HUNGARIAN ENGINEER BATTALION (Sanitized) IN THE ENGINEER TRAINING CAMP AT KISBODAK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011500010004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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tlungari.an u~?irxeer Battalion in the igiznecr Traininu Carat Et 25X1
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EVALUATION_f
DATE OF CONTE
DATE OBTAINED.
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25X1 1a From 31 t,'arch to 28 June l9 1, the engineer battalion c inducted
its sumier training in. the engineer training camp near K shodako The camp consisted
of an undetermined nri.ber of tents and three solid barracks buildings, The
a'd s of the battalion was ionvedsda Kisbodak., ==j=25xi
25X1 the unit
was an engineer aeon. rw~ic n w s eta c ionec in the 'F'ri ros Barracks in
Gyroer (P 48/Y 1414) a ;'chile in Camp Kisbodak, the batt_iliora subordinate to the camp
headquarters in Kisboddk. In early June 1951, the battalion went throu h a c rc or yYx;
during; which the flag was dedicated and the conaanding officer. delivered a spooch;
Mentioning that the flag was that of an engineer brigade rather than that of the
battalion,, The soldiers would be inducted into compon:..nts of this bride in cas025X1
of war0 This was the only time the engineer brigade was mentioned,
25X1 d battalion from Kot.nrom ,P 133
Y a several engineer battalions from Baja (Y 6/5 28) and an engineer 1. ttalion
from I..osonmagyarovadr (P 38/Y 16) were also stationed in the engineer carsp at Kisbcdak.
The car:tfi was located on the west bank of the Danube river about 2 k cast of
Kisbodak. -
2, The engine :r battalion was organized into a headquarters of about 214 Mon; 3 companies
of about. 100 men each which were organized into 3 fLatoons each; and. ? guard company
of about 70 memo According
to the ration strength,, the battalion totaled 465 non,
About 50 percent of the personnel were members of the 1927 and 1928 chases about
30 percent were of the 1924 and 1925 classes, and the remainder were of older
classes. Almost all, of the soldiers of the guard company ware Membars of the 1.929
class who had reported for active service in be fall of 1950. he por ;onr~el xor?e
green service color.. Officers and fICQs h d branch-of-service, insignia :-which consisted
of an anchor with an anchor cable, pickax and s ade o Officers of the battalion
included Captain IstvAn Berta,, the corr,landing officer, whose headquarters was located
in Gyoer; Senior Lieutenant Gal (fnu), deputy cos aril i ng officer; Junior Lioutonan
Mozoe (1'nu), adjutant; 1 enior Lieutenant Istvan cagy, supply officer: and Senior
Lieutenant Janos Toth, the corinanding of-.'icer of the 3d 'o, a reserve of.4iee t' ho was
discharged on 28 June 19510
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The battalion was equip aed with 7 x 3-ton trucks, 3 x to -ton trucks and 4 ,jeeps,
About the- sane number of uotor vehicles were seen with the engineer battalion from
Mosonrata.gyarovar, wheroat3 the tattalions from Kor rori and f a ja were equ n d ;?, th
more motor vehicles.
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