| HQ & HQ Det. Mobile Foreces 2115th Engineer Service Unit (AV) Carribbean World War II CCC Camp in Silver Springs, Md (1940-41) |
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Pfc. Robert Jackson Shaffer Brookside, West Virginia Inducted 23 September 1942 Discharged 4 December 1945 |
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| While enroute to North Africa on board a cattle boat out of the port of New Orleans, his ship came under torpedo attack resulting in the rudder of the ship being shot away and the ship left adrift. Over 1,000 troops were towed three days later to Panama for refit. He remained in Panama until transferred to Equador and assigned duty as engineer for 2 1/2 years |