June 5th, 2007, 03:48 AM
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Re: 6950 Prisoner of War Overhead Detachment and 500th Medical Collection Company
Port Company information.
http://www.qmfound.com/black_service..._in_combat.htm
From the webpage:
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The 592d Port Company, divided into three groups, landed in the fourth wave and began unloading small boats as they arrived on the beach; three of its crane operators went to the 5th Pioneer Battalion where they operated eight-ton cranes on the beach
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The 609th Port Company remained on the beach through December, unloading, sorting, and delivering supplies through continuous air raids. On 10 December a nitroglycerin explosion of unknown cause demolished its entire camp area, killing and wounding several men. Despite air raids that brought more losses and despite poor lighterage, the unit averaged two to three hundred tons for each eight-hour period.
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Looks like they were mostly stevedores, man-handling equipment over the beach.
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