--37th Naval Construction Battalion-- Care has been taken to render
the best copy possible. However, quality of this book is based on
the condition of the original, and current technology available.
Commissioned at Camp Endicott, Davisville, R. I., on Oct. 28, 1942,
the 37th Battalion was transferred to the army base, Norfolk, VA.,
Dec. 14, and two days later embarked for Noumea, New Caledonia,
where they arrived Jan. 18, 1943. The outfit moved in two echelons
to Guadalcanal, arriving Sept. 1 and Sept. 3. 1943. Leaving
Guadalcanal in three echelons, the first echelon arrived at
Ondonga, New Georgia, Sept. 12. The second and third echelons got
there Sept. 13 and 15. Moving again in February 1944 in three
echelons, the outfit arrived on Green Island, Feb. 15, 19 and 24,
1944. Bound for home, the battalion embarked on Oct. 4, 1944, and
arrived at San Francisco on Oct. 26. In July 1945 the 37th began
its second overseas tour of duty by sailing for Okinawa and were
there at the war's end. Cruise Books are Informal and nonofficial
in nature (they sometimes are compared to college yearbooks) These
publications offer insights into the daily activities and attitudes
from the perspective of a unit's crew. Cruise books dating from the
World War II years are rare today, but they are of special note
because of the intense interest by veterans, writers, and scholars
in a conflict that involved the entire American nation and engulfed
most of the rest of the world. Care has been taken to render the
best copy possible. However, quality of this book is based on the
condition of the original, and current technology available.
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