radio sections, the mess staffs and the peep drivers were frequently called upon to perform under the
most adverse conditions – always ready, willing and most exceptionally able to lend their particular
skills to the problems and the needs of the boys on the line.
THE LAST LAP
The rest can be told briefly. In the middle of September the 712th moved by motor convoy and
train to Camp Detroit. After initial processing it was moved by train to the Calas Staging Area near
MARSEILLES, where on 15 October all personnel loaded aboard the USAT George Washington. A
calm, pleasant voyage ended in NEW YORK on 25 Oct. from which place by ferry and train the 712th
was taken to Camp Joyce Kilmer. Here the Battalion finally passed out of existence and in no time at all
trains, busses, planes and autos were carrying the ex-tankers toward home and civilian life.
MINIMUM ESTIMATES OF ENEMY EQUIPMENT
DESTROYED
426
Trucks
26
AA Guns
253
Horsedrawn Vehicles
20
Armored Cars
136
Half Tracks
11
Peeps
126
Artillery Pieces
7
Airplanes
116
AT Guns
6
Nebelwerfers
112
Command Cars
4
120 mm Mortars
103
Tanks
2
Locomotives
57
SP Guns
2
Ammo Dumps
54
Motorcycles
1
Motor Boat
AMMUNITION EXPENDED
3,000,000
rounds
.30 cal.
40,000 rounds 76 mm
100,000
rounds
75 mm
25,000 rounds 37 mm
100,000
rounds
.50 cal.
100 Hand Grenades
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Drawings and Designs:
KENNETH J. HENNE
Merchantville, N. J
JOHN F. KIRKPATRICK
Cincinnati, Ohio
FREDERICK W. LEMM
Clinton, Ohio
WILLIAM E. WILSON
Cincinnati, Ohio
Story and Sources:
FORREST W. DIXON
Munith, Mich.
FRANCIS A. FULLER
Cincinnati, Ohio
RICHARD E. HANNEY
Clinton, Mass.
ALVAN R. HAYDEN
Roanoke, Va.
MORSE JOHNSON
Cincinnati, Ohio
STEPHEN R. KRYSKO
Scranton, Pa.
EDWARD G. TAYLOR
Glenford, Ohio
ROBERT W. VUTECH
Chicago, Ill.
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