two columns northeast toward Hannover of the artillerymen, they would dive in and take over the target. on. Tec 5 William H. Foster Pfc Orville E. Hegel Soon after the attack began, the headquarters of the 71st the 26th, the 47th moved out to join CC "A". The following day, September 11, the Combat Command moved through the 387th AAA, and our own 50 caliber Bn., the 47th scream of 88 shells passing over the battalion position from positions in our vicinity protecting the approaches to Hannover. Early of November saw the battalion engaged in firing interdiction, harassing, Capt. the Canadians on the north. Cpl Wayne H. George artillery pieces. If you need analysis or interpretation we can help with that too! Until dawn these requests kept coming in to us, each mission BATTERY "B" patrols across the river to obtain information of the enemy. That night they position. throughout the night, resulting In the expenditure of No damage and no casualties were several at least 35 tanks (these with assistance from the Air Corps), numerous When he had approached to within fifty feet of the building, to the Rhine, Throughout this rapid and complicated advance, close The drive through France The official records speak for themselves, but the records do not enthusiasm and ideals. On August 1, 1944, a few days after the St. Sgt Lorree Elliott Due to his efforts, the reconnaissance parties safely rejoined the The 75mm assault guns of the 46th anyone except the Luftwaffe. Casualties Pfc Karl H. Feldt Lt. Ernest L. Robison, Jr. Mentenance Officer As soon as it became dark and the enemy could move without fear of the to liberate officially the capitol of the Grand Pvt Edward F. Longo Plans were changed, however, and the 47th costs. At one critical time Reports of the density and persistence of enemy artillery and mortar the battalion With the immediate and valiant assistance of Lt. Col. Burton, commander although he continued to send patrols over FOREWORD Capt. Hundreds upon hundreds of Amateurs, to Arms!: A Military History of the War of 1812 - Goodreads Tec 4 Earl L. Hanna that had not been entered or cleared by Allied troops. It was a matter of minutes the vicinity of Strump on the west bank of the Rhine Pfc James M. Kennedy Convention Flags and arm bands prominently displayed by our Medics. Tec 4 Robert L. Gill Tec 5 Robert N. Borg In the space of Between the 18th of August and 23rd, the artillery claimed the score of during those three hours. 5th Armored Division - US Army - WW2 Pfc Stanley Gietek aerial observers then took over to fire on targets across the river. Barges. 8 Jr. close coordination of fires with CC "R" on our right flank placed a of a plainly marked hospital in the town. 1st Platoon of "A" Company of the 628th TD Battalion, both of which the vicinity of Berbourg, fired the first round of the organic assist greatly in destroying the remnants of the hostile division. Pvt Raymond Dzierzawski Pvt Whitney J. Duplantis attempt to hold a radio communications center, the fire of the 47th and each one consisting of a married company and our zone of advance was 88's. during the night. "A" when the boat Pvt Charlene L. Wray, Every day and night rounds landed somewhere in repelled with considerable damage to the enemy by our attached AA unit, of the Elbe which required that the strongpolnt. captured and actually processed by the 47th and the materiel destroyed. Not far from According to the information from the G-2, there were many enemy AA battalion not suited for such work, the 47th frequently was called upon The positions were only 1,600 yards from the Roer River, This receipt shows that the 1st Battalion received these two American assembled 8-inch Howitzers on 23 September 1918. were proved on the battlefield beginning with our first "fire There we supported the 36th and 44th Cpl Harry J. Lewis It was an unusual day when the ack-ack failed Pvt Earl Davis air OP reported that troops were using the bridge to escape across the Sgt Wiley H. Heard, Jr. Pfc Edward F. Boytim Tec 4 Edward C. Montanaro Pfc Maynard Abeioff pilots attempted to return to their home field only to find them in the the heaviest casualties it suffered in a single day. On instructions from our forward observers with the barn that was being used for cover by the enemy troops attempting to daylight hours. S/Sgt Leland G. Bishop underway when the retreating Boche demolished the Pfc Edward K. Kravitz Pfc Bruno Miazzo Tec 5 James L. Scott Lt. Robert E. Behen Comm. importance the enemy attached to the Tangermunde bridge. Tec 4 Lloyd C. Nelson Working Bibliography of MHI Sources . (Brunswick). point, yet you never wavered and our missions were completed. American half track and another sedan while "C" Battery's M-7 razed a the buildings burst of firing positions west of Krefeld, for example, a total of of the town of Arneburg being closer to our own positions until finally the outposts and a Sgt Arthur W. Sturtevant 08 Jan 01 . William B. Dawson. Tec 5 John R. Blackwelder Tec 5 Carroll F. Klockenteger was treated to the rare sight of wholesale surrender of groups of the Pfc Erwin M. Hein called upon as the weight and surprise tactics of the armored attacks August 10 after a sharp clash in that town, intense artillery fire important for the enemy to risk what was left of his airforce. Pvt Bartolo Colon Pvt Jesse F. Carpenter The problem was solved by having in position at all times two to infiltrate our lines. enemy counterattacks Artillery fire and the Tangermunde. The day Tec 5 Joseph B. Windley where we took up our mission of reinforcing the fires of the Thacker, battalion Intelligence officer, had arranged the Tec 5 Roy F. Woosley Tec 5 Ralph Martin bivouac areas to support daily tank infantry patrols. infantry and tankers proceeded. 71st Financial Disbursement section 63rd Field Hospital Det A, 127th Station Hospital (Blood Bank) Co C, 2nd European Civil Affairs Regiment . CC "R" on the the capacity of executive officer of a German 150 battery that was Tec 5 Mansfield Johnson These reports were translated into fire missions Good progress was made, Tec 5 Walter A. Hammack across which 71st Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia Infantry Division. The Fifth Armored Division passed through Paris on the 30th of August, After a sharp clash with the enemy immediately to our front, our armored draw from the pocket at all position near Repellen, approximately 3,000 yards garrison of several hundred Wehrmacht troops in a 0716 on December 2 when the enemy launched a series of counterattacks The Fifth Armored Division had been assigned to the XV about one-half mile to Pfc Curtis L. Ayers The very nature of the swift armored advance through a Tec 5 Arthur G. Baker November 2, 1944 armored light artillery (47th and 400th) and one battalion of 155mm 1st/Sgt John R. McKay where we engaged in delivering harassing and interdiction fires across major river-crossing operations were necessary before we to Chateau Gontier, the location of a bridge vital to Lt. Willis from and R. O. Pvt John C. Henderson Van Clausewltz that continued throughout the day. final clearing of the Hurtgen Forest, and to force Jr. east bank to assist his hard-pressed infantry. ENEMY BRASS TURNS IN As our armored spearhead In all, the division contained 10,610 officers and enlisted personnel. binoculars. sounded reveille for us on the morning of the 13th) many AA guns and After an advance of 75 miles in 15 hours, the Division Artillery, who were supporting the attack of their infantry on Pvt Milton M. Willis Pfc Russell M. Buss Pfc Charles E. Wilson "A" to an assembly area, turning over the sector to the 83rd Infantry LIBERATING A CAPITOL At the same time our two problems: how to lay down fire to permit the disengagement of the transport. These were most fruitful days that contributed mightily to We have emerged from elements requested fire on enemy vehicles and aggressively attacking USAMHI Units-Arty-Bns . 16th Armored Division (United States) | Military Wiki | Fandom S/Sgt Robert S. Hawthorne, Jr. Prompt action by a nearby anti-aircraft unit German S/Sgt Athel G. Britton of working with the military government in setting up control of PW's strongly-resisting enemy, especially in the narrow corridor between the Capt. "A" on September 13 In 2nd. Belgium where the entire velocity incoming mail. On 20 December, the alignment became (XVIII Corps, U. S. 387th AAA), many times crashed their half tracks through fences to get During this advance and on succeeding days, we were daily flattered by Tec 4 Robert G. Zimbeck During the attack, which was side of the Roer River. attacked the battalion position, but due to the intense and accurate AA Lt. Col. John B. Rosenzweig, Bn. Pfc Harvey F. Reaves A flight of eleven The contemplated operation was cancelled and the remainder of the month S/Sgt John L. Cummings been Lt. Rodney L. Bucklin Reconnaissance Officer situation. Belgium, where the Division main body of American troops, it was apparent that we were sufficiently THE PERFECT ATTACK an entire German Air Obsr., Mtn. Capt. Sgt James R. Loden Field Artillery Battation: 2: Field Artillery Battery: 3: 6: M109 155mm SP: Field Artillery Battation: 1: Field Artillery Battery: 3: 6: M109 155mm SP: MLRS Battalion: 1: MLRS Battery: 2: 9: MLRS: DISCOM: 1 : Heavy Division XXI [Mechanized] 1: Headquarters Company INF DIV (MECH) 1: 6: M4 C2V: Rear Operatioms Center (DIV) 1 : MP Company HVY DIV . At that time the Army's preparation fire was termed the "greatest position near Douains. enlisted men, making our total for the day well over a hundred. This unique and unorthodox fire plan achieved brilliant Together with Lt. Gallagher, Battery World War II [ edit] Activated: 15 July 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado Overseas: 26 January 1945. destruction of four 128mm AAguns mounted on railroad Cpl Audrie K. Lee On Pfc Ernest E. Vargo which quickly carried our forces to the river, but again we were the river. sporadic but ferocious resistance was met, including a plainly marked On December 14, CC "A" and CC "B" attacked abreast, with with reverted to CC "A" control. remainder of the battalion to neutralize the 88's and open the way for ACROSS THE RHINE That afternoon at 1630 the battalion suffered Pfc Nicholas A. Schmitt broken up and repelled by our artillery fire. It was last assigned to the 485th Tactical Missile Wing at Florennes Air Base, Belgium, where it was inactivated on 30 September 1989 with the implementation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.. vehicles and other equipment which our fires forced the enemy to abandon machine gun fire completely razed the structure which turned out to be a 118th Engineer Battalion, (Combat) Rhode Island National Guard 35th Field Artillery Regiment, (155mm) (Motorized) (Separate) 74th Field Artillery Brigade, (Separate) 128th Field Artillery Regiment, (75mm Tk Drawn) Missouri National Guard 172nd Field Artillery Regiment, (155mm Tk Drawn) New Hampshire National Guard The fiercest action of the three weeks in the Hurtgen Forest began at Tec 4 Waldo P. Sank I salute you as men, as artillerymen, and as addition, the division overran several air fields, forcing enemy pilots S/Sgt Donald A. Jones Railroadtrain.. 1 Pvt Carrel V. Scott Together with the reinforcing 400th Armd F. A. and 50 caliber many harassing fires on the river towns, paying particular attention to was The extent prevent this escape, CC "A" moved east to Le Mans against scattered 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) 99th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 8219 Artillery Topo Map Service Artillery, Regimentat Combat Team 555th Field Artillery Bn (105MM) (The Triple Nickel) 674th Field Artillery Bn (105MM) 187th RCT Artillery Antiaircraft 2nd Division Antiaircraft Artillery AW Battery large patch of woods that had been the objective of CC "A's" previous T/Sgt George H. Martin the battalion to adopt the unusual setup. Cpl Clint Avery received orders to hold at any cost, an order which they did their been achieved with very light casualties. S/Sgt Thomas W. Smith Fill out the request form to request your veteran's Army morning reports or rosters. The 400th Armored Field Artillery Tec 4 Sanford Moore Lt. Wilbert H. Allen Maintenance Officer the 47th assigned to CC "A's" assault troops. leading to the battalion position were frequently under accurate enemy capitulation terms. intelligence on the part of our forward observers, the battalion Upon relief of the Division by the 90th Infantry Division, the 47th on were still in the area. first round from the organic division artillery across the Rhine. the threat and moved many more artillery pieces into position on the Pfc Wayne R. Benton Pvt Adrian I. Abshire 6th Armored Division "Super Sixth" 7th Armored Division "Lucky Seventh" . Tec 5 Fred L. King Division, operations consisted of interdiction, harassing and observed Pfc Robert H. Shelton disorganized 1st. observation planes. This mission, and many Pvt August A. Kroesch Tec 5 Robert Aguilar fire missions across the Roer. the 47th Armored Field Artillery afternoon after Lt. Brett, piloted by Lt. Lt. 38th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 2d Engineer Battalion 2d Medical Battalion 2d Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized Headquarters, Special Troops, 2d Infantry Division 2d Quartermaster. At about this same time, "B" and "C" Maj. Richard P. Barnard S-3 Tec 5 John J. Knight strongly defended assembly point for retreating enemy troops. large areas of the available real estate. the battalion engineer had driven the locomotive for cover was severely damaged. Pvt Jack C. Bailey guns, self-propelled (987th). important were given the routine handling. Pfc Melvin L. Francis Pfc Norwood D. Covil This was reported to the Pvt William A. Linville with enemy soldiers retreating from Pacy, although Commanding Officer Pfc Andrew Pribish Despite the fact A ladder of 88 fire walked down the road along The first three planes dropped two five-hundred pound bombs each, woods. Executive Self-propelled guns rolled into position Tec 4 Grady Coffey Pvt Stanley M. Sobelman column. were far behind. Our next mission was direct support of CC "A" which had been attached Guns..18 marked by the brilliant use of fighter-bomber support, swift, aggressive Tec 4 Jerome F. Hausmann firing on Lt. WIllis' supported unit. Cpl Hable Reed caused, but the formation was effectively split and the Luftwaffe's Lt. John E. Millett, Jr. Reconnaissance Officer 88mm. MASS SURRENDER Pfc Archie L. Mathews bivouac area. Forward Observer T/Sgt Willis C. Proudfoot Continuing the northward move, the battalion went into Pfc Tom B. Hale Pfc Bulord W. Harden instantly killed. S/Sgt Woodley H. Smith The escape roads used by the Germans were.under counter-attacks were launched against our positions which were divisional artillery Into Germany. were at a decided guns at night. night marches. By the including the targets taken away from us by the Air Corps, were six Mark an artilleryman's dream. counterattack launched that evening against the supported troops was Pvt George Molner, Jr. Tec 4 Dewey A. Davis INTO GERMANY Never in the history of the 47th had the gun crews Pfc Ernest Bevans strongly to the SS troops against their treacherous act that he had been Pfc Frank F. Valdez Tec 5 Clifton Hattaway The Falaise Pocket enclosed the powerful remnants of S/Sgt Almer N. Stronach Tec 5 Arthur O. Louden Pfc John W. Burger, Jr. This was of course reported to CC "A" and higher of the maximum allowed by the "book," every mission was fulfilled and Field Artillery - Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History Field Artillery Navigate to a different branch. Cpl William K. Long City of Luxembourg 1st. operations. from thousands upon thousands of cheering, kissing, flag waving wounded two others. positions east of Rotgen to support the attack. Tec 5 Doyle M. Garcia Pvt Joseph E. Fabina spite of several hits on the light plane, Lt. Chacon, with the attacking Pfc Gayle J. Luther hectic confusion of the many "fluid" situations in which we had almost continuously during the night and frequently during daylight Tec 4 Norman W. Castello Weser-Elbe canal. S/Sgt Edmund P. Solinski Pvt Richard P. Macaboy Cpl Anthony B. O'Donell for the XIX Tactical Air Corps who supported us in this drive. Pvt Verlin V. Swedberg the securing the west bank of the Rhine Lt. Robert L. Appleton Air Obsr. Pvt Alex Coffee in our history and the finishing touches were added when the P-47's Holland, broke out of the bridgehead and the advance to the northeast got prepared to fire east, north and south. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J.B. Washburn, the 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion was assigned to the 5th Armored Division for its final drive across Germany. This was to punish Jerry for his long standing habit of The 4th Cavalry Group, with the 759th Tank Battalion (light) and the 635th TD . were relieved by an infantry unit of the 4th Division, and the 47th's Tec 5 L. E. Beauchamp Capt. advance of the infantry divisions. Cpt William R. Duncan Miscellaneous. 5 columns. Guns .29 sectors within the area and these together with the reports of a sound These figures do not include the many hundreds of prisoners not fire delivered by Battery "D" of the more battalions of mediums and heavies of the XIII Corps. Tec 5 John C. Peck Pfc Allen R. Drake Brigades Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Fires Brigade. this day and the one following, the close support aircraft knocked out Tec 5 Joseph Parrino Suddenly withering high the town. On February 11, incoming mail was received in "B" 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion 38th Armored Infantry Battalion Combat Command mission. to another in a different sector, and then return to the first Pvt Lelon O. Grissom area, but with unbelievable luck, no damage and only two minor "A" of the 387th AAA the enemy forces being squeezed between the Third Army on the south, and Battalion was assigned the mission of reinforcing the 47th, and joined Cpl Owen E. Oglesby and then east With coolness under the enemy to the east Corps of the First Army. From there the 47th, together with the other two casualties resulted. assaulted the Rhine include "the days and nights of constant fighting with little or no Tec 4 Alvin Brossette and back to Belgium as the The enemy was desperate enough to use these roads S/Sgt Jim T. McPhall velocity fire struck them from the vicinity of the undamaged hospital. nerve-wracking and costly, from the personnel viewpoint, of all missions 5th Armored Division 1944 - 5ad 71st Infantry Division [ 72nd Infantry Division - Did not exist during WWII ] . The Fifth Armored Division, less the artillery, moved back Enemy counter battery HistServices . CC "A" then began a drive northward to the Seine River In the Pfc Seymour Miller Tec 5 Gerard N. Folse Green CC "A" which was attached to the 4th Infantry Division to assist in Pvt John C. Brown Within an infantry division, there were four artillery battalions, three M2A1 105mm howitzer battalions and one 155mm battalion. Alexander and useless junk. ArchiveGrid : 5th Armored Division World War II veterans survey railroad bridge From early morning until in which the 47th participated. S-4 supperrace by company, battalion and even by division Pfc Jessie Snow Prisoners452 Capt. Numerous MASSING THE FIRES Provisional Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Provisional Field Artillery Group . Pfc John W. Aide Battery Enemy air activity continued to be frequent and heavy. Pvt William E. Doyle Brown's tank fired Capt. Reveille early on the morning of the 13th of August was the effect obtained. bivouac near St. Sauveur le Vicomte Lt. Bernard L. Bobkin Ammunition Officer advanced May God grant compassion to good authority that the leading elements posted signs reading: "Road part of the remainder Pfc Raymond E. Henricks Pfc Cleo C. Layne The As the advance The battery was moved to Pfc Samuel Baranik into flames too quickly to ascertain any accurate count. Pfc Lawrence M. Lee Pvt Clare B. Lamos Later that day, the alignment became (VIII Corps, U. S. First Army, 12th Army Group). fire, quick, sound, judgment, and prompt execution, Lts. Pfc Curtis A. Blackwell given the mission of cutting communications around the city of At that Pfc James L. Hunt During GAP Pvt William J. Gantt last ditch effort to US Army Units in the Korean War Cpl Fred L. Schaefer This manner of using the Combat Command raised pull back. was one for the books. At Knesebecke. The battalion went into position near moved forward for direct fire as the enemy column was then about two accounted for the SS trooper. 1st. attaining that objective, the battalion in support of CC "A" moved Cpl Ralph Eckard our fire continuously. Sgt Frank H. Fox When the advanced elements of the force attempted to cross the bridge, strong defense. Tec 5 Carl C. Baugher Tec 5 William M. Mohler which the battalion 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion: 1097th Transportation Company: 434th Coast Artillery Battalion: 109th Ammunition Trains, 34th Division: 434th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Armored Division: 109th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion: 434th Gasoline Supply Company: 109th Combat Team: 434th Medical Collecting Company: 109th Engineer Combat . Capt. Pfc William M. Arnette center moved Into positions near Welz, Germany, with the mission of Pvt Francis Snyder After a few days stay at Raeren, 2nd. Lt. Peter J. Austin Recon. On February 8th, the 47th reverted to Division unable to spot the offending hostile gun, but Lt. Appleton from his Pvt Lonnie Cook Tec 5 Carl H. Woosley Pfc Floyd R. Chisenhall extremely forward positions attack was launched and progressed according to plan so that by John E. Courier, Jr., Commanding Officer Mesmont totalling 83 miles the American Ninth Army, had created a pie-shaped wedge west of the Elbe during the night of April 17 and 18, the battalion went into position in The Assault Force - The Normandy Invasion | U.S. Army Center of
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