Morning Report codes...what do they mean?

I just received a batch of morning reports for the Service Company, 786th Tank Battalion, for April 1945. Thanks to the information posted on this board, I've been able to decipher most of the reports. In hopes that it might add to the discussion, I'm posting excerpts from two reports, both of which concern my dad (the guy in my avatar). Since I know what happened to him, it might narrow down the possibilities of what the hand written "M" might mean.





In the first one, there's a description of a 2 1/2 ton truck exploding. That was my dad's truck. In the second one, my dad, PFC Burton B. Holloway, is evacuated to the 64th Medical Group.

What happened was that dad was driving a deuce and a half truck fully loaded with fuel (presumably in jerry cans) when his truck exploded. He was thrown from the cab and taken to a cellar by some of the local civilians. The medics found him the next day and evacuated him. Although the first report says he escaped injury, and the second report says he was lightly wounded with a concussion and headaches, he in fact suffered a traumatic brain injury with retrograde amnesia that lasted for the remainder of his life. He never regained any personal memories from before the time of the explosion.

Anyway, in this case we have a LWA who was evacuated to the hospital, detached from assignment, and having a handwritten code of "M2."

- Clark

 

cjh5801 I don't see your "excerpts" but I'm sure the research you did was informative.

Your father's head injuries were not unlike my father suffered (this very Morning Report
I've been chasing the code 7 for). During the attack on the French village (as mentioned
in busykngt's post 2, under 'What Grandad did in the war" thread), my father told me he
only remembers being engulfed in red/yellowish flame. The mortar round killed the soldier
just to his front left and left my father blind for two days with headaches that lasted pretty
much the rest of his life (he'll be 94 in December). He was attended by a captured
German doctor before he was evacuated.

 

Hmmm. That's odd. I can see the images on my PC and my iPad, whether I'm signed in or not. Anyone else reading this having problems seeing the images?

Thanks,

Clark

 

The morning reports show up for me on Firefox whether signed in or not.

 

Thanks.

 

Must have been a "glitch" with my PC. I can see it now; thanks for posting!

 

Thanks for posting the MRs regarding your father, Clark.

I would not necessarily assume that the codes "M" and "M2" are related. However, it would make sense, assuming they are related, that the "M" indicates the individual was permanently removed from the unit roster. This would obviously be the case with KIAs, thus no detailed explanation as there is in your father's case. Perhaps the "2" indicates the reason for removal, or maybe to what type of unit they were assigned?

 

While neither of these links add anything to our current discussion, they may help someone in the future:

http://87thinfantrydivision.com/Commentary/000014/000014.html - Overview of the MR by a guy who contributed info to them.

http://www.327engineer.com/MorningReports/MorningRportsIntro.htm - Thought I was on to something with this one but it's a pretty generic coding list for MR's.