GI Trail NI - discover the path the GI's took in Northern Ireland.

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Langford Lodge (USA AF)

38th Signal Company, Service Group

  • Arrives in European Theater of Operations at Polebrook Field, England, 11 June 1942 (sailed New York Port of Embarkation 4 June 19420, and subsequntly moves to Brampton, England
  • At Langford Lodge by 23 December 1942 [Unit Data Card gives no specific dates and indicates that Langford Lodge is in “England”]
  • Assigned to VIII Air Force Composite Command 6 February 1943
  • Redesignated 4 May 1943 as the 1038th Signal Company, Service Group
  • At Camp Griffis, Middlesex, England by 15 May 1943