- The 450th from what I was told was a Negro Co. that was there during WWII and were wiped out .I'm not too sure about that information, but that was what I was told. I know that every so often we would come across some old shells or land mine, we would mark it and when we got back to the Control Point we would report its location, and someone would send someone out to take care of it.
- I and another G.I. at one time walked all of the 450th aera of the Depot to check and make sure that all of the Ammo bays & streets were marked. I think it took a few weeks to do that job. I think we found one road or street & several bays of ammo that were over growen with trees & brush. We would mark them & when we get back to the control point we'd mark it on the 450th aera map, that was just one of the jobs I had. Looking back on it now it was fun. But it did'nt seem like it then.
- About the tents, when I first pulled Guard Duty we were held Guard inspection down by the Main Gate and we stayed in 2 six man squad tents and they did have some squad tents set up other than for guards but not for living quarters. All living quarters were the Quonset huts
- A little more about where the Guards stayed after the sqad tents were gone . After you stood the Guard inspection the Sgt. of the Guard would get the name ,Co. platoon, section of each man and you would go to your Co. and that's where you stayed , and when it was your time to relieve the man on guard the Sgt. or Corporal would come around and pick you up and march you around to each post to relieve each man. W hich at that time we were 4 hrs. on and 8 off so some of the guards were lucky they did'nt have to stand a post at all. but that did'nt last very long because they cought a couple of the guards on post asleep, so it went back to 2hrs. on 4 hrs. off . I don' t known how long the 4 hrs. on had been going on before I got over there. I do know that the Guard that was posted at Robert-Espagne shot himself in the foot just before I got to TFOD because after I got to TFOD we were'nt allowed to carry a rifle, on that post we were issued a Billyclub . But the only time we had that post was when we were loading Ammo , so other than that you were on the Post and we never pulled Guard Duty in the Depot, that was the Polish Labor Guard which guarded the Depot.
450th Ordnance Ammo Co. 1952-53
