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339 Jackhammer Operator

Appendix B identifies SSN 339 as Jackhammer Operator in AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), with no June 1945 title listed. It suggests SSNs 521 and 705 as possible replacements requiring individual qualification review against the job specifications, not an automatic split.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 521 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 705 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Jackhammer Operator

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date. The entry gives no effective date for a change or an end date for SSN 339.

  • The entry does not explicitly distinguish deletion from a fundamental change in job specification.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Jackhammer Operator. Suggested conversions/remarks: 521, 705. The table gives no row-level effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an effective conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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