U.S. Army, 1633rd Engineering Photomapping Platoon
U.S. Army, 1633rd Engineering Photomapping Platoon
1943–1946
The third member of the 64th Engineer Topographic Battalion, the 1633rd Photomapping platoon, was activated at Portland, Oregon, on November 5, 1943 and was attached to the 64th Engineer Topographic Battalion. The 29th Engineer Topographic Battalion at Portland, Oregon, supplied the personnel. Their nine-month training period was devoted to Multiplex manuscripts of the Harbor Defense Systems for the State of Washington. The platoon sailed from Seattle on August 13, 1944 and arrived at Scofield Barracks 8 days later, and was assigned to the 64th Engineer Topographic Battalion. Within a month, the platoon was producing manuscripts of the Bonin Islands, and experimenting in producing scale clay models from photo coverage of Iwo Jima.
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