Captain (CPT) · AG Section, Allied Force Headquarters, Caserta
Army · Service no. 39 088 926
Service Number
39 088 926
Last documented rank
Captain (CPT)
Last documented regular assignment
AG Section, Allied Force Headquarters, Caserta
MOS
9335 (officer); 544 as a private in 1942
Theater
Mediterranean (NATOUSA)
Prepared for Guido's family, this timeline brings together his
Army service and the family records that place it within his life.
Follow his story from Dunsmuir through his wartime assignments and into the
years after the war. Sources and original documents accompany the entries.
Map of Service
Places named in his records. Casablanca is an ordered destination;
unit stations do not establish each day's whereabouts. Markers show approximate
locations, with no travel route implied.
Places in the records
Dunsmuir, Californiahome town; residence at induction
Presidio of Monterey, Cal.Army entry, February 1942; sources differ by one day
Camp Wallace, TexasBtry D, 35th AA Tng Bn, 1942
Casablanca, Moroccoordered destination; AGO index sheet, 27 Apr 1943
Fedala, French MoroccoPW Censorship Det, APO 759, Feb 1944
Algiers, Algeriacompany reporting station, 5 July 1944
Canastel, Algeria1st Repl Depot, APO 761, 7 Jul 1944
La Fagianeria, Italy24th Repl Depot / 111th Repl Bn, APO 781
Caserta, ItalyAG Section, Allied Force HQ, Oct 1944
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MORNING REPORT · SAMPLE
1Organization Company A, 123rd Infantry
2Station or location Camp Example, Virginia
3Date 14 September 1944
4Section Personnel changes
5Pvt Smith, John A., 35123456 6asgd fr Hq Co per SO 187, Hq 123d Inf
In plain English
Private John A. Smith, identified by Army Serial Number 35123456, was assigned to Company A from Headquarters Company under Special Orders No. 187.
1Organization: the company, hospital, squadron, or other unit filing the report.
2Station or location: where that unit reported from on that date.
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5Soldier entry: usually rank, name, and Army Serial Number.
6Change and authority: what happened and the order authorizing it.
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enlisted men
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Special Orders
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General Orders
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Service Timeline
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Record
July 31, 1914
Born in Dunsmuir, California
On his signed World War II draft registration, Guido gave Dunsmuir, California as his place of birth.
Guido gave Box 691, Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California as his address, named Mrs. Mary D. Brun as his mother, and listed the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in Dunsmuir as his employer. The Dunsmuir local board stamped the card on 28 October. Selective Service serial 3100 and order 518 are draft-card identifiers, not his later Army serial number.
The signed front of Guido's draft card: Dunsmuir birthplace, home address, mother, and employer.Registrar's report: physical description, 16 October 1940 registration in Portland, and the Dunsmuir local-board stamp.
The NARA enlistment citation gives February 7; the WWII-enlistment.com transcription gives February 6. A Siskiyou County compilation of the NARA enlistment data also gives February 7. VA BIRLS separately records November 19, 1942 as a service-start date, although May–July Army rosters already list him. The VA record holds a single service period, and November 1942 may mark the start of his service as an officer. We have not found a commissioning record to confirm it.
Unit record
May 31, 1942
Camp Wallace, Texas — Battery D, 35th AA Training Battalion
The monthly roster lists 39088926 BRUN GUIDO J as a private, duty assignment 544, Coast Artillery Corps.
His line on the May 1942 roster. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: Monthly Personnel Roster, Battery D, 35th AA Training Battalion — NARA Roll 0355, NAID 371856615, image3027 (May 31, 1942)
Unit record
June 30, 1942
Still listed with Battery D
The June roster again lists him as 39088926 BRUN GUIDO J, private, duty assignment 544, Coast Artillery Corps.
His line on the June 1942 roster. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: Monthly Personnel Roster, Battery D, 35th AA Training Battalion — NARA Roll 0355, NAID 371856615, image3037 (June 30, 1942)
Unit record
July 31, 1942
With Battery D at Camp Wallace
Guido appears on Battery D's July roster under his enlisted service number, 39088926.
His line on the July 1942 roster. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: Monthly Personnel Roster, Battery D, 35th AA Training Battalion — NARA Roll 0355, NAID 371856615, image3045 (July 31, 1942)
Unit record
April 27, 1943
Officer records begin with a Casablanca shipment assignment
Records naming Second Lieutenant Guido J. Brun, O-1046735, likely continue Guido's service story. An Army index sheet assigns that officer to a shipment bound for Casablanca for censorship duty.
His officer index sheet and Casablanca assignment. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: AGO Index Sheet, AG 210.31, April 27, 1943, referencing March 17, 1943 — NAID 665331983, digital object index 583 (OCR page 584); identity comparison: Southern Pacific Bulletin, November 1943, p. 14: https://archive.org/details/cscrm_002173; April 1946, p. 23: https://archive.org/details/cscrm_002211
A note on the record
The matching name and service details support attributing these officer records to Guido, but no document in this account directly connects his enlisted and officer numbers. Southern Pacific Bulletin notes from 1943 and 1946 follow the same Dunsmuir railroad employee into service as a lieutenant in North Africa and back to work, which supports the connection. April 27 is the index-sheet date; March 17 is a referenced file date. The sheet records a shipment assignment, not arrival in Casablanca. A short, faint typed notation below his grade may read “Inf” (Infantry); later officer records give Coast Artillery Corps, and the award index gives Adjutant General's Department. The records do not establish when or why those designations changed.
Unit record
May 10, 1943
Departs the United States for overseas service
Guido left the United States for overseas service on May 10, 1943, the departure date recorded in his later Allied Force Headquarters report.
The October 1944 report recording his corrected overseas departure date. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: Morning Report, Allied Force Headquarters, October 3, 1944 — NARA Roll 464, digital object index 2064 (OCR page 2065)
A note on the record
AFHQ's October 3, 1944 report explicitly corrected the departure year from 1944 to 1943. The report does not name a ship or arrival date.
Unit record
November 1943 file
Listed as a second lieutenant
The officer lists identify Second Lieutenant Guido J. Brun, Coast Artillery Corps, under officer serial O-1046735.
The first line lists 2nd Lt Guido J. Brun, O-1046735, CAC. This undated sheet is filed with November 1943 records. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
The list is undated and filed with November 1943 reports; November is its filing context, not a confirmed event date.
Record
November 1943
Writes home to his railroad from North Africa
The Southern Pacific's employee magazine prints a note from Lt. G. J. Brun in North Africa: “Railroading here is a great deal different than on the SP.” The magazine adds that he formerly worked in the Engineering Department on the Shasta Division. In February 1944 it printed another greeting he sent from overseas.
The Southern Pacific Bulletin gives its month of publication, not the date he wrote. His 1940 draft card names the Southern Pacific at Dunsmuir as his employer, so these notes tie the Dunsmuir railroad man to the lieutenant serving in North Africa.
Unit record
January 25, 1944
Promoted to first lieutenant
The 6705th Censorship Company report names Brun among four officers promoted to first lieutenant effective this date. An October AFHQ record repeats it as his date of rank.
The February 9 report lists Brun first and states that the four officers were promoted to first lieutenant effective January 25, 1944. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: Morning Report — PW Censorship Detachment, 6705th Censorship Company (Provisional) — NARA Roll 661, image 2071 (February 9, 1944; promotion effective January 25); NAID 464798395. Parent-company report repeating the promotion: NAID 464118413, image 519
Unit record
February 12–14, 1944
Two days sick in quarters
The reports change him from duty to sick in quarters, in line of duty, on February 12 and return him to duty on February 14.
February 12: Brun changes from duty to sick in quarters, in line of duty. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.February 14: Brun returns from sick in quarters to duty. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: Morning Reports, PW Censorship Detachment, 6705th Censorship Company — NARA Roll 0661, NAID 464798395, images 2074 and 2076; parent-company reports repeating both changes: NAID 464118413, images 532 and 535
Unit record
April 16, 1944
Examiner, Italian Section
Guido served as an examiner in the Italian Section of the Prisoner of War Censorship Detachment, 6705th Censorship Company. The duty roster records his name, officer serial, and assignment.
The roster is dated April 16, 1944. Brun's line in the first-lieutenant section identifies him as Examiner, Italian Section. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: Roster of Officers of Prisoner of War Censorship Detachment, 6705th Censorship Company (Provisional), APO 759, April 16, 1944 — NARA Roll 0615, NAID 474696996, image 1090 (filed in May reports)
Unit record
May 31, 1944
Attached under Mediterranean Base Section headquarters
Special Orders 126 confirm verbal orders of May 16 attaching the named officers, including Brun, to Service Company, Center District (Provisional), Mediterranean Base Section, for administration. The censorship company's May 17 report from Oran, Algeria, moves 89 officers and 37 enlisted men to further detached service with Center District, and Brun's name appears on its attached list.
Source: Special Orders 126, Headquarters Mediterranean Base Section, May 31, 1944, paragraph 1 (confirming May 16 orders) — NAID 477830109, image 832; Morning Report, 6705th Censorship Company (Provisional), Oran, Algeria, May 17, 1944, with attached list — NAID 474683246, pages 1397 and 1399
A note on the record
The May 17 report and attached list were read through NARA's machine transcription; the original list image has not been visually verified. The May 31 signed orders independently name Brun and establish the administrative attachment.
Record
June 9, 1944
Cora Calvert enters Army service
VA records give this as Cora's service-entry date. Her government headstone records her as a Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II. A 1946 newspaper index later links Cora Virl Calvert and Guido John Brun by the same marriage-license date.
An attached list records 36 officers released from attached-unassigned status, assigned to the 2nd Replacement Depot, and departing at noon. Brun's own line gives O-1046735, 1 Lt, CAC.
The complete attached list. Select the image to view the full-resolution page. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Special Orders 24 list 1st Lt BRUN, GUIDO J. — O-1046735 as entry 300.
Source: Special Orders 24, Headquarters 24th Replacement Depot — NAID 565971022, pages 896 and 914; NAID 565973318, page 659
Unit record
September 1, 1944
Attached to the AG Section at Allied Force Headquarters
An AFHQ morning report at Caserta records him attached and joined from Headquarters 24th Replacement Depot under orders dated August 30. The 543rd Replacement Company reports his detached service with AFHQ on September 1.
Source: Morning Reports, AFHQ and 543rd Replacement Company, September 1, 1944 — NARA Roll 682, NAID 570126983, digital object index 531 (OCR page 532); Roll 664, NAID 570061849, digital object index 1786 (OCR page 1787)
Unit record
September 7, 1944
Returns to the 24th Replacement Depot
AFHQ's September 22 report records his release from attachment and return to the 24th Replacement Depot effective September 7.
Source: Morning Report, AFHQ, September 22, 1944 — NARA Roll 682, NAID 570126983, digital object index 638 (OCR page 639)
Unit record
September 16, 1944
Training duty with the replacement command
Under Special Orders 52, paragraph 22, Brun joins Headquarters Replacement Command, NATOUSA, with detached duty at the 24th Replacement Depot to augment training personnel. Paragraph 28 attaches him to the 111th Replacement Battalion.
Source: Special Orders 52, Headquarters 24th Replacement Depot, September 16, 1944, paragraphs 22 and 28 — NAID 570126983, digital object indices 1015 and 1057 (OCR pages 1016 and 1058). Copies of the order: NAID 570061849, pages 2676 and 2678; NAID 570064914, page 674. Unit reports recording the change: Replacement Command NATOUSA, September 16 (NAID 570126983, page 1013); 543rd Replacement Company, September 25 (NAID 570061849, pages 1934–1935); 111th Replacement Battalion, September 18 (NAID 569980210, page 1253)
Unit record
September 29, 1944
Assigned to Headquarters NATOUSA for AG Section duty
The report releases him from the 24th Replacement Depot duty and assigns him to Headquarters NATOUSA for duty with the Adjutant General Section.
The complete morning report page. Select the image to view the full-resolution page. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: Morning Report — Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Replacement Command, NATOUSA — NARA Roll 682, image 1113 (September 29, 1944); NAID 570126983 (NARA catalog page 1114). 111th Replacement Battalion report of October 1, 1944, releasing him to Headquarters NATOUSA under Special Orders 66: NAID 572192660, page 488
Unit record
October 1–2, 1944
Assigned through Headquarters NATOUSA at Caserta
The headquarters report records him joining its Unassigned Section and then being assigned to Allied Force Headquarters under Special Orders 273.
Source: Morning Report, Headquarters NATOUSA, Caserta, October 1–2, 1944 — NARA Roll 464, NAID 572501243, digital object index 1009 (OCR page 1010)
Unit record
October 2, 1944
Appointed Acting Assistant Adjutant General at AFHQ
The Allied Force Headquarters report assigns Brun to the AG Section and states that he was appointed Acting Assistant Adjutant General. It also records his component as Army of the United States and his date of rank as January 25, 1944.
Source: Morning Report, Allied Force Headquarters, Caserta, October 2, 1944 — NARA Roll 464, NAID 572501243, digital object index 2056 (OCR page 2057)
Unit record
December 14, 1944
Ordered to temporary duty with Fifth Army headquarters
While serving as a first lieutenant at Allied Force Headquarters, Guido was ordered to temporary duty with Headquarters, Fifth Army.
The complete AFHQ report: Brun's temporary-duty remark is immediately below his name. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
The report records the temporary-duty order, without details of the work, location, or length of the assignment.
Record
January 28, 1945
A likely appearance in Stars and Stripes
A Stars and Stripes article on the Medal of Honor quotes Lt. Guy Brun of the Awards and Decorations Section, MTOUSA Adjutant General's office. He noted that the Mediterranean Theater had the largest share of Medal of Honor winners, yet only a small number of the men recommended had been approved. The name and duties suggest this was Guido, though the article gives no service number.
The article gives no serial number. It likely refers to Guido: a 1963 Southern Pacific Bulletin calls him Roadmaster Guy Brun, and his September 1944 orders sent him to Headquarters NATOUSA for Adjutant General Section duty. NATOUSA became MTOUSA in November 1944. No Army record in this account names his section as Awards and Decorations.
Record
November 24, 1945 (letter date)
Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy
The Army's award index records Guido's Italian decoration, Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy. It identifies him as a captain in the Adjutant General's Department and cites General Infante's letter of November 24, 1945.
The Army award-index card, read from the image. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
Source: RG 492 MTOUSA, Index Cards for Awards and Decorations, file unit Brown through Buchanan, NAID 297290744, image 85
A note on the record
November 24 is the date of the cited letter, not a confirmed date of the award ceremony or promotion to captain. Captain is his last documented rank, corroborated by his government headstone; no separation document establishes his rank on the day he left active service.
Service record
March 15, 1946
Released from active service
Guido's active Army service ended on March 15, 1946, according to his Veterans Administration service record.
The Southern Pacific Bulletin pictures war veterans who had recently returned to the railroad. Its photograph taken at Dunsmuir names G. J. Brun, Army.
The magazine gives the issue month, not the day he returned to work. VA records give March 15, 1946 as his release from active service.
Record
July 11, 1946
Marriage-license notice for Guido and Cora
A compiled index to Siskiyou County notices in the Sacramento Bee lists BRUN, Guido John and CALVERT, Cora Virl under the same Yreka marriage-license date: July 11, 1946.
This date refers to the marriage-license notice. The marriage ceremony date is not given in the index.
Record
April 1, 1950
Dunsmuir — married and working for a railroad
The census lists G. J. Brun, age 35, born in California, as a married household head with wife Cora C. His occupation is civil engineer, railroad company.
G. J. and Cora C. Brun appear on lines 6 and 7. We added the highlight to show his name and service number. The record itself carries no mark.
The Southern Pacific Bulletin reports his appointments: roadmaster at Lone Pine in 1953, Susanville in 1955, and Alturas in 1956. A 1963 photo caption still calls him Roadmaster Guy Brun at Alturas. In 1965 he became assistant division engineer at Ogden, Utah, and in 1971 he took the same post at Tucson.
Each date is the issue that announced the appointment. The trade journal Railway Track & Structures separately reports his 1971 move from Ogden to Tucson.
Record
December 10, 1988
Death and burial at Fort Bliss National Cemetery
VA and cemetery records give December 10, 1988 as his death date. He is buried in Section G, site 2610. His government headstone reads GUIDO J BRUN — CPT — US ARMY — WORLD WAR II.
Guido's government headstone at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.Cora's government headstone at the same section and site.
