Members

Akers, Morgan

Arthur Cox,

Baker, Albert

Baker, James

Ball, Carl

Barker, Oscar

Barnett, Louny

Barrett, James C.

Beck, Neil

Bennett, Wilson

Bentley, Allen C.

Berry, Cecil

Biller, Eugene

Blankenship, Medrow

Bowling, Joe

Branham, Earl

Broughton, Chester

Bruce, Bernard

Bunch Earl S.

Burchett, Clyde

Caddell, Amos

Caldwell, George

Callahan, Bill

Campbell, James

Chesteen, John

Coleman, Junior

Collins, Charlie

Collins, William

Conley, Paul E.

Cornett, Estill

Couch, Lester,

Creech, Frank

Creekmore, John W.

Crum, Ercell

Cyrus, Albert

Davidson, Carl

Deaton, Fred

Dunbar, Ray H.

Duncil, Floyd E.

Early, Cephas

Eastham, Arnold

Elliott, Clark F.

Ellis, Raymond

Elrod, Lester

Fields, Carl

Flinchum, Herbert

Ford, Stanley, L.

Francis, Hubbard

Fuller, Elijah

Gibson, Alex

Graves, Raymond F.

Hall, Ernest

Hall, Lawrence

Harvey, Ed P.

Helton, Hubert

Hill, Auty

Hill, Silas

Hogston, French

Holt, Harlan

Howard, Andy

Howard, Vess

Hundley, Homer

Hutson, John. C.

John, Leo P.

Johnson, Charlie

Jones, Floyd W.

Jones, Herbert

Jones, Millard

Jones, Pleasie

Keek, Clark B.

Kendrick, Everett

Knuckles, Robert

Laferty, Floyd

Lail, Henry

Lawson, Gillis

Lewis, Joe B.

Lozier, Elmer

Marsee, Ellis D.

Martin, Paul E.

Maye, Woodrow

Maynard, Jak

McCoy, Junior

Miller, Henry

Moore, Cleard

Morgan, Sam

Moses, Claiborn

Mullins, Chester

Napier, John

Nunley, William

Patton, Robert

Peek, Talmadge

Pence, Ralph

Phillips, Edward

Poklinkowski, Donald

Powell, Allen

Powell, Ed Cornett, Evan

Profitt, Earl J.

Puckett, Burlet

Ray, Okie

Reynolds, Joe T.

Roark, Daris S.

Roberts, Hemmer B.

Rowe, Elmer

Rowland, Woodrow

Roysdon, Bill

Salyers, Stanford

Short, Felix A.

Smallwood, Mitchell

Smith, Arnold

Smith, Austin

Spencer, Frank

Spiva, Emory

Steele, Glenn

Sullivan, David W.

Taylor, George

Teel, Frank H.

Turner, Edgar

Vansant, William R.

Vaughn, John J.

Walke Ralphr, John

Wardlow, Elza

Warinner, Fred

Warren, Edward

Watson, Rovert

Weddle, Earl

White, Elroy

Williams, John

Willis, Charles

Willoughby, Lonnie

Wilson, Arnold

Wilson, Ray

Wolf, Rudolph,

Woodruff, Robert J.

Wright, Roy

York, Clarence

Zima, Gustav J.

Zygmunt, Stanley M.

History

Company 1578 was organized as a veteran company on July 1, 1935, with a cadre of 23 enrollees from company 1562, Camp SCS-15, Madisonville, Kentucky, with Capt. Norman S. Wiggs in Command and Lieut. E.H. Druley, a Junior Officer.

On July 3, 1935, Company 1578 arrived at Camp SP-1, Corbin, Kentucky, with its cadre and officers. The enrolled personnel of veteran Company 1578 arrived on July 24 and 25, making a full strength company.

Camp SP-1 had been occupied by Company 509 prior to the organization of Company 1578. The work at Camp SP-1 was the improvement of the Cumberland Falls State Park, consisting of approximately 600 acres of land donated to the State of Kentucky by Mr. Coleman Dr Pont, originally of Louisville, Kentucky. In this park were many beautiful places of scenery. The most important was the Cumberland Falls, with a water fall of approximately 85 feet, and the only place in the United States where a moon bow could be seen. Tourists from every State in the union have visited this beautiful waterfall in the past three years.

The veterans completed several projects started by Company 509, such as the Du Pont Lodge, which was constructed of stone and hewed logs, which has accommodations for about 250 people and is open all year.

Captain Wiggs was promoted to Sector Commander of the Cumberland, Kentucky, Sector on June 28, 1936, and Lieutenant Druley assumed command of Company 1578. Lieut. Harold C. Gors was transferred from Buckhorn, Kentucky, on June 29, as Junior Officers.

Veteran Company 1578 was reorganized on July 4, 1936, as a junior company, with a cadre of 22 enrollees selected from companies of the Fort Thomas District, and by July 15 Company 1578 was up to full strength.

Taking up where the veterans had left off the junior company occupied Camp SP-1, and continued the improvement of the Cumberland Falls State Park, completing a large parking area at the Falls, about 32 miles of foot trails, several shelter houses, overnight cabins, and stone steps from the Du Pont Lodge to the Cumberland River, a distance of about sixteen hundred feet.

Mr. Harold E. Wentworth, of Corbin, Kentucky, was the Superintendent of the Cumberland Falls State Park during the period July 1, 1935, to October 1, 1937.

Lieutenant Walter F. Diesem relieved Lieutenant Gors as Junior Officer on October 30, 1936, and continued until September 5, 1937, when he was relieved by Lieut. Brewster C. O’Shea, who served until October 1, 1937, being transferred to company 509. Then came Lieut. Joseph S. Rodkey, who served until December 3, 1937. Lieut. Lynn A. Breece, the present Junior Officer, joined the company on December 5, 1937.

Lieutenant Druley, Commanding Officer, was transferred to Buckhorn, Kentucky, and Lieut. Herbert S. Danner assumed command on March 10, 1937, when Lieutenant Thomas B. Caldwell, the present commanding officer, assumed command.

During the period July 16, 1936 to September 28, 1937, Company 1578 had thre different Educational Advisers. The first was Mr. William Cotttingham, of Ashland, Kentucky. Mr. Mark T. Ratliff, of Pikeville, Kentucky, relieved Mr. Cottingham on September 18, 1936, and served until March 9, 1937, when he was relieved by Arthur “Pop” Johnson, of Winchester, Kentucky. “Pop” Johnson, as he liked to be called served until September 28, 1937.

Each educational adviser devoted all his time to the educational program, and the enrollees of Company 1578, consisting of Lieutenant Caldwell, Lieutenant Rodkey, and 170 enrollees moved to Camp Grayville SCS-6, Grayville, Illinois, remaining there until December 18, 1937. The work at Camp Grayville, soil conservation service, was under the supervision of Carl A. Lindston, Camp Superintendnet. Russell E. Rigg was Educational Adviser at Camp Grayville..

On December 18, 1937 Company 1578, consisting of Lieutenant Caldwell, Lieutenant Breece, and 158 enrollees, departed from Grayville, Illinois, for Camp Tule Lake BR-20, Merrill, Oregon, arriving here on the night of December 21, 1937, and were meet by Lieut. Joe B. Odeneal, former commander of Camp Tule Lake BR-20.

Company 1578 still has four of the enrollee who helped to make up the cadre of the junior company on July 4, 1936, they are : Eugene Biller, Frank Creech, Talmadge Peek, and Woodrow Rowland.

After getting settled down at Camp Tule Lake, with George H. Durfee, Camp Superintendent, and Frank Corbett, Camp Educational Adviser, Company 1578 is enjoying the Ninth Corps Area.