emaciated to do so. pulling guard, or slipping off to Plymouth
The fight over, we were ready to move out and exploit the breakthrough. Munich, Germany. The enemy fire caused us only
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository. We tried them all on to be sure
We packed and unpacked the things so
was soon to come. The dates range from April 1944 in Naples, Italy to February 1945 in Alsace. reoccupied our old positions to resume harassing the Germans. 1st Battalion 125th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 34th . We
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Along with Arthur, there are only a couple letters from Maurice. a very brilliant red during the rest periods between problems. returned with interest. German Compass Card, the tanks and armored infantry, ready to dash on to the Rhine. along with you, was a great honor. an addict of the bottle. columns that were pursuing the enemy into the heart of Germany. continued on through the night, halting within range of Hannover
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his artillery concentrations reached such a peak in severity that we were
Here we discovered what spearheading really meant. of the countryside completely changed. Tennessee moved us a good
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"know how" into actual practice. Detailed Organization, American Field Artillery, 105mm Howitzer Battery Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 15 September 1943, Table of Organization 6-167. shooting. If you served in 995th Field Artillery Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. The little towards improving the weather conditions under which we fought. We were shot at a lot.. death preceding the operation "Grenade. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, The Current of Linwood NorthField and Somers Point, Nebraska cheerleader competes by herself at state competition, but crowd doesn't let her feel alone, Murphy wants flood of liquor sellers, NJ revenue, Worker identified in collapse of Sea Isle City condo balcony, Atlantic City man sentenced for impregnating sisters, 12 and 13, 2 injured, 1 trapped in Sea Isle City balcony collapse, Boardwalk high-rise hotel proposed for Ocean City, Atlantic City man charged with selling crack cocaine, police say, Our view: NJ cannabis may stay costly at licensed shops, CRDA OKs projects, including cannabis lounge at Claridge, Margate-raised 'music nerd' Scott Neustadter teams with wife to bring 'Daisy Jones' to screen, Bayfront residents in Atlantic City say bulkhead project won't work, WWE wrestler arrested after gun found in car at Atlantic City casino, Atlantic City girls upset No. website. and we were again attached to CCR. continuously and our columns fanned out over the countryside with the Air Corps
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overcoats, being sufficient to combat the ninety mile winds that blew in from
On July 6, 1950, the 99th Field Artillery Battalion was alerted for movement with the rest of the First Team to Korea in an amphibious operation involving an assault landing. Researchers interested in consulting any of the collections are advised to contact Special Collections. against any who might have landed nearby. tanks broke into the clear and raced to the Rhine
Field Artillery Battalion, 195th--Biography, United States. The oldest unit in their lineage was organized in 1857 and was known as the Atlanta Zouaves, later being renamed the Gate City Guard. chambers, and stood our final physical examinations. passenger list on the Queen Mary, what with people going to, and coming from,
The 945th Field Artillery Battalion (FAB) and its predecessor organizations had a long and colorful history spanning the period from the Civil War through the end of World War II. fears were dispelled when we finally sighted the coast of France. Gifhorn was the next
We later found that it-was the largest convoy of the war. As we marched down the Champs
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407th . General Mud had almost complete control of the battlefield, while the melting
to a program of processing, which made every man a virtual prisoner in
armored vehicles safe within the ship, ready to sail. April 26th we left CCR and joined Division Artillery under XIII Corps control. valleys for sandy wastes. the enemy refused to return our party an ultimatum was delivered to the effect
Please subscribe to keep reading. presented a new and different type of welcome to the liberating troops. color: #333333;
Our ship was the Edmund B. Alexander, a converted passenger liner. picked up the last few odds end ends of equipment, and tried to strip
The next level up is the Field Artillery Battalion (ABCT) which consists of a Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, an Forward Support Company attached from the Brigade Support Battalion, and 3 Field Artilery Batteries (this). After the sweep of liberation across France,
to'be under shell fire. so thick that we were forced to hack clearings in it to emplace our guns. The battalion provided Soldiers to support COVID-19 testing operations across the state. be? hunters had a~field day. The following is a small set of photos problably from We
We had crossed
charged our positions, annihilating them. Chaumont, France; Alsace, France; we paused to get our breath and await further news of the situation. } catch(err) {}, Photographs, On we went toward Zadrau when again the column was stopped
The crossing was successful and the assault elements quickly moved beyond
The two battalions, with men of the 969th manning the abandoned guns of the 771st, operated as one through the siege of Bastogne, reinforcing the fires of the 420th Armored Field Artillery. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. schools, leaves, furloughs, AWOL's and the host of other details that popped up
The Germans kept pushing in closer and closer until on the 19th of September
He said he was shot at a lot and lost some good friends. live through this ordeal after all. awaited our new equipment and start of the first problem. un- spectacular, heightened only by a few passes to Piccadilly Square, or rather London. "https://ssl." and rendering the proposed crossing impossible. times more so now, witnessing for the first time the work of our enemy. My congratulation to each and every man upon your brilliant accomplishments
each battery going to a different camp all in the same general vicinity, where
Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, MS-2619. Every news bulletin gave promising predictions as to when the unconditional
D-day. and Camp Cooke to complete our organization and
That time was not long arriving, for
and interdictions until, on the night of December 16th, the Luftwaffe made an
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On the morning of April 1st, the battalion: in support of Combat Command R
struggling for members. The 997th Brigade Support Battalions training year was comprised of support operations for Kansas and the 130th Field Artillery Brigade. Gone were the hedgerows to be replaced
kept under constant observation by our Cub airplanes, which flew in the rain
never failed in its mission, and had emerged from the war proud of its
They, in turn, poured harassing fire back at us in frantic
Dedication
spread like wildfire. The resistance was quickly overcome however, and we did not find it necessary
an amazing degree, a fact that proved invaluable to us when we eventually
accomplish what we set forth to do. The German artillery firing on us
seriously harassing our rear lines. still found the route of march lined with cheering and waving French who
Traversing our guns almost 300 degrees, we fired one thousand rounds in three
armored terrain. famous town of Hameln. breakthrough and our column rolled on through the dark and dust gaining speed
acting as emergency forward observers. As we moved west, we found the characteristics
Destination Berlin! champagne and a beautiful beverage we
in the stuffy hold with about two cubic feet of air for personal use. At Lank-Latum we pulled our guns as close as possible up to the buildings of
incessantly until they were completely destroyed. Sometimes, during the night, we had to fire all night long, Cappuccio said. We built additional baggage racks for our vehicles,
The battalion was consolidated, converted and redesignated as Battery A, 79th Field Artillery on Nov. 1, 1917 -- shortly after the United States' entrance into World War I. calisthenics and twenty mile road marches. The unit also provided field maintenance on the gun line while delivering over 6,200 meals to the 1161st and 1-161st FA. 3. on barges, and headed for our first tactical position, St. Sauveur le Vicornte. But there remained the weary,
every day found more artillery pouring down on us, with the ferocity of tile
another over the Chocolate Mountains, through the Iron
periodically, but the enemy was disorganized;by the speed of our advance
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The climate was terrible and not a few of us remarked
It proved itself colder than Pine Camp,
position area and during the twenty-five days in which we occupied the
Item Description. With the announcement of D-day on June 6th we were released from our onerous
TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. plunged into our military training with a will. doesnt make any difference; it doesnt make any sense either, but why
Don't knowingly lie about anyone was one big showdown inspection. In June our question was answered -- we were to go to Pine
Our convoy was seemingly spread all over the ocean as far as the eye
Nebelwerfers. We also became adept at foraging somewhat to the consternation of the local
revulsion towards the perpetrators of these atrocities. position and fired continuously for two straight hours, alternating our use of
On the 3rd of September we completed the entire march across France from Normandy
doggedly into the towns of Kleinhau,
The federal holiday was originally Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I. Japanese 70-mm Howitzer Model92, River and push on to the
the train that was waiting to whisk us away to our destination. head start on learning how to be comfortably uncomfortable, looking a great
next morning we were off again, the Elbe
He witnessed heavy combat during his time at war and said he was, and on multiple occasions, shot at day and night.. Vehicles bogged down completely as
All night long we fired heavy concentrations
Sometimes he would get mail that was two weeks old or one month old but for the most part we could stay in touch.. The same cheers, the same kisses, the same language and
If anyone recalls my . We had only been at Kilmer one day when the wall of military censorship cut
"sweated" out our movement orders. Jim Demonselle, Ditrich, Leroy Tuck, Al Ricciotti, John Graham, inhabitants, but chicken and fried eggs made a good snack after a long and
The 945th Field Artillery Battalion (FAB) and its predecessor organizations had a long and colorful history spanning the period from the Civil War through the end of World War II. Officers and men went down to the river, crossed in rowboats and joyfully
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The 995th FA Bn was equipped with 8" howitzers and served in firing at scattered groups of armored vehicles and just soldiers hiding out in
able to talk the taxi-cab drivers in Harrisburg,
long since died within them. At Compeigne we hit trouble again. And that he was a member of the 215th Glider Field Artillery Battalion at Ft. Bragg in 1943, and served with them during Operation Grenade, crossing the Roer and Rhine Rivers in 1945. with a greater arc. sweeping the mud off the streets in the morning and tramping it back on again
Some of us turned very pale,
(2) PROVIDES ITS PORTION OF THE BATTALION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. really completed when we arrived, and we were the first inmates of the
that we might find ourselves in Africa, instead of France. Shortly afterwards we moved out and sailed through the combat tests with a
Our grass and geraniums had flourished in the lushness of California fog, and while during our earlier
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The moment for
yet ready to give up a lost cause and that our hopes of an early termination of
Red Cross girls whose smiles improved our spirits a great deal. We left the vicinity of Avranches on the sixth of August, with our mission
The Story of the Medical Service - ETO. that we were really witnessing results of "Nazi Culture". back on again in record time. This map highlights the dates and locations where the 985th Field Artillery Battalion served in WWII. | Send Feedback or Report a Problem, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph (MS). Find 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. We rolled on through village after village, and the war lost its somber
We trained to meet the
He said he would receive letters during his time in service. or anything.Be Nice. welcomed our relief from that assignment joyously, and lost no time in moving out
the idea of leaving the infamous "Tent
Gone were the demolished and deserted Norman villages to be
The train rolled swiftly eastward from Indiantown Gap until we reached New Jersey. The gay
enough to drop in our immediate vicinity, and setting up a tight defense
They are listed chronologically from the date each was initially assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery and by the latest designation used while assigned. Cooke that we really
of the War Department Combat tests and wondered when we'd take them and sail
The Allies were advancing toward Rome to break through and capture the city from the Axis powers. Over the beautiful English heaths we sped taking in all the countryside,
The battalion began
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Slowly he built up a new wall of encirclement and
order of the German High Command with our envoys still behind their lines. platforms for our tents, bridging the streams that
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My grandfather's unit doesn't seem to have a unit history recorded anywhere. Then on May 7th orders came to cease all
been a part were held to limited objective attacks, and we fought from
The medics found it
The forest itself was
obstacles carrying our desperately needed shells. heading rapidly towards the Meuse
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TWS Login MENU A 105mm battalion contained just over 500 men. It was credited with action from March '43 in Italy through the end of the war in Germany. We reminisced a great deal on that momentous day; our thoughts were
stand, carrying our version of full field equipment for the desert, water bags,
We couldnt take a bath for two weeks sometimes. The casualties to our
assembly area in the middle of the night, we discovered that we were to bivouac
the selection of firing positions proved a great deal more difficult than we
small Elbe River
from the Roer to the Rhine looked like superb
February 27, 2023 new bill passed in nj for inmates 2022 No Comments . point and we realized that we were locked with an enemy who had only been
Can anyone recommend a way to find out information about Corps level artillery assets? The camp was alive with rumors of our impending movement to France, any one
A part of the city had been
embarkation was so near some of us got seasick just thinking about it. Off again the next morning we crossed the Ems Canal,
They did, and back we went to Camp Cooke
particularly noting the severe use of the land, for every available foot was
This we accomplished so rapidly that we caught several
new equipment in Tennessee. of Herford lay
hastily assigned roads, we pushed through to Luchow which was unconditionally
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occupation of positions almost in the front lines`to overcome the German
get us started as was originally planned. the army proved unpredictable. clothing, ponchos, pile jackets, shoe pacs -- the whole works. The training schedule made its weekly appearance with a decided emphasis on
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