Kevin, Have you requested his records from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis? Much of the U.S. Army records were lost in the fire of 1973 but maybe they have something. You may get his Report of Separation which will list geographic regions of assignment/dates, medals/awards,campaigns, and other units of assignment.If not: _http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.h tml_ (http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.html) Print out a form SF-180, fill out all known information, especially the military serial number, SSN #,branch, and date of birth. You will need his signature on the form if he is still living, but you may request, if he has passed. The law allows you to, as legal next of kin. I can tell you that his primary job was most likely not that of guarding prisoners, but rather ship to shore movement of supplies to feed to appetite of the armies moving eastward toward Germany. After the capture of major port facilities at Cherbourg and Antwerp replaced the unloading of supplies directly over the invasion beaches and subsequent transportation via the " Red Ball " routes, the port companies were used in other jobs. The two most needed were: 1) support units were stripped to obtain infantry and armor personnel replacements 2) guarding and processing of the overwhelming amount of German POW's flooding to the west, to surrender to the American or British forces instead of the Russians There is a good possibility that is the case, but contact the unit alumni to see if they printed a unit history and that will cover their training and combat duties and experiences. Here is a link to the unit alumni contact: _http://www.military-network.com/Ben/Associations_Detail.cfm?ID=4221_ (http://www.military-network.com/Ben/Associations_Detail.cfm?ID=4221) Good Luck, Rick