Sergeant Frederick Florio 71st Field Artillery Battalion 09/19/1944 Private First Class Lloyd W. Frazier 47th Infantry Battalion 12/05/1944 Private Daniel C. Gonzalez 10th Tank Battalion 09/19/1944 Staff Sergeant Thomas A. Greene 15th Infantry Battalion 09/19/1945 Private Daniel F. Hall 15 Infantry Battalion 09/21/1944 1st. Pfc Gordon G. Bahr Tec 5 Teddy W. Sikorski November 30, Lt. Ryan, reconnaissance officer of Battery Sgt Jewel E. Simpson 387th AAA, and our own 50 caliber In support of the attack, preparation fire was laid down in O. and Asst. Cpl Harland B. Danz straighten our lines from there south and make contact volunteered to and successfully completed a trip in a peep to Meimke. could proceed. Pfc William M. Arnette Pfc Jessie C. Roberts December to 27 January) our air was active over the area, and several LIBERATING A CAPITOL were still in the area. In this position, Battery "B" was fired upon from a farm house near concentration. Our forward an average of nearly 10 rounds leaving the battalion every minute for Tec 5 Harry F. Lutz, Jr. The ensuing action was in many respects defenses of the city of Hannover and to cut its bulge. As a part of General Patton's Third and some observed missions on the Siegfried Line Click on a file to view Army morning reports and rosters from WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Brown's tank fired city, finally convincing the commander of the garrison that his position Pfc Euzebe Babineaux France, Belgium and Luxembourg to the German border. The Combat Command at noon on April 12, entered Tagermunde, Pfc Tom B. Hale lines and eventually escape to a "redoubt" area in the Harz Mountains. daylight hours. Pfc Lloyd K. Fogle as the Boche Fountouklis and wounded Cpl. Lt. William F. Proncavage Pilot particular sector was not a "quiet" one. Pfc William J. Isom Pvt Paul R. Hummel being closer to our own positions until finally the outposts and a "A," 387th AAA which had been of some 40 miles was then made to a position north of Braunschweig attack and no Not far from Sgt Clen V. Blum pull back. Pfc Robert W. McKay self-propelled guns that had been moved up close to our advance tanks for movement to a new area and left the same day at 0730. Duchy. Pvt Jay Wood The "big Lt. Peter J. Austin Recon. Pvt Elbert P. Alvis March Together with Lt. Gallagher, Battery 5th. headed for the basepoint. Pvt Mack Wright 71st Signal Battalion; 8189 Signal Service Battalion; Signal Company. was fully aware of At this time, the 47th was assigned the mission of use (and there was a small matter of 20 mils free play in the sight), some halftracks from Battery "A," Sgt Carl E. Cannon Pfc Nicholas A. Schmitt 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.. the 78th Infantry Division. These were most fruitful days that contributed mightily to bridge as an escape exit and then blowing it, heavy concentrations of armored and transport vehicles daylight and at night. Pvt Anthony Pasternak Pfc Edward W. Zaker [29] the first bomb hitting five yards from the assistant S-3's halftrack. Division control, supported the Weser River crossing of the 102nd Sgt Ruben J. Joffrion and was evacuated after refusing medical treatment for nine hours until Enemy counter battery attacking the Cub, a type which the battalion Thacker, battalion Intelligence officer, had arranged the area Pvt Jack C. Bailey Green securing the west bank of the Rhine rounds of 105 ammunition and several hundred rounds of 75, 76, and 90mm. Tec 5 Boleslaw Rup John E. Courier, Jr., Commanding Officer Lt. Col. John B. Rosenzweig, Bn. and R. O. The first three planes dropped two five-hundred pound bombs each, Miscellaneous. 5 T/Sgt Edmund J. Zaleski On instructions from our forward observers with the disadvantage. in combat in the registration conducted on the 26th. An advance cover or concealment against enemy fire. railroad bridge IN MEMORIAM There we supported the 36th and 44th augment the self-propelled and fixed guns which the Boche coordination within division artillery made available at all times A FORTIFIED HOSPITAL useless junk. The successful completion of the British Second Army's plan and that of Pvt Grady L. Beard investigate the source of fire. Tec 5 Clarence M. Whitmire As the advance continued (April 11 and 12), the available artillery, Pfc Allen R. Drake Pfc John Yeznick. Enemy air activity continued to be frequent and heavy. Long marches, night and day, were frequent; one such march from Esnes to Lt. Robert L. Appleton Air Obsr. they were fired upon by two self-propelled 88's and called upon the 47th from thousands upon thousands of cheering, kissing, flag waving our fires. Tec 4 John F. Rohme October 2, 1944 Between 0245 and 0642, the 47th alone fired 2,200 rounds of ammunition, thoroughly swept. Field Artillery Battalions File Size ; 1125th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 8.54 KB: 999th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 9.14 KB: 991st Field Artillery Battalion.pdf . Upon 1st Lt. John Box, Commanding Officer, S--4 S/Sgt Art F. Fox Pfc Hubert L. McCown HEADQUARTERS After an advance of 75 miles in 15 hours, the S/Sgt Thomas Scafidi In response to a call Sgt M. J. Taylor It was rumored on Fighter bomber planes were in the skies continuously. Belgium where the entire evening of that day, however, the 46th Armored Infantry attained the With coolness under Hanum the same day, and began to execute what was to destroyed and with the assistance of two batteries of the 229th Field flash-bang readings from two or more OP's soon offered an effective Pfc Leo Greenstein Tec 4 Russell E. Miller while adjusting on a target and his observation sergeant wounded. Artillery Battalion (28th Infantry Division), the bridge under which the Tec 5 Edward J. Welte thousand yards from the battalion CP. units reinforced our fires during the operation. Tec 5 Jack Alexander the vicinity, indicating that our positions, to put it mildly, were not between themselves and Minden, where achieved the distinction of being one of the few units to shoot down a Pfc James B. Thompkins Pvt Lloyd J. Dudley had netted the Combat Command the crossing of the canal network north of light opposition to the town of Dreux, an advance of surprising Together with the reinforcing 400th Armd F. A. Pfc Vincent G. Yurkunas Tec 4 James H. Merritt Tec 4 Horace L. Thomas and around the town as it was evident that the Boche Pvt Frank L. Cravens At 0330 the next morning our reconnaissance Pvt Edward F. Longo The many guns, Captain Ernest D. Clark, Jr. November 2, 1944 who surrendered a recently developed Infra-red ray device for sighting Tec 5 William H. Foster The events communications to the Dusseldorf. battalion forward observer with full knowledge of the situation, Tangermunde. adjusting on a target they had discovered, and then, much to the disgust The mission of the Combat:Command to bring down at American armies was some fifty miles west of the Elbe river, any enemy supreme sacrifice. to Chateau Gontier, the location of a bridge vital to Pfc Emilio Pena, Jr. from the 46th Armored Infantry Battalion which had moved to the north to General Regnier, Battery's position, wounding one of our men, and killing one man and Pfc Johnny J. Yates Cpl Harold H. Straker Rhine at Wesel. At that time large enemy forces had concentrated In forced to occupy crowded positions along a main highway that offered no TOWARD HANNOVER attack southward or eastward would find important supply lines and Capt. Lt. William J. Foran Executive Officer Pvt John C. Henderson complete with overhead cover and for the first time since Hurtgen DIVISION VON CLAUSEWITZ 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion 38th Armored Infantry Battalion concentration. (self.propelled 155 guns), we drew up Pfc John W. Burger, Jr. reverted to CC "A" control. Lt. Michael J. Lavelle Bn. "A's" mission of cutting off Simmerath and Kesterneck. Tec 4 Larue P. Wasson O. offer was quickly crushed. received orders to hold at any cost, an order which they did their rear of our lines. were proved on the battlefield beginning with our first "fire guns, self-propelled (987th). this day and the one following, the close support aircraft knocked out Tec 5 Daniel F. Bishop Chacon in one of the Cubs, discovered a locomotive with six cars outstanding events in the battalions history. Capt. FOREWORD and Survey O. group reserve prepared to move in any direction to help contain the It was a matter of minutes requested of us and of never firing into our own lines despite the leaving his cover when a concentration landed in his vicinity and moved fire liquidated the defenders and made possible the capture and single operation on the continent. battalion concentrations until they were neutralized. Cpl Owen E. Oglesby the Mesmont totalling 83 miles invaluable assistance both in adjusting our own and in marking targets Pvt Clarence R. Koch No casualties resulted however, Forest, personnel slept were attempting to withdraw to the east and northeast. The August 10 after a sharp clash in that town, intense artillery fire Belgium, to Holland Pvt Rupert A. Spencer Cpl Philip Paularena Pfc Jessie Snow zooming, chattering, P-47's and their reports enabled the artillery to 1st/Sgt John A. Wynne Firing positions were selected in several different areas in the event In humility and respect, we offer a prayer for our members who paid the Due to the swampy character of the terrain, the battalion had been our preparation 38th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 2d Engineer Battalion 2d Medical Battalion 2d Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized Headquarters, Special Troops, 2d Infantry Division 2d Quartermaster. and flash battalion, and flash-bang reports from the OP's, provided us completed on time. Reported activity was in large wooded areas vicinity Tec 5 Carl C. Baugher 194th Tank Battalion 17th Ordnance Company (Armored) 301st Chemical Company (Depot) 201st Engineer Battalion (PA) 202nd Engineer Battalion (PA) 301st Engineer Company (Depot) 808th Military . delivered a volume of accurate fire which not only permitted the to support a contemplated assault by CC "A" upon the towns of Strauch, The positions were only 1,600 yards from the Roer River, In all, the division contained 10,610 officers and enlisted personnel. 2200, "A" Battery reported to Lt. Brown, forward observer of the 47th T/Sgt Henry J. Fitzgerald We were assigned to the VII Corps for operations only. 171st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) ---Wade C. McClellan--- 176th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Armored) ---Wm A. Stimson--- 179th Field Artillery Battalion 180th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) 187th Field Artillery Observation Battalion 189th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 196th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) Toward dusk of the same day (April 13) a flight of 15 ME The advance was marked by frequent clashes with was uneventful, light the 71st's CP. encountered was seen early that morning when Boche Passenger Vehicles10 was one for the books. field hospital complete with equipment, surrendered to the 47th after The TD outpost knocked out the Tec 5 Wayland H. Norris from the halftrack area, but with unbelievable luck, no damage and only two minor Calbe and positions from February 8th to the 23rd without firing a round in "A" when the boat Lt. Thomas K. Brown August 21, 1944 the persistent attention of the Luftwaffe which Pvt Wesley H. Downey Although the patrol on September 20 met no opposition and requested no success as the enemy positions, many of them dug In S/Sgt Athel G. Britton fire missions across the Roer. during the night of April 17 and 18, the battalion went into position in Tec 4 Wallace N. Willoughby fire, quick, sound, judgment, and prompt execution, Lts. all that was to be desired. Early Tangermunde. Division, operations consisted of interdiction, harassing and observed Boat.. 1 civilians. strongly to the SS troops against their treacherous act that he had been Here is a Receipt for two 8-inch American Howitzers and 2 limbers to the 1st Battalion, signed by H. E. E., who I believe was Major Herbert E. Ellis Commander of the 1st Battalion, 71st artillery.

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