[Qcwa] history

[Joseph Fenn]

Hi Norm,
Yeah I guess we will never find out what happened to the old 5th
Signal outfit.   I even questioned Chief Army Mars Bob Sutton
(retired Maj Genl) about the 5th and he had no recognisance of
any such outfit.   I did get a recent remark from one of the
EM's at ABM6USA the pacific gateway however.  I was talking to him
about what Sig Corps outfit he works for and he said 31st Signal
Batallion at Schofield Barracks.   When I mentioned the 5th
Sig Svc Co,  he says "oh they are all over in England".  I
thought Huh?????????!!  But did'nt dig him about it.  What in the
heck it must be a different outfit entirely I supposed.
Incidentally the info I got on the USATS boat didnt come from
Ft Gordon either, it came from some Quartermaster source as FT
Gordon had passed my info request on to them.  In fact I learned
that the boats original name was not "Florida".  Apparently someone
had owned it before Vanderbilt got it.   Darn it I didnt document
the info they gave me so will never know now what its original name
was nor who owned it prior to Banderbilt.
                          Joe/KH6JF


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