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670 Master Gunner

Appendix B identifies SSN 670 as Master Gunner in the September 1942 AR 615-26 and supplements column and suggests reclassification to SSN 845. This was not an automatic conversion: each individual's Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Master Gunner

June 1945 is the manual's publication date; no effective date for this reclassification is given.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank for SSN 670.
  • The entry does not establish that an individual's reclassification to SSN 845 was completed.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Master Gunner. Suggested conversions/remarks, as printed: 845. These are suggested reclassifications subject to individual Qualification Card and job-specification review, not automatic or present-day equivalents. The table gives no row-level calendar effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an inferred individual conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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