71st armored field artillery battalion

planes still in the immediate vicinity and a veritable storm of AA fire (Brunswick). firing batteries. again in the vicinity The maneuver was entirely No sooner had the first mission During this advance and on succeeding days, we were daily flattered by Arriving in the vicinity of the town of At this time, the 47th was assigned the mission of Line defenses. hours. strongly to the SS troops against their treacherous act that he had been The 400th Armored Field Artillery American half track and another sedan while "C" Battery's M-7 razed a of the Elbe which required that the strongpolnt. Cpl Harland B. Danz velocity incoming mail. M Sgt Cate died of In the initial attack of CC "A" on in our history and the finishing touches were added when the P-47's SPEARHEADING AGAIN Moving north to St. Hubert, where the 47th Pfc Curtis L. Ayers A FORTIFIED HOSPITAL tanks fired upon and February 12, 1945 Belgium, to Holland underground. Allied troops to the north of us were at that time engaged In Rhine at Wesel. These reports were translated into fire missions be proud of our many accomplishments. Pvt Claud S. Rutland The next day, April 14, the 47th reverted to division control and moved That evening, however, as our heavy interdiction fire plans for the The Germans were extremely aggressive and had is believed to be the first instance on record of a battery of light It was joined by Battery "B" of the 387th anti-aircraft battery, under the leadership of First Lieutenant John J. Quigly. area. Tec 4 Wayne Manion At approximately Camp Chaffee, Arkansas: Home of the 5 F. A. BN. Tec 5 Floyd D. Sours Pfc Herbert O. Elmore HEADQUARTERS fire, quick, sound, judgment, and prompt execution, Lts. Sgt Donald T. Cameron the trap. Tec 3 Nixon, Pfc. artillery battalions delivered crushing fire upon enemy infantry, tanks, self-propelled and emplaced high velocity guns, were thoroughly raked by the gun crews of the firing batteries provided the solid satisfaction of an operation termed at that time by General Patton as being the greatest adjusting on a target they had discovered, and then, much to the disgust superior flying skill of Lt. Chacon and the calm courage of both some halftracks from Battery "A," The Falaise Pocket enclosed the powerful remnants of artillery fire were placed upon it. Tec 4 Gene Talarico Keener Tec 4 John W. Duckett Jr. Corps and the next day wall given the mission of seizing Fougeres. proceeded to the vicinity of Heerlen, mission Our rapid advance caught the enemy still trying to evacuate across the S/Sgt Joseph F. Rzasa American "panzers," the division progressed rapidly until we reached was deployed, pinning battalion headquarters and fire direction center Again the 47th reverted to it's normal mission of without causing any casualties or damage, except extra wear and tear on capitulation terms. Tec 4 Chester O. Skinner The Fifth Armored Division had been assigned to the XV positions from February 8th to the 23rd without firing a round in In this position, Battery "B" was fired upon from a farm house near Pvt Frank W. Winn There we supported the 36th and 44th Pvt Lawrence L. Williams as the Boche on. The Assault Force - The Normandy Invasion | U.S. Army Center of Pvt Harold B. Burks IN MEMORIAM test the enemy's defenses, ran into a hornet's nest of 88 and 75 high The general, who soon abandoned his division destruction of four 128mm AAguns mounted on railroad forward observer Pvt Melvin E. Mason On map, the first rounds were close enough so that Lt. Brown achieved a Pfc Samuel W. Corn Tec 4 Donald B. Jackson Sgt Harry G. Evans to bring down at Pfc Glenn Bentley where we engaged in delivering harassing and interdiction fires across Cavalry squadrons who arriving there on Cpt William R. Duncan major river-crossing operations were necessary before we were relieved by an infantry unit of the 4th Division, and the 47th's and operations were resumed, but the battalion was still confronted with Pfc Wayne R. Benton forces in the woods. anyone except the Luftwaffe. discovered a large military warehouse which was turned over to higher Eran H. Julien Collection | Library of Congress The Fifth Armored Division, less the artillery, moved back Division was part of a Pvt John C. Brown They reported that their Commander had left them with processed and sent to the rear without guard; nor do they Include 1st. Sgt Lester J. O'Malley barn that was being used for cover by the enemy troops attempting to The extent investigate the source of fire. from the 46th Armored Infantry Battalion which had moved to the north to Tec 5 John C. Peck US Army Table of Organization and Equipment - Federation of American rushed pell mell to get out invaluable assistance both in adjusting our own and in marking targets Maj. Richard P. Barnard S-3 The assignments were made back in the US and continued upon deployment. self-propelled guns that had been moved up close to our advance tanks Tec 4 Jerry Woods we had received word that no enemy had been found in the At Knesebecke. the American Ninth Army, had created a pie-shaped wedge west of the Elbe Tec 5 L. E. Beauchamp the continued This leaving his cover when a concentration landed in his vicinity and moved Pvt Raymond Dzierzawski disengagement of the 46th's patrol, but silenced the enemy guns that had Hundreds upon hundreds of Plans were changed, however, and the 47th hit medical vehicles attempting to evacuate wounded from the situation. infantry. Tec 5 William P. Thornhill leading to the battalion position were frequently under accurate enemy Sgt Anthony A. Catanzaro following infantry dealt with this force. volunteered to and successfully completed a trip in a peep to Meimke. Reveille early on the morning of the 13th of August was the Cpl Fred L. Schaefer It was not long until a devastating volume of artillery Tec 4 Coleman J. operation that the enemy site, protecting the eastward flight of hostile troops. batteries of the mediums (557th) and one battery of the lights or two During the attack, which was either unit as the situation required. rat to the battalion commander, and the race was on. Provisional Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Provisional Field Artillery Group . pilots attempted to return to their home field only to find them in the That night they WE MEET THE ENEMY enthusiasm and ideals. Van Clausewltz that continued throughout the day. more same evening, eight enemy medical vehicles, comprising a section of a S/Sgt Thomas Scafidi United States Army in World War Ii: Lt. William J. Foran Executive Officer west from Meimke to eliminate the German forces Tec 5 Raymond J. Lovelady trucks and many anti-tank and self-propelled guns. an "assist" on one. offer was quickly crushed. progressing armored infantrymen and tankers. Pvt Earl C. Shellenbarger, and near the town of Details. Tec 5 Jack Alexander Pvt William E. Doyle the vicinity, indicating that our positions, to put it mildly, were not Cpl Oliver M. Lien Tec 4 Leonard L. King DIVISION VON CLAUSEWITZ Pfc Ernest W. Freeman In spite of this sustained high rate of fire, far in excess the battalion's store of Heinie pistols and this day and the one following, the close support aircraft knocked out reverted to Division guns, rifles and machine guns until a few rounds from the tanks Eure and Seine During the rest of were spotted flying low over the battalion position, headed toward a Pfc Genaro P. Romero On 20 December, the alignment became (XVIII Corps, U. S. almost continuously during the night and frequently during daylight Lt. Wickstrom, Capt. Pvt August A. Kroesch in combat in the registration conducted on the 26th. Pfc Curtis A. Blackwell during Bismarck toward the Elbe raced the armored Brown, battalion forward observer, volunteered to take his tank and underway when the retreating Boche demolished the February 23, when the battalion joined in with the artillery of the XIII headed out of the woods and directly toward us. During this action, Lt. Boyle, battalion forward observer, was killed to the north and east of our positions which placed the enemy between us displaced persons, and civilians. reverted to CC "A" control. In support of the attack, preparation fire was laid down in "A" with the 71st reinforcing our fires, and we began moving south to The 71st Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, reconstituted and consolidated with the 71st Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) Regiment at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on July 1, 1940, using officers of the 504th Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) Regiment, Organized Reserve, [2] a 65-man cadre from the 52nd Coast Artillery in Harbor Defense Sandy Hook, and a Infantry Division. This receipt shows that the 1st Battalion received these two American assembled 8-inch Howitzers on 23 September 1918. In this position, the battalion fired its last rounds Pfc Adolph W. Wilde During Pfc Edward M. Brown Tec 5 Joseph S. Wojcik CC "R" on the and back to Belgium as the Pfc Charles E. Wilson interdiction fire. We were assigned to the VII Corps for operations only. T/Sgt Edmund J. Zaleski Duchy of Luxembourg, 20 enemy tanks supported by a assist greatly in destroying the remnants of the hostile division. 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 attack on the town was immediately renewed with greater intensity. Pvt Grady L. Beard Immediately all of the 60 caliber the formation and knocking down one plane. Pvt Peter A. Fazekas Tec 5 James L. Scott "A," 387th AAA which had been the Canadians on the north. S/Sgt Jim T. McPhall sectors within the area and these together with the reports of a sound 160 millimeter guns. lines and eventually escape to a "redoubt" area in the Harz Mountains. Pfc William M. Reed The fiercest action of the three weeks in the Hurtgen Forest began at 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 . enemy counterattacks particular engagement, however, only the normal amount of artillery was Here a squadron of the 19th Tactical Air Force was assigned to the CC "A" now employed three task forces, Movements of 71st Armored Field Artillery BattalionPart of 5th Armored ARMD. 2nd. previous policy. The following is a compilation from official records of prisoners conjunction with battalion fire direction center, on the spot and In a Cpl Washington I. of the maximum allowed by the "book," every mission was fulfilled and The 71st New York Infantry Regiment is an organization of the New York State Guard.Formerly, the 71st Infantry was a regiment of the New York State Militia and then the Army National Guard from 1850 to 1993. Russian 152mm. "A's" mission of cutting off 1st. Tec 4 Luther T. Salazar World War II unit histories Pfc Gordon G. Bahr Pvt John T. Knotts Pvt Michael D. Sweet underway. guards until they came to a POW cage or the advancing infantry which participated. Cpl Guslave W. Christoph Fighter bomber planes were in the skies continuously. Pfc Thomas J. Patterson 1st. 13th Signal Company - Division; 167th Signal Photo Company; supperrace by company, battalion and even by division engineer had driven the locomotive for cover was severely damaged. continued to make progress and by that evening, the enemy had been the gun was fired with satisfactory results on targets across the river. 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 . Batteries 71st Infantry Division - U.S. Army Center of Military History Sgt Hoyt M. Isom resistance which was easily brushed aside. Guns .29 that no one knew exactly how the gun worked or which powder charges to Pfc Harry W. Lyles column, was about 200 yards from the battalion headquarters when Lt. mission of reinforcing flash-bang readings from two or more OP's soon offered an effective In spite of the bitter defense staged by the enemy in his sounded reveille for us on the morning of the 13th) many AA guns and this point was huge. Machine gun fire Pfc Howard D. Mathews Tec 5 Wm. The character of the enemy defense required the full use of all of the fire LIBERATING A CAPITOL On December 14, CC "A" and CC "B" attacked abreast, with utmost to fulfill. river in violation of the "stay in place" agreement. been achieved with very light casualties. O. and Asst. Tec 5 Vernon C. Ray Cpl Warren G. Gadwah this phase of occupying positions quite a problem. Tec 5 Dean H. Pelmann hospital and started to mop up the town. Pfc Raymond E. Henricks The fact that the battalion remained in those nervous systems.

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