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HISTORY |
FROM |
1 Jan 1942 |
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OF |
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COMPANY "E",
503d PARACHUTE BATTALION |
TO |
15 July 1944 |
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1 Jan 1942 |
Nov 3,
1942.
Assigned Strength: 7
Off.
119 EM. |
1 May 1942 |
Capt Falcon assigned
and
assumed Command. |
19iAug 1942 |
Co. departed
Cairns, Queensland for Port
Moresby, New Guinea
by
transport
plane. |
5
Sept
1943 |
Co. jumped in combat at
Nadzab,
New Guinea which is located
in
the Markham
Valley.
Friendly
troops:
503d
Prcht
Inf.
Two days later units of the
7th Australian AIF landed
in
the Nadzab air
strip
to take
up
the fight
down the Markham road to Lae.
Enemy
forces:
Units of the 20th Japanese
Division and active
forces.
Assigned
strength: 110 EM, 6 Off. |
10 Sept
1943
|
1st Lt Millican fately
injured by one of our
grenade booby-traps.
|
16 Sept 1943 |
Co. returned to
Fort
Moresby by
Air. |
27 Oct
1943 |
1st Lt Smith assigned to
Company and
assumed
Command. |
11 Feb 1944 |
Company
left
Port Moresby, New Guinea an
USS Robert
J.
Walker
for
a rest
period in Australia.
|
17 Feb 1944 |
Company disembarked at
Dalgity [Dalgetty's] Dock,
Brisbane, Australia, and
moved to Camp Cable. |
5
April 1944 |
Embarked from Brets [Bretts]
Wharf, Brisbane on the USAT
Sea Cat. |
11 April 1944 |
Arrived at Port Moresby
harbor 1600 hr
left
1700 hr. |
12 April 1944 |
Anchored at Milne Bay 1700
hr and left 1700 hr
13
April,
1944. |
14 April 1944
|
Co arrived and disembarked
at
Oro Bay, New
Guinea. The company moved to
Cape Suddest
area
to set up camp. |
5
June 1944 |
Departed from Dobodura, New
Guinea 06o0 hr by plane and
arrived at CycloDrome,
Hollandia,
Dutch
New
Guinea
1100 hr. Company took up
bivouach in
Eberly Plantation |
15 June 1944 |
The company moved from
Eberly Plantation by LCT to
Hollekany and set up
bivouach at Cape Kussoc. |
21 June 1944 |
The Company was movedto Nemo
Village to send out combat
patrol. The patrol found no
live Japs, only dead ones
lying along the tracks. We
had no casualties. |
30 June 1944 |
Company moved from Cape
Kussoc to Eberly Plantation. |
9 July 1944 |
Company left Cyclops Drome
(Hollandia) by air 0754 hr
and landed on Biak Island
0954 hr. |
10 July 1944 |
2nd Bn departed from Biak
Island on four LC2's. |
11 July 1944
|
2nd Bn disembarked at Namber
Drome, Noemfoor Island.
Namber Drome was
captured intact and it
appeared to be a good coral
runway about five thousand
feet long. |
12 July 1944 |
The Bn left Namber Drama for
Inasi Village by foot on the
Inasi track. About a mile
out our Company contacted an
enemy Carrying party. We
killed seven and had no
casualties. |
13 July 1945 |
The Bn reached Inasi. D,E
and F Co's moved in to
Mandori Mission.
|
14 July 1944 |
Co. patrolled Cape Insomekon.
No enemy contacted.
|
15 July 1944
|
Co. left Mandori Mission and
arrived at Inasi. |