The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . A/S WHEN DO WE GO HOME? 251 field for awarding the Grand Prize, interest centered on the 1 J^-ton truck drivenby Gruninger,and the committee of judges agreed that this truck, which had beenassembled by Gruninger at St. Nazaire and driven by him 21,000 miles throughall of the campaigns with the First Corps, was the best entry in the were, however, certain lovers of horses among the judges who couldnot persuade themselves to award to a motor truck the Grand Prize at a showin which horses were involved. Gru
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . A/S WHEN DO WE GO HOME? 251 field for awarding the Grand Prize, interest centered on the 1 J^-ton truck drivenby Gruninger,and the committee of judges agreed that this truck, which had beenassembled by Gruninger at St. Nazaire and driven by him 21,000 miles throughall of the campaigns with the First Corps, was the best entry in the were, however, certain lovers of horses among the judges who couldnot persuade themselves to award to a motor truck the Grand Prize at a showin which horses were involved. Gruninger was given the Grand Prize in themotor section of the show for his entry. General Wright was not satisfied toexpress his feelings orally. He directed the Corps Motor Transport Officerto send the Battalion a letter of Chapter XXVI Homeward Bound WHILE the Battalion was still celebrating its success in the FirstCorps show, new cause for rejoicing arose. Orders came trans-ferring the 406th to the Fifth Corps. The pleasant part of it wasthat the Fifth Corps was preparing for immediate return to the United Headquarters of the Fifth Corps were then at Nougent-en-Baussigny,but the 406th was to remain at Tonnerre, some 90 kilometers to the westuntil the movement toward the port should start. With the transfer orderscame a complimentary order of appreciation from the Commander of the FirstArmy Corps. When the first intimation was received that there was possibility of theBattalions returning to the United States in the near future, a careful reviewof all the records was started. During the month of February AdjutantGreen, with Magill and Mcllhenny and the clerical forces of the Companieswere kept busy revising and reviewing passenger lists, cantonment lists andrecords. Just in the midst of the w
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