Forgotten Road Warriors

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Louis S. Diggs

Excerpt from the author about 231st
Transportation Truck Bn, part of the Maryland
National Guard:

In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, the
231st Transportation Truck Battalion with its
four truck companies were stationed in Virginia
involved in their annual summer camp training.
When the unit returned to Baltimore in the
middle of the summer, it was discovered that
the entire battalion was alerted for active
duty to support the Korean War. In August 1950,
the battalion, with two of its assigned three
truck companies was shipped off to Camp
Edwards, Massachusetts. The one company
remaining in Baltimore until later during the
summer of 1950 was the 165th Transportation
Truck Company.

It must be noted at this time that the 231st
Transportation Truck Battalion with its three
assigned truck companies were the only Maryland
National Guard unit ordered to active duty to
support the Korean War.

After a very brief training in Massachusetts,
the battalion was separated. Headquarters and
Headquarters Company of the 231st
Transportation Truck Battalion with the 726th
Transportation Truck Company was ordered to
Korea. The 147th Transportation Truck Company
was retained in the United States doing support
service for about a year when they were
deployed to Germany for support service.

Publisher: Louis S. Diggs, 2005

ISBN 10: 0966341945 ISBN 13: 9780966341942



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