1800 Engineer General Service Battalion
The 1800 Engineer General Service Battalion also known as tbe 1800th Engineers Battalion was a political prisoner labor battalion of tbe US Army based in Tennessee during World War II. The group was made-up mostly of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans who were suspected of being disloyal. The battalion was organized so tbe government could watch and control these individuals during wartime.
The 1800 Engineer General Service Battalion was denied weapons and consisted of three companies. "Company A" consisted of around 200 German-Americans who were formerly known as tbe 620th Engineer General Service Company. "Company B" and "Company C" were made-up of Japanese and Italian-Americans respectively. Others in tbe battalion were American political dissidents formerly associated with American fascist groups like tbe America First Committee, tbe Christian Front, Silver Shirts and tbe Ku Klux Klan.[1]
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- ↑ The Plotters, by John Roy Carlson, page 117