134th Infantry Regiment"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
The Morning Report is a daily record of the unit and the soldiers assigned to it. They were filed every morning and cover a 24-hour period from midnight to midnight. Morning Reports are exception based. They do not list each soldier assigned to the unit, but only those whose status changed during the 24 hour period being reported. This includes men who were newly assigned or those dropped from duty with the unit for any reason (for example, those transferred to another unit, being treated in a hospital, on furlough, or men Killed in Action). They also include information on changes in rank and Military Occupation Specialty (MOS - the job duties assigned to a soldier). Morning Reports record the location of the unit and how many men were assigned as of that day. They occasionally include troop movements, weather, or other miscellaneous information.
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT HEADQUARTERS MORNING REPORTS: An asterisk following the last name indicates that the soldier listed was not a member of Headquarters but was mentioned on a Headquarters Morning Report for some other reason, usually for being presented an award.
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIAL, RANK, SERIAL NUMBER, MORNING REPORT DATE
Nagel*,Clinton,S,M/Sgt,20721249,2/10/1945
List of abbreviations commonly used in Morning Reports