south, Ventura on the north and Pasadena on the east. Changes in procedure were many, both civilian and military. Black- out was imposed, and driving limited. The proximity of Hollywood and the sandy beaches provided opportunity to Yoo Hoo pretty girls but we had flash backs to a hot day in Tennessee.
January 18, 1943
35th Q.M. Co returned to Camp San Luis Obispo the second time. The stubborn, stinky oil stoves a minor fault. Another Infantry Regiment joined the 35th Divivision, the 320th.
March 21, 1943
advanced detail left by train for Camp Rucker, Alabama. March 28 the balance of the Division arrived. Hot steamy afternoons replaced cool sea breezes, Fly- plagued spot inspections were frequent. The country's biggest and bravest roaches roamed at will. The daily menu too had changed. Mutton served weekly and pork served daily replaced salmon served occasionally, and beef, albeit stew, served regularly.A few weeks of field exercizes, and conditioning marches changed lovers into fighters.
Nov.15,1943
Q.M. departed for 2nd Army Tennessee winter maneuvers. Finally, cold maneuvers. Perhaps the scale tipped in favor of the truck drivers on this one. At least a truck cab kept the wind off and the snow out.Class one rations issued from box cars spotted on a drafty siding. I wouldn`t lie, the refrigerator car was by far the warmest car to work out of. "The above and beyond the call" type of men we worked with--we had cooks who would fire up a field range after midnight to make fried egg sandwiches and coffee so the break- down crew could hit the sack with at least a hot spot in their belly.
January 15,1944
Arrived at Camp Butner, North Carolina.. Tighten up a few spots, break in a new man or two. Finally had an idea where we were going.
May 5,1944
Q.M. Departed for Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
May 12,1944
Q.M. Departed from U.S.A. on board the Thomas H. Berry.
May 25,1944
Arrived at Bristol , England.
May 26, 1944
Arrived at Scarne Cross Camp located at Launceton, Cornwall, England. A quiet countryside whose deceptive tranquility was altered most nights by the flash and thunder of bombs falling on Plymouth some fifty miles to the south.
July 6, 1944
Arrived at Weymouth, England.
July 7,1944
Q.M. Departed from Weymouth, England, for France
July 7, 1944
The channel crossing was quiet, the water- proofing of vehicles a time- consuming effort that proved unnecessary.Only the bottom of the truck tires got wet as we rode off the landing craft on to Omaha Beach. Upon landing the Q.M. departed for the de-waterproofing area which was near Colleville, France, remaining there approximately two hours. Moved to bivouac area near Colombiers. From those first hours among the hedge rows July 7 until hostilities ceased 0001 May 9,1945, the 35th Q.M. Co. saw action in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Germany. Served with the 1st, 3rd, 7th and 9th Armies, and engaged in the Campaigns in Normandy,Northern France,Rhineland,Ardenes and central Europe. We in the Q.M. didn`t suffer a fatality, didn`t have a truck damaged beyond repair or salvage by our maintenance. Furnished food and supplies with- in scheduled time span what-ever the effort. Lucky? You bet, but we worked at it.
July 9,1944
Moved to bivouac area near Les Lades. All early issue areas were near small towns between the English Channel and the Front , some twenty miles from the beach and in hedge-row country.
July 21,1944
Q.M. moved to bivouac area approximately 3 miles N.E. of St Lo. From this vantage point we could see the merging formations of B 24`s and 17`s closing over their target during the saturation bombing of the approaches to St Lo. The throb of plane motors shook the ground.We could see the smoke markers nudged back toward our troops by a vagrant upper- currant breeze. Sunshine and beauty, terror and tragedy.
August 3, 1944
Q.M. moved to bivouac area, approximately 4 miles S.W. of Torigny. Billeted in Chateau de Breuilly.
August 5,1944
Q.M. moved to area approximately 4 miles N.W. of St. Pouis, France, in a wheat field.The hedge rows were behind us.
August 6, 1944
Q.M. moved to a bivouac area approximately 4 miles south of St Hilaire-du-Harcouet. 35th Div. placed under the 3rd Army after being with the 1st Army since arriving in France. The race across France was about to start.
August 13,1944
Q.M. moved to area approximately 2 miles east of Le Mans.
August 16,1944
Q.M. moved to area on outskirts of Moree. Approximately forty miles east of Le Mans.
August 20,1944
Q.M. moved to area on outskirts of Baigneaux in dense woods.
August 22,1944
Q.M. moved to area in vicinity of Pithiviers for issue of rations.Stayed approximately two hours. Continued move to outskirts of Ladon, directly west of Montargis.
August 25,1944
Q.M. moved to area in vicinity of La Chappel, approximately 4 miles east of Montargis.
August 29,1944
Q.M. moved to bivouac area 2 miles north of Villeneivue-l`archeveque, N.E. of Sens.
August 31,1944
Q M. moved to area one and a half miles N.W. of Estissac, approximately 10 miles west of Troyes.
September 2,1944
Q.M. moved to area on outskirts of Chassericourt, France, approximately 15 miles south of Vitre-le Francis.
September 8,1944
Q.M.. moved to vicinity of Bulligny,France, approxmitely 10 miles south of Toul.
September 15, 1944
Q.M. moved 1 mile N.E. of Goivller, France, approximately 20 miles S.W. of Nancy.
September 18,1944
Q.M. moved to area of Haracourt, France , almost directly east of Nancy 10 miles.
September 20,1944
Bombed and strafed by allied planes . Dropped two 500 lb. bombs in vicinity.
September 25,
Q.M. moved to S.W. section of Nancy in Rommel Barracks.
September 27,1944
Q.M moved to St. Max, France, which is in the N.E. section of Nancy.
October 12, 1944
Q.M. moved to new area within the town of St Max. German railroad gun fired shells into Nancy and St. Max from tunnel on two consecutive nights before being located on the third.
November 10,1944
moved to Brin, approximately five miles N.E. of Chateau -Salins.
November 24,1944
Q.M. moved to the town of Morhange, France, at railroad station. Artillery prime movers,tank transports, heavy trucks, steady rain and constant traffic stirred the mud to a surprising depth.
December 8,1944
Q.M. moved to the town of St. Jean- Rohrbach. Used French barracks. The bedbugs made it no bargain. The hand-dug tank traps and trenches were a novelty.
December 22,1944
moved to the city of Metz
December 23,1944
moved to a new area within Metz.
December 26,1944
moved to Arlon, Belgium. Billeted in Palais-de-justice, place of Leopold.
December 27,1944
Q.M. moved to Gurish, Belgium, three miles north of Arlon.
Twenty days of clouds and bitter cold as the Battle of the Bulge ground to a halt and reversed direction. The first day of brilliant blue sky and sunshine saw the heavens come alive with vapor trails writhing high above as unpatterned as a bowl of spaghetti.
January 19,1945
Q.M. moved to Metz.
January 23, 1945
Q.M. moved to Moyenvic, approximately 20 miles N.E. of Nancy, France, 7th Army Sector.
January 24,1945
Q.M. moved to the town of Gungwiller, France.
January 26,1945
Q.M. moved to the town of Bettweiler.
January 30,1945
Q.M. moved to Verdun.
January 31,1945
Q.M. moved to Rijckholt, Holland, approximately six mile S.E. of Masstricht, 9th Army Sector.
Februrary 5, 1945
Q.M. moved to Stahe, Germany. " Buzz Bomb Alley". Buzz bombs traveled west overhead nightly on their way to England. From our vantage point, they seemed eerie rather than lethal. Their speed seemed slow and steady compared to that of a plane.
February 15,1945
Q.M. Co. awarded Meritorious Service Unit Plaque by General Order Number 12, Hq. 35th Inf. Div.
March 1,1945
Q.M. moved to Huckelhoven, Germany.
March 2,1945
Q.M. moved to Bruggan.
March 4,1945
Q.M. moved to Strahlein.
March 11,1945
Q.M. moved to Bruggan for rest period. Similar to Service Platoon routine but tastier rations.
March 26, 1945
Q.M. moved to an area east of the Rhine in the town of Lohnen. Rubber pontoon bridge, and all traffic traveled east the first few days.
March 30,1945
Q.M. moved to Dinslaken, Germany.
April 1,
Q.M. moved to the vicinity of Gladbeck.
April 12,1945
Q.M. moved to Recklinghause.
April 13,1945
QM moved to Querenhorst, approximately 45 miles NE of Braunschweig.
April 16,1945
Q.M. moved to Dolle, Germany.
April 20, 1945
Q.M. moved to east edge of Tangerhutte, approximately four miles west of the Elbe River.
April 26,1945
Q.M. moved to Burgdorff, Germany, 15 miles N.E. of Hannover.
May 7, 1945
Hostilities with Germany ended. To be effective 00.0 May 7,1945.
May 17,1945
Q.M. moved to Aschberg, Germany, 15 miles south of Munster.
May 19, 1945
Q.M. moved to Bachum, Germany, 6 miles west of Hamm.
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