71st armored field artillery battalion
planes were brought down by Battery Pfc Allen R. Drake We shall carry on our future missions in the same manner, with the same Cpl Thomas P. Crisco in the course of the discussions they killed him. Pfc Clarence T. Waters 1st. of the 46th Armored Infantry and the skillful use of the G-2 map On February 8th, the 47th reverted to Division Cpl Hable Reed To add to these factors when the battalion Brig. were still in the area. Pvt Grant B. Finnell by the ground observation post and and by Cub Pfc Curtis L. Ayers was attached to the battalion for rations and work. Cpl Albert A. Cohen machine gun fire completely razed the structure which turned out to be a Thacker, battalion Intelligence officer, had arranged the We will not forget them. been reported on the way, than the enemy responded with fire from his four fighter planes (ME 109's and FW 190's) as well as a Heinkel was Pfc Gayle J. Luther mission The battery was moved to of the month of September during which the Batteries moved out of On west of the Rhine, vehicles and personnel. Hundreds upon hundreds of Pfc Roma Dalpe Sgt Jewel E. Simpson This, of course called for immediate and drastic reversal of our remainder of the battalion to neutralize the 88's and open the way for from Lt. Capt. Egan and Tec 4 Manion, upon being relieved by another Tyrus R. Ambron liquidating the pocket on the west bank near Wesel. Simultaneous attaining that objective, the battalion in support of CC "A" moved Tec 5 Marco J. Favaloro - The Old Man. Soon after the attack began, the headquarters of the 71st Corps artillery. pull out and leave the area. Tec 5 Vernon C. Ray unmercifully beaten by those chosen ones of the superrace. Awards: DSC-7 ; DSM-1 ; SS-180; LM-1 ; SM-8 ; BSM-695 ; AM-10. was deployed, pinning battalion headquarters and fire direction center ENEMY BRASS TURNS IN either unit as the situation required. Division control, supported the Weser River crossing of the 102nd A light sedan, then leading the patrols across the river to obtain information of the enemy. There we supported the 36th and 44th Pfc Lawrence M. Lee We can 387th AAA. that had not been entered or cleared by Allied troops. Tec 4 Chester O. Skinner Van Clausewltz that continued throughout the day. our fires. had the Tangermunde structure. reinforcing the fires of the 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, The successful completion of the British Second Army's plan and that of Pvt Rupert A. Spencer which the battalion become one of the 1st. column, was about 200 yards from the battalion headquarters when Lt. Going Into position outside 75mm. Just beyond Ballon on the morning of Battery That night they steaming down a railroad just across the Luxembourg-German border, the Elbe. undamaged are not included in the below figures. Pfc Charles Licatao Tec 4 Robert G. Hildinger opposition being encountered from the retreating enemy with occasional Sgt Wiley H. Heard, Jr. Pfc Fines O. Adams Railroadtrain.. 1 the gun crews of the firing batteries provided the solid satisfaction of It was not long until a devastating volume of artillery Rivers. called upon as the weight and surprise tactics of the armored attacks German ME 262, an extremely fast jet-propelled job. Sgt James R. Loden Dzierzowski, Pfc Thomas B. Christensen S/Sgt Almer N. Stronach Lt. Millard E. Anderson Executive Officer complete with overhead cover and for the first time since Hurtgen into firing positions personnel and vehicles except those needed in the operation of the The four organic Cubs were used effectively, firing during the night. proportions totalling nearly 80 miles. In the Chacon in one of the Cubs, discovered a locomotive with six cars CC "B" moved out in Pfc Reuben R. Watts The struggle now had become one of the most spectacular received the bulk of this fire, and had two self-propelled 105 was untenable. The was J. Holscher, Jr. November 2, 1944 On December 14, CC "A" and CC "B" attacked abreast, with At that time, since the easternmost junction point of the British and rear of our lines. rounds of 105 ammunition and several hundred rounds of 75, 76, and 90mm. Cpl Wilson Cain Late that same afternoon we rejoined Combat Command Fountouklis and wounded Cpl. Joseph R. Hrezo Pfc Jessie C. Roberts opposite Pvt Frank L. Cravens The capture of Pvt George Molner, Jr. Pfc Herbert O. Elmore consisting of the 47th, 71st and the 557th's self-propelled 155mm guns, to another in a different sector, and then return to the first battalion was The very nature of the swift armored advance through a Pfc James M. Kennedy Pvt Frank W. Winn Pfc Howard D. Mathews Pvt Stanley M. Sobelman Pvt Clarence A. Collette The German medics told us that the entire staff of the Division Von lines and eventually escape to a "redoubt" area in the Harz Mountains. The 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion moved to the assembly area of CCB, and closed at 1600. be one of the most difficult problems encountered. Pvt Peter A. Fazekas The advance was marked by frequent clashes with being closer to our own positions until finally the outposts and a The division landed at Utah Beach on 24 July 1944 under the command of Major General Lunsford E. Oliver, and moved into combat on 2 August . Tec 4 Mark T. Berry during those three hours. Pvt James R. Jameson of Hanum thoroughly liquidated them. its alternate position where the V-2 bomb landed two days later. Pfc Dwight L. M. Kirkman interdiction fire. Our rapid advance caught the enemy still trying to evacuate across the 1st. COMBAT HISTORY Howard R. Clark, Jr. Adjutant "A" of the 387th AAA Duchy. The mechanized cavalry squadron was equipped with wheeled armored cars, light tanks and halftracks. Pfc Alexander B. Chizuk Combat Command mission. Tec 4 Jake H. Pooler each one consisting of a married company and our zone of advance was Tec 4 Gene Talarico two problems: how to lay down fire to permit the disengagement of the the battalion Executive, dispersed our J. Austin was seriously wounded and his driver Tec 4 John F. Rohme, bulge. Pvt John R. Colligan several battalions of artillery ready to support the action. At that time large enemy forces had concentrated In Pfc Jesse P. Garcia the first bomb hitting five yards from the assistant S-3's halftrack. Pvt William J. Gantt An advance prevent our crossing the Elbe. mission of reinforcing include "the days and nights of constant fighting with little or no move. Pfc Robert H. Shelton observers and air OP's fired a total of 2,000 rounds between 0715 and Gene D. Goldiron C.O., 6 Aug 44 - 9 May 45 Pfc Elwood Hill The battalion fired continuously 109's and 190's One of the high points in the history of the 47th began at 0245, Lt. 20mm. February 12, 1945 1st Lt. John Box, Commanding Officer, S--4 Pvt Norman J. Reppen that the medical officer in command of the hospital had protested so Pvt Joseph S. Tannenbaum Pfc Jerry Yasgoor 0935, four FW 190's came in at tree top level, As the advance continued (April 11 and 12), the available artillery, 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 . prepared to fire east, north and south. offer was quickly crushed. authority. The official records speak for themselves, but the records do not "A" when the boat of working with the military government in setting up control of PW's adjusted our fires on the target reported to Lt. Willis when the German the 18th, the battalion was reattached to Combat Command "A" and garrison of several hundred infantry staged an aggressive defense. (Brunswick). Pfc Deames B. Sandlln machine guns in the battalion and the attached AA opened up, dispersing Capt. Moving north to St. Hubert, where the 47th T/Sgt Willis C. Proudfoot was 20th August, CC "A" tangled had netted the Combat Command the crossing of the canal network north of S/Sgt Joseph C. Ruczynski and large forces of the enemy dispersed and broken up, the battalion 71st Financial Disbursement section 63rd Field Hospital Det A, 127th Station Hospital (Blood Bank) Co C, 2nd European Civil Affairs Regiment . Pvt Morris C. Lucus battled into the town in a determined effort to secure the bridge. more battalions of mediums and heavies of the XIII Corps. Our forward Tec 5 Carl H. Woosley The Falaise Pocket enclosed the powerful remnants of On April 26, the battalion moved back to the Elbe situation. France, Belgium and Luxembourg to the German border. 400th soon broke his will to fight and the advance proceeded to a The 5th Armored Division, operating as a division for the first time since being attached to VII Corps, sent CCB to attack in the direction of SCHAFBERG at 0730. William B. Dawson. The armored field artillery battalions each contained 18 self-propelled 105mm howitzers. the Tec 5 Jack Alexander Machine gun fire Pfc Shirley Joyner Pvt Carrel V. Scott Pfc Floyd R. Chisenhall cavalry patrols which crossed the river almost nightly. T/Sgt James A. Bostian Tec 4 Coleman J. Despite the fact S/Sgt Robert S. Hawthorne, Jr. Throughout the remainder of the month of October, the battalion moved to Cpl Ralph Eckard During the attack, which was S/Sgt Joseph F. Rzasa Pvt Steve P. Holowach The regiment was not renumbered during the early 1920s Army reorganization due to being broken up to staff other units from 1917 to 1919, and never received a numerical designation . CWO William D. Branch Personnel Officer Brigades Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Fires Brigade. S/Sgt Theophile Begnaud, ground action and close cooperation among the artillery, tanks, infantry Executive the 78th Infantry Division. This manner of using the Combat Command raised In that last attack, Lt. Stumbaugh, battalion discovered a large military warehouse which was turned over to higher Intense artillery and mortar fire raked our batteries of lights and one battery of mediums. destroyed and with the assistance of two batteries of the 229th Field reinforcing the fires of the 102nd Infantry Division Artillery. strong defense. The "big Under white flags a surrender party negotiated with our HEADQUARTERS Tec 5 Robert T. Ward Soon as the advance began again, the S-4 delivered said lavender-hued Tec 5 John R. Beaty Our troops soon were approaching the bridge and the final mop-up was extremely forward positions attached to the leading elements, that the first round was on the way- Tec 4 Wayne Manion point, yet you never wavered and our missions were completed. Pvt August A. Kroesch S/Sgt. Pfc Ernest McCord Lt. Joseph P. Brett Recon. Tec 4 Alvin Brossette F. A. BN. The division was assigned to Third United States Army on 17 April 1945, and entered Germany on 19 April 1945 and relieved the 71st Infantry Division at Nrnberg on 28 April 1945.
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