History Timeline
Corporal James E. Robinson
Time |
History |
March 31, 1943 |
Arrived at the induction station |
April 1, 1943 |
Inducted into the Army |
April 8, 1943 |
Entered into active duty at the Reception Center at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia |
April 15, 1943 – August 4, 1943 |
Battery A 7th Anti Aircraft Battalion Training at Fort Eustis, Virginia |
August 6, 1943 – August 14, 1943 |
Transferred to Comapny K - 8th Training Battalion 2nd Regiment at the Shenango Personnel Replacement Depot at Camp Shenango, Pennsylvania |
August 15, 1943 |
Reported for Duty |
August 21, 1943 |
Departed from the New York Port of Embarkation in New York aboard the USS Susan B. Anthony (AP-72) |
September 3, 1943 |
Arrived in Algiers, North Africa |
September 3, 1943 – October 13, 1943 |
Served in North Africa |
September 25, 1943 – March 20, 1944 |
Joined the Battery F 67th CA (AA) under Captain Clark C. Cook |
October 13, 1943 |
Departed from North Africa |
October 15, 1943 |
Arrived in Italy |
October 15, 1943 – January 21, 1944 |
Participated in the Naples – Foggia Campaign |
January 22, 1944 -August 15, 1944 |
Participated in the Rome – Arno Campaign |
March 20, 1944 |
Joined the Battery B 894th AAA (AW) under Robert H. Burrell & W.F. Crow ( which was transformed & merged from the 67th CA (AA) ) |
May 9, 1944 |
Promoted from Private to Private First Class |
May 24, 1944 |
Became a Cannoneer |
August 13, 1944 |
Promoted from Private First Class to Corporal |
September 2, 1944 |
Departed from Italy |
September 4, 1944 |
Arrived in France |
September 4, 1944 – May 8, 1945 |
Served in France |
May 9, 1945 – November16, 1945 |
Served in Germany & participated in the Rhineland & Central Euope Campaign (S) |
October 5, 1945 |
Joined the 480th AAA (AW) Battalion under William J. Townsend 1st LT. |
November 3, 1945 |
Joined the 184th AAA Gun Battalion under Leon Beroth 1st LT |
November 25, 1945 |
Departed Le Havre, France for the United States aboard the USAT George Washington |
December 3, 1945 |
Arrived at the Boston Port of Embarkation, South Boston, Massachusetts |
December 12, 1945 |
Separated from the Army at the Separation Center at Fort Knox, Kentucky |
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