General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

Qmma~ OEDW WAR DEPARTXENT
No. 62 WA~HI~GTON 25, D. C., 27 June 1946
Section
SCHOOL AOR GOVERNMENT OF OCCUPIED AREAS-School oi Military Gorernment.
Carhslc Barracks. Penowlvnnia, redesignated .......................... I
MILITARY ESTABLISHNENT-Part Crook Ordnance Depot, Fort Crook. Nebmskn.
discontinued ............................................................ I1
MILITARY ESTABLISEXENT-Gonl~pr Ordnaure works. St. Paul. Minnesota.
discontinued ............................................................ 111
BATTLE EOKORS-Citations of u-~its..~
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ILSCHOOL FOR GOVERNMENT OF OCCUPIED AREAS.-Effective as of
11 June 1946, the School of Military Government, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsyl-
vania. a class I1 activity under the jurisdiction of the Provost Mnrshnl General,
is redesignated the School for Government of Occupied Areas.
[AG 600.05 (21 Jon 4611
I1 ...M ILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.-Effeetiee SO June 1946, the Fort Crook
Ordnance Depot, Fort Crook, Kebraska, is discontinued as a military establish-
ment.
IbG 080.1 (21 Jun 40)l
IIILMILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.-Effective as of iG Moy 1946, the Gopher
Ordnance Works, St. Paul, Minnesota, is discontinued as n military estnbiish-
ment.
[AG 680.1 (29 3faY 4811
IV..BATTLE HONORS.-As authorized by Executive Order 9306 (see. I, WD
Bul. 22, 1943), superseding Executive Order 9075 (sec. 111, WD Bul. 11, I%),
the following units are cited by the War Department under the pravisians of
seetion IV, WD Circular 333. 1P41, in the name of the Presideut of the United
states as public evidence of deserved honor and distinction. The citations read
88 follo\W :
1. Compeniet B, 0, and D. 807th Allborne Engineer Battalim, 826 Airborne
Division, are cited for outstanding performance of dnty and conspicuous pallantry
in action against the enemy in Holland from 19 to 21 September 1944.
Landing by pamehute on 17 September, these companies showed exceptional
versatility in the performance of both engineer and infantry missions. Their
personnel fought as security troo~ls, set road blocks on widely dispersed roads
and railroads in the vast division area, and sent numerous combat patrol8 on
reconnaissance into enemy-held territory. They removed demolitions from five
bridges which had been cr~tnred intact. In the vitally important crossing of the
Waal River on 20 September, Compr~ny O ferried two battalions of infantry to
tile north bank under heavy enemy fire. Fifteen of tile 26 bonts utilized were
Sunk in the first wave. As the bonts were sunk. the enrinccrs - joined the infantry
assalllt Waves and partidpeted in the hand-to-hand conflirt to win the nortilern
np~rnaches - - of the highway bridge. -4t 1445 hours on 19 September, ComganU B,
Supporting an infantry battalion, eommcnecd fighting in the assault on the city
Nijmegen from the south and performed outstandingly in that 20-hour struggle.
Meanwhile, Cornpang D fought as infantry in the thinly stretched perimeter
defense. In this battle for Nijmegen, Companies B and C sustained 43 easualtles
out of approximately 176 effectives. Superh courage, tireless endurance, and
stubborn determination characterized tile performances of these engineer paratroopers.
The individual and collective heroism displayed by the oaeers and
men of Companies B, 8, and D, 807th Airborne Engineer Battalion, BSd Airborne
Division, reflects high credit on the United States armed forces.