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14 Sep 2008
| THE US ARMY ENGINEER FIRE FIGHTING PLATOONS
OF WORLD WAR II 1201C 1246 2020A 2066 2123 * 1202C 1247 2021 2067 2124 2873D& 1203 1248 2022 2068 2125 * 1204C 1249 2023 2069 2126 3101 1205 1250 2024 NR 2127A * 1206C 1334# 2025A NR 2128 * 1207C 1980C 2026 2072 2129 3106 1208C 1981A 2027 NR 2130 * 1209 1982A 2028 2085 2131A 3108 1210 1983A 2029 2086A 2132 * 1211 1984 2030 2087 2133 3115
1212
1985
2031A
2088A
2134
*
1220
1993
2039
2096
2142
3125
1236
2010
2056
2113
2159A
3217&P
1243
2017
2063
2120
2795 Explanation of Symbols World War II Army Engineer Fire Fighting Platoons which became Army Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoons when assigned to Army Air Corps bases had the following configuration: 1 - Headquarters Section staffed with one officer, two enlisted men and support vehicles, 4 - Fire Fighting Sections staffed with a total of twenty-six enlisted men and equipped with fire trucks, fire fighting trailers and support vehicles. The difference between the two types of Platoons were the differences in water output of the trucks and trailers assigned to each of the Platoon types. C - When the assigned mission of an Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon was significantly changed by an increase in enlisted staff numbers and/or an increase in numbers of or change of types of fire fighting apparatus, the Platoon was redesignated as an Engineer Composite Platoon, Fire Administration/Fire Control. S - Section as discussed above. The historical record indicates one section was detached from a Platoon in the Ryukyus and transferred to New Guinea. A Army Engineer Aviation Fire Fighting Platoon. Discussed above. NR - No "Cards" or "Historical Data Documents" in the Center of Military History archives for the 2070, 2071 and 2073 Engineer Fire Fighting Platoons. In that these Platoons lie deep within a long numerical sequence suggests these units did exist and somehow failed to get into the files referred to above. # - Break in number series. D - Detachment. Nothing in the historical record suggests what these units might have been. BP - Army Engineer Fire Fighting Battalion (Provisional). There is nothing in the historical record to explain this unit , it's organization, it's mission or it's accomplishments. KP - Army Engineer Fire Fighting Company (Provisional). It is assumed the KPs were part of the BP, but again the historical record offers nothing. $ - This is an assumed break in the series of the KPs as the total number of KPs is unknown. ++++ - It is not known if there were additional KP units beyond the last one listed above. % - These units were located after this list was originally created. |