Korean War Project

23rd Signal Construction Battalion




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Entry: 63395
23RD SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION BN
SEARCHING FOR MEN OF THE 23RD SIGNAL CONST. BN. COMPANY
JERRY BRINKLEY wrote on December 14, 2007


CITY AND STATE: PAOLA KS

UNIT: COMPANY C / 23RD SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION

SERVICE OR RELATIONSHIP: ARMY VETERAN

Comments: 23rd Signal Const. Battalion / Company "C"
Searching for all former men of the 23rd signal Construction Battalion that served in Korea from 1950-1953. Especially seeking (Sqad. Ldr.)Sgt Crow; Cpl. Thompson (from Virginia); Pfc. Ellis (truck driver); Pfc. Italio Castrinova (from Calif.); Pfc. Blakely and Pvt. Basserstine.
Please contact:
Pfc. Jerry "Doc" Brinkley at: 913-731-4815 ASAP. Jerry is in need of additional "buddy statments" letters from the fellow veterans who served with him. Also Contact George Kernaghan, military researcher at: gekernaghan@yahoo.com ; Subject, Re: Pfc. Jerry Brinkley. Thank You.


Keywords: Sgt. Crow, Doc, Ft. Carson Colorado. 23rd Signal Construction Battalion, Company "C"

 
Entry: 61482
23RD SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION BN
I WAS IN THE OLD 23RD SIGNAL BATTALION IN 1944 AND UNTIL I WAS SENT HOME FROM BURMA IN MARCH 1946.
MARSHALL BURNETT JR. wrote on July 1, 2007


CITY AND STATE: FLORA MS

UNIT: COMPANY A, 23RD SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION, US

SERVICE OR RELATIONSHIP: ARMY VETERAN

Comments: Great desire to communicate with any buddies who also served this command during these years. Seems we're losing each other too fast.

Keywords: First assembled Camp Pickett, VA, shipped on USS Gen. Leroy Eltinge, maiden voyage to Australia and Burma. Worked on old Ledo Road, Burma. Sent home via Army Air Transport command to NY,February 1946, emergency furlough.

 

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