CHAPTER 3 - REORGANIZATION OF 532D ENGINERR:.BOAT & SHORE REGTMENT
The personnel problem immediately became a major: one.
Unit
commanders screened their personnel and the Personnel Officer alerted
his section to search all Forms 20's for the necessary qualifications
and MOS's in the Regiment.
However, it appeared obvious,due to..the
lack of skilled key men, that MOS qualifications woul@-not be considered
but only the necessary service time.
The results of this were not,.
favorable, since only sixty-five percent of the required gumber ( 520)
were eligible,
The greatest setback was due to a large percentage of
the personnel due to be discharged from the service prior to- 30 June
1948.
Appendages C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4, indicates the turnover of
personnel during the time of alert to the embarkation.
During this
period Company "E" had five (5) Officers and one hundred. sixty-five
(165) enlisted men transferred to the Company, whileone (1) Officer
and sixty-eight (68) enlisted men were transferred out of the organization.
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Over-all changes affecting each of the units within,the Regiment
were drastic, inasmuch as the line companies were re-infayced from|
approximately four (4) Officers and one hundred (100). en|isted men to
eight (8) Officers and two hundred and three (203) enjisted men, while
Headquarters and Headquarters Company was reduced in strength from. one
hundred and forty-eight (148) enlisted men to ninety-four (94) and
j{ncreased in Officer strength from 22 to 23..
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After exhausting local sources (Fort Worden) for additional men,
there lacked about 100 EM to meet the prescribed number.
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Lt. Colonel