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1270th Engineer Combat Battalion |
This web site is dedicated to my father, Technical Sargeant Joseph Earl Turner and to the men and families of the 1270th. |
To preserve the memories of their experience in Europe during WWII and to share their stories |
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Lt. Col. Hugh Connors BN. HQ. Staff, 1270 ENGR. C. Battalion Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, 9 Oct., 1944 |
L. to R. - Harold E. Mayo, James I. Laird, Ernest R. Dixon, Garlin A. Robinson, Jack Neal, Hugh Connors, Floyd E. Saxer, Fred Benjamin, Frank , Clarence Cuyler |
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H. & S. CO., 1270 ENGR. C. B., Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, 9 Oct., 1944 |
Officers (front row center) L. to R. - (W.O.J.G.) R.C. Lane, (W.O.J.G.) R.J. Sanders, Capt. A. H. Zimmerman, 1st Lt. R. H. Burritt, 1st Sgt. S. S. Miller |
Front Row L. to R. - Lanc, Brandle, E. Cloum, Lichko, Cheshareck, Nigro, Foy, Alburtus, Jones, Lane, Sanders, Zimmerman, Burrill, Miller, Davis Williams, McPherson, Elder, E. Decker, Hinkle, Miller, Tanoeman, Mike Pochebut, Petty, Joseph E. Turner,
Ben Barr |
2nd Row L. to R. - no name, Schoch, George Hornsby, Hobson, I. Gunshor, Chaisson, Goldberg, J. Riley, Ford, C. Punch, A. Jones, Dennis Wile, Grier, J.Garrison, Ensian__, B____, Ponell__, ?, V. Apostolos, Miswick, E. Derby, Brucadnumler?, A. Curren, Hubacl, R. Draper, |
3rd Row L. to R. - H. Cline, no name, no name, J. Herzfield, no name, W. Fraley, Veeles, C. Fischer, F. Warner, no name, Anderson, no name, H. Gelfand, no name, no name, no name, Fallon, no name, B. Boers, Talw(sp?), Drummond, Gresoon, ?, Coon, J. Gross, L. Engle, |
Back Row L. to R. - C. Jackson, L. Gibson, Pangboru (sp?), Snow, E. Marcinko, F. Spiller, Miller, Gletcher, Robbins, N. Rodseth, Phillips, Hutt, Justson, L. Maxfield, Dever,
M. Chomentowski, Dison, Mooneyhan, A. Chagnard, H.Deyer, Dulak, |
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Nan Turner and Dennis Wile looking at photographs in Trussville, Alabama; August 17, 2010 |
161 Field Artillery Band, 35th Division of the Kansas National Guard |
Joe Turner played the trumpet in the National Guard Band in Emporia, Kansas. The Guard was mobilized in December, 1940 and sent to Camp Joseph T. Robinson near Little Rock, AR. for a years training. One week before that year was up, the Japanese Army attacked Pearl Harbor. |
The 161st along with Company B, 137th Infantry, 35th Division of the Kansas National Guard were sent to Ford Ord, outside of Monterey, California, to guard the coastline. Joe left the band for flight training school which was later cancelled. He was re-appointed to the 1270th Engineer Combat Battalion. |
The 161st were sent to the European Theater and toured with Jack Benny before being reassigned as MPs and serving under General Patton in the Battle of the Bulge. |
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Joseph Earl Turner |
Dale B. Stinson, Clarence M. Burnap, Victor H. Steg, Howard James, Ner A. Stinson, Levi A. Barnes, Ralph R. Dice |
Leonard Hollingsworth, Orin V. Page, Joseph Earl Turner, Robert C. Black, Charles Wayman, James C. Sloan |
Jack L. Frost, Paul O. Steg, Leland F. Johnson, Edwin R. Wortman, Robert C. Wilson, Elvin H. Koger |
Alvin W. Schmutz, Wayne R. Russell, Harry Warren Austin, John E. Hollingsworth, Harry G. McGuire, John A. Bailey |
Leonard W. Staley, Paul J. Stovall, Ray D. Barnes, Clifford E. Barrett, Perry J. Dalrymple, Theodore S. Conley |
Rudolph G. Jungst, Charles H. Thurber, Harley P. Gover, Jack R. Barker, Robert M. Johnson, Elmer J. Micek |
John W. Beil, George E. Underleak, Victor Liflansky, NeVoy A. Gerbracht, Leslie Kimble, Charles Greenhalgh, Ralph Pasola |