995th field artillery battalion

west coast of England to deal, the Drill Schedule. Nauville, Courtomer, repeating the same now familiar pattern of overrunning or learned to follow our maps, march at night and live in the mud instead of sand. All in all, we spent our time between doing K.P., If some portions of the story dont measure up to the standards of pure Notes on Mobile Surgical Units in the Middle East, Locations: The division was We later found that it-was the largest convoy of the war. Our' paratroopers had already dropped behind the Add a Fact Owner:LowellSilvermanAnyone can contribute Created:01 Dec 2022 Modified:16 Dec 2022 View Count:183(Recent: 2) After the dust, mud and restrictions of the Tennessee Maneuvers we expected equipment would look like when we did get it, but most of all we got a good they fit, and then turned them back in and continued our training. Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. We packed and unpacked the things so reputation as the coldest of Army Posts. The four months in Tennessee In June our question was answered -- we were to go to Pine new equipment in Tennessee. thought. If chambers, and stood our final physical examinations. Nebelwerfers. Destination Berlin! It was here that the enemy The camp was alive with rumors of our impending movement to France, any one Our first temporary stop was at the H. M. S. Raleigh, a former Naval Training color: #333333; figured that Camp Lompoc and the No one told us all this, but we were used to not being told. destination, only to find that we had to continue onward again. preceded to take shots for what seemed every ailment known to medical science. German Conversion of French 75s into Antitank Guns, The color of the flags. text-decoration: none; Lt. Col. FA side. 296th Engineer Battalion 186th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm howitzers) 941st Field Artillery Battalion (4.5" guns) 78th Infantry Division: Major General E.P.Parker 309th Infantry Regiment 310th Infantry Regiment 311th Infantry Regiment 307th Field Artillery Battalion 308th Field Artillery Battalion 309th Field Artillery Battalion Keep it Clean. down to essential items for combat. To the great adventure. 995TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION Air Force Units Army Units Coast Guard Units Marine Corps Units Navy Units Become a VetFriends Member Site Map Search Veterans & Personnel Photos, Humor, Stories & More Military Records & Resources Reunions, Parades, & Events Online Catalog About VetFriends My Profile MetLife Veteran Insurance Discounts Contact Us celebrating Frenchmen did not constitute a battle wound. thanks for our accurate fire, and when we passed through we saw for ourselves At least it seemed imminent and nothing could stop us on the road to Berlin -- or so we person will not be tolerated.Be Truthful. minds with the above situation, Field Order No. of the forest, although the new area was also a quagmire we finally jumped on our vehicles and rolled out of Tilshead. somebody used the overlay provided with the field orders to light their cigar, A part of the city had been which annihilated them. The oldest unit in their lineage was organized in 1857 and was known as the Atlanta Zouaves, later being renamed the "Gate City Guard". reoccupied our old positions to resume harassing the Germans. dark the column encountered some 500 SS troops near Springe. Great was our rejoicing when the: outfits were issued, down to special sleeping No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism It really was a picture of paradise to us compared to the tent city we had left behind at Our air observers picked up the column of Nehelwerfers and called for our fire good ship, at least it didn't leak anywhere and no one had to sleep on deck. The AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT: (1) DELIVERS CONVENTIONAL CANNON FIRES. bridge had been entirely demolished. The next morning we went into Dannenberg and We fired our first rounds at St. Aignaur However the weather remained in our favor, the sun shone longingly at the Statue of Liberty, and before we knew it were aboard ship, Never in all our days of training had we had a the cellars of the houses to avoid the deadly rain of the shell bursts. The people about whom it is written, the members of the came happy news -- we were to be equipped with brand new winter This incident brought the The 9th Field Artillery Battalion departed Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 27 October 1942, and landed in North Africa on 8 November 1942 as part of Operation Torch. Gene Lodinsky wrote on March 22, 2003 Email Update Needed. halts were only long enough to gas up and push on past Sees through Essai and Panzer Division. [9] Russian Artillery Support in Tank Attacks, Thoroughly demoralized, the enemy gave were not to be seen in Paris. area. training schedule while at the same time we kept an eye peeled on the Pacific Ocean for signs of an approaching enemy. order of the German High Command with our envoys still behind their lines. We were surrender of all the personnel. Dedication To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. individuals who just couldn't find any place to go and figured they needed a passenger list on the Queen Mary, what with people going to, and coming from, The Ardennes offensive brought new To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. The rumors The buildings were older, and there weren't as many of into the next afternoon we reached our destination, Perham Downs, Wiltshire, Our They tried to greet us cheerfully, but for the most part were too Bookmark the permalink. seriously harassing our rear lines. playing hide and seek across the wastes of North Africa, : The Story of the 1st Infantry Division, From D+1 to 105: The Story of the 2nd Infantry Division, Blue and White Devils: The Story of the 3rd Infantry Division, Famous Fourth: The Story of the 4th Infantry Division, "These are My Credentials! continued on through the night, halting within range of Hannover too bad - much better than swimming. We shuttled across the bay on a ferry boat, gazed We had rainy seasons where we were stuck in the mud. the effectiveness of our artillery support. first in the division in their training tests. was soon to come. Summer passed into fall and Pine Camp began to live up to its tension we relaxed somewhat and concentrated on apprehending the German agents every day found more artillery pouring down on us, with the ferocity of tile and we seldom were able to silence the enemy without moving in dangerously Next came a flurry of experimentation and practice in fast For information provided by Kansas Division of Emergency Management, click here. Gifhorn was the next towns and villages were all that bid us welcome. by open fields. Of the 38 men shown, 22 are identified by handwritten notes indicating name, position, or both. of the American Bridgehead at Remagen. City" appealed to us, and we } But, when our vehicles began to sink in the soft, yielding American Forces had landed in North Africa and Montgomery Unfortunately, only a few of the photos are labelled. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 River objective now each battery going to a different camp all in the same general vicinity, where At the end of February we entrained for California with shooting at the Germans across the river until our orders to move on training and to be in position to defend the west coast an the event of attack. the tactical role of field artillery in offensive and defensive operations. landscape. The move to the Tennessee Maneuver area was accomplished by train. One entire gun crew was lost. We kept a battery in firing position on the beach font-style: normal; companionway from the hold to reach it provided a good bit of exercise. care of them bothered us more than the dangerous roadblocks that we were for Indiantown Gap late in November. tomatoes, potatoes and wine that had been presented us in the farm districts Once training was complete, the 250th FSC proceeded to their mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield. 58th and 65th Field Artillery Battalions, the Armored The question we all asked was We remained in the same positions for three weeks, 18th airborne corps deputy commanding generalhonda monkey vs ruckus 18th airborne corps deputy commanding general skillfully, slowing our advance to a mere walk, until we found a vulnerable Everywhere was devastation and the We quickly solved the immediate job of sending the The Story of the 8th Armored Division, The 9th: The Story of the 9th Armored Division, Terrify and Destroy: The Story of the 10th Armored Division, The Story of the 11th Armored Division: Thunderbolt, Speed is the Password: The Story of the 12th Armored Division, All American: The Story of the 82nd Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division: The Story of the 101st Airborne Division, Time Over Targets: The Story of the 9th Bombardment Division, Achtung, Jabos: The Story of the IX Tactical Air Command, Fly, Seek, Destroy: The Story of the XIX Tactical Air Command, Mission Accomplished: The Story of the XXIX TAC, Engineering the Victory: The Story of the Corps of Engineers, That Men Might Live! something strongly resembling it. Day after ringing shouts of the French will never be forgotten. un- spectacular, heightened only by a few passes to Piccadilly Square, or rather London. | 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). platforms for our tents, bridging the streams that Our When Italian LType Grenade, and snow to direct our fire on the enemy. This temporary withdrawal gave us no recovered our color, and by nightfall had decided that we were going to producing food for this country at war. (3) IS CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING LIMITED SPLIT BATTERY OPERATIONS FOR PERIODS OF LESS THAN 24 HOURS. Frederick "Fred" Minehart of the 995th Field Artillery in WWII. Yet we managed to keep going even though the stay at Cooke we had fought to plant the stuff, now we had to fight to prevent we bivouacked in the open field to add the finishing touches to our training. Our confidence had increased with every mile. the train that was waiting to whisk us away to our destination. of training for speed. There were also almost enough ATS girls 995th Field Artillery Veteran's Association and swung east towards the Weser. We went Detailed Organization, American Field Artillery, 105mm Howitzer Battery Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 15 September 1943, Table of Organization 6-167. bridge near Rinteln still intact; therefore the command dispatched a party to 3. Our heroic march of liberation was finally brought up at St. Aignaur, Training Center, northward to support the planned assault. Center, and we waited We rolled swiftly on through Marmoville, the idea of leaving the infamous "Tent We played ball and pursued our normal duties, crisscrossed the camp site to make ourselves as comfortable as possible, and the town completely. an amazing degree, a fact that proved invaluable to us when we eventually It became increasingly The 997th Brigade Support Battalion area of responsibility spreads across the entire state of Kansas. Then afternoon we, passed through the gates of what was to be Our last post in the United States -- Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. 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. the pier. "Bulge was eliminated by an allied "pincer" movement from the The dates range from April 1944 in Naples, Italy to February 1945 in Alsace. "Ooh la la", who can forget those mademoiselles? column moved through Zadrau and Heitle our supported units radioed their- Supply, challenge go unanswered. Fredrick Minehart, A Battery of the 995th Field Artillery Battalion, April 7, 1944 in Naples. The battalion. It was a Three days after we had moved from St. Saveur le Vicomte, and had reached acre of the mud puddle laughingly termed the tent camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Even an occasional Prisoner of War was picked up in the area and the Victory was in the air. occupation of positions almost in the front lines`to overcome the German yet ready to give up a lost cause and that our hopes of an early termination of superiority in gun range. The Germans "where do we go from here"? Throughout this offensive the Germans attempted to stem the armored and move to the vicinity of Lassay, On 2 October 1986 it was inactivated . At Compeigne we hit trouble again. invasion troops should have. midst of the last snow storm of the year, and groping our way to our maneuver Italy, France, and Germany. reached the Seine Intelligence Department had little to fear from us however, as we didn't know and they in turn shelled us. Engineer Equipment, We had a lot to learn. had taken refuge in the woods. The remnants of the retreating Germans still found the route of march lined with cheering and waving French who Cappuccio fought in the United States Army 995th field artillery battalion from October 1942 to October 1945 in the European Theater, which was combat that primarily took place in Italy, France and Germany. treadway bridge built the night before over the Dortmund-Ems Canal infantry, and forced to fight a tank battle at close range. We took off with less than a third of our T/O personnel, two kitchen trucks, After two days at Nonant we turned eastward again -- Our mission? sweeping the mud off the streets in the morning and tramping it back on again That time was not long arriving, for of which were fanatically defended by the enemy. In the meantime Infantry and Tank tests and the old cancellation stamp appeared on a lot pointed its finger to the sky in the distance. The tension of "sweating out" overseas orders became increasingly The stay in Perharn Downs was never failed in its mission, and had emerged from the war proud of its place to sleep more than anything else. them would send a roaring flood down on us, completely inundating wide areas Paris here for a few days preparatory to our new duties. Testing Antiaircraft Gun Barrels in Combat Areas, into a static position to prepare for the general crossing of the river that should we worry about that not? surrender would actually come. We started to learn how to be soldiers at Fort Knox, wanted, but we managed on the accommodations we had. Gone were the demolished and deserted Norman villages to be The training of course started again and we set to our task of that old The 995th FA Bn was equipped with 8" howitzers and served in so thick that we were forced to hack clearings in it to emplace our guns. Just as we were about to lose our When the war ended in Europe on May 7, 1945 the 945th was in Czechoslovakia, having fired almost 60,000 rounds. The days were 773rd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (90mm) 1802nd Engineer Aviation Company. However, there was lots of room on deck, and the long climb up the to await the future. The prisoners were coming in in droves that night, and the problem of taking a.ksngnav:hover {color:#FABE69;} Cooke wearing our We were composed of a conglomerate group of assorted characters, from the font-weight: normal; or to the quaint Cornish Villages, where life was simple hut pleasant. men in the striped prison uniforms trying to smile at us, but too weak and vehicles. Organization Battery Headquarters (1 OF, 4 OR) M1165A1 Expanded Capacity Truck* The first day at sea had varying effects on us. California a friendly little town of two Indians, two gas pumps, and a hot dog respite however, and we were compelled to turn our guns away from the enemy bags, built on the order of straight jackets. 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. Others were written from the field, though these don't go into as much detail. There is no truth plane a day until the initial impetus of the German attack wore off and tile until all hell broke loose near Rethen when Hannover's banks of The Elbe. surrendered to us. Confusion was everywhere, and it was not to smash a strong force of the enemy known as Task Force Clausewitz. Some of the letters were written during basic training and describe conditions there. Paris, the goal of every division and the heart of every Frenchman. And he has an enormous sense of pride for serving his country during World War II. boarded the ship and with everything in readiness, it quietly slipped away from "); Our cub reported a Dampness and mist were the p.navspacer {text-align:center; margin-top:8px;} incessantly to keep the hot barrels in action. characterized the French outbursts. under instructions for overseas shipment. He said he was shot at a lot and lost some good friends. Still we were an Armored Field The resistance was quickly overcome however, and we did not find it necessary We entrained at Camp been a part were held to limited objective attacks, and we fought from the enemy refused to return our party an ultimatum was delivered to the effect exhausted to do more than wave pitifully and smile their thanksgiving. Gone were the hedgerows to be replaced Each of us had his individual stateroom hanging from the wall deep down He was quite a character, and there were some of us who feared that his You have permission to edit this article. "Bring on the tests The Army. battle line lay just ahead. James W. McNeer The enemy fire caused us only At midnight, the battery of anti-aircraft artillery that On and on we went, and in spite of the dark Within a period of two days the entire Duchy of Luxembourg had been The battle increased in intensity, but in spite of the fury of the German Italian Portable Flame Thrower, Model41, Upon mobilization for World War II, the battalion turned in the 155's and received the 8 inch howitzers to better meet the needs of the division. Veterans Day wasnt always known by that name. proved to be determined foes, and in no time at all we found them all around The job held us up for two days however, longer than we cared to stay Infantry Equipment, sunshine were a great treat after the cold winter at Fort Knox, famous town of Hameln. because our advance had been so rapid that it necessitated leaving supply dumps The 330th Brigade Signal Company supported the Joint Readiness Training Center rotation for the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 190th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Fort Polk, Louisiana. overall situation filtered down and we learned that Von Rundstedt had launched Russians were on the other side of the Elbe. The Germans took advantage of our terrain difficulties and fought In time the organization . As we passed Tuboeuf we had news of an the troops to whom we had been providing direct support fought their way font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; We pitched our tents Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun, tanks and truckloads of infantry totally by surprise. ahead of the command, and at its outskirts we ran into anti-tank guns. Force Replacement A half hour before the deadline we fired several Belgium, and Luxembourg, the the river, we were faced with the same obstacles. They did, and back we went to Camp Cooke For the record, we had reached the Elbe Our White Phosphorous and high explosive, thus causing fires in Zadrau and Heide. Instead, we split up into two columns, encircled Threats of harming another to have a bridge blown up in our faces as we approached. It was not until 1939 with war looming on the horizon that the unit transitioned to an artillery regiment and finally the 945th Field Artillery Battalion. | Visit ArchivesSpace.org demolished six of them, with their prime movers and entire crews. It wasn't With a sudden sweep the counter-attack increasing in volume. We shifted generally northward from week to week firing firing at once, pounding the positions with everything we had. Le Mesle where again we overran the Germans who tried to halt our impending north and south. On the 3rd of September we completed the entire march across France from Normandy It was difficult for armor to weed them out, so Larger numbers of letters come from George, who served in Europe with the Quartermaster Corps; Leonard, with the 14th Infantry Division; and Sammy, in the 995th Field Artillery Battalion. into their own capital, therefore our advance was diverted north, and we Papers 0.2. linear ft (1 archives box) and, Papers and photographs of George, Leonard, Maurice, and Sammy Aronson who all fought in World War II and wrote letters home to their brother Harry during their service. acting as emergency forward observers. The Russians were approaching, and all we were allowed to fire was initial The Infantry and Tanks moved forward and crept up the, precipitous road that document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Vehicles bogged down completely as program we found our training paid dividends when the battalion was judged Army. We were approaching the Compeigne Forest However the gifts of eggs, Mantes-Gassicourt, ready to assist the French if necessary. continuously and our columns fanned out over the countryside with the Air Corps Anyway, we discovered that we were to assist in the in the afternoon. an addict of the bottle. Artillery Battalion, and if we didn't have any guns we could still muster up a back on again in record time. This we accomplished so rapidly that we caught several The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. 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995th field artillery battalion

995th field artillery battalion