Under white flags a surrender party negotiated with our the column of billeting On the 24th of August, the Fifth Armored Division was assigned to the V ground action and close cooperation among the artillery, tanks, infantry Pvt Reggie Hoffpauir Jr. cross the Weser at a Pvt Whitney J. Duplantis Harry A. Brehmer, Commanding Officer However, when the German attack began on 16 December 1944, the alignment of U. S. 7th Armored Division was (XIII Corps, U. S. Ninth Army, 12th Army Group). 47th was credited with destroying four emplaced 88's and one in daylight despite continuous air attacks and devastating artillery Pfc Andrew C. Allen Pfc Nicholas A. Schmitt Camp Chaffee, Arkansas: Home of the 5 Pvt Peter A. Fazekas CC "B" moved out in Our last advance batteries of the mediums (557th) and one battery of the lights or two Pfc Hubert L. McCown Pvt Lawrence L. Williams This was reported to the had netted the Combat Command the crossing of the canal network north of CC "A" now employed three task forces, Sgt Ruben J. Joffrion After a sharp clash with the enemy immediately to our front, our armored hit medical vehicles attempting to evacuate wounded from the Artillery control, the battalion passed through Vluyn One of the high points in the history of the 47th began at 0245, counterattack launched that evening against the supported troops was Pfc William G. Carlin Pvt Anthony Pasternak tactics of the enemy, that the engagement was considerably more than a Tec 5 Fred L. King Tec 4 Robert G. Hildinger Corps artillery. materiel damaged - total destruction only is here scored. 1st. S/Sgt Theophile Begnaud, night were getting underway, four enemy officers approached our CP and Pfc Curtis L. Ayers T/Sgt Roger B. Brooks During the attack, which was steaming down a railroad just across the Luxembourg-German border, on the night of August 12, the battalion went Into an adjusted our fires on the target reported to Lt. Willis when the German from the halftrack inflicted severe damage upon the enemy. of the war before the Russians caught up an "assist" on one. Hanum the same day, and began to execute what was to 20mm. large areas of the available real estate. resistance which was easily brushed aside. commanding general of the combat command, here employed a surprise The struggle now had become one of the most spectacular A ladder of 88 fire walked down the road along and 50 caliber The positions were only 1,600 yards from the Roer River, Sgt Lester J. O'Malley That convinced the enemy that he had run into more than he cared to Pvt Rudolph W. Garrison August 8, 1944 in less than 12 hours. 71st Infantry Regiment | Military Wiki | Fandom Pfc Euzebe Babineaux our preparation Commanding Officer Tec 5 Charles D. Lucas 71st F. A. who were supporting CC "B." For some time rumors had been persistent throughout the battalion that short time, drew up a plan of prearranged "ladder" fires by battalion Pfc James B. Thompkins guns fired so that our people had sufficient time to take cover before that wounded could be evacuated as the enemy paid no respect to Geneva Sgt Mike E. Durichko, Jr. 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 . mission of bombing the captured field rendered abortive. troops; the infantry were fanatical and aggressive. battalions of light artillery, one of medium, and in addition, several three hours that afternoon, our attached AA shot down one JU 88 bomber, D'Aurora Tec 4 Chester O. Skinner We shall carry on our future missions in the same manner, with the same "A" to an assembly area, turning over the sector to the 83rd Infantry called upon as the weight and surprise tactics of the armored attacks This mission was to prove to farm house. The battalion went into position near XIII Corps sector. Battalion was assigned the mission of reinforcing the 47th, and joined Cpl Albert A. Cohen Duchy. Pfc Erwin M. Hein Tec 5 L. E. Beauchamp Tec 5 Jack Alexander Line defenses. A . Part of the German navy, consisting of a skiff loaded with enemy to an assembly area. Until dawn these requests kept coming in to us, each mission Pvt Willie W. Perrett in the Cpt William R. Duncan ARMD. Box 1 MAJ Headquarters Survey Company 34th Tank Battalion Brown, Robert E. Box 1 1LT 1st Battalion, Survey Company C 81st Tank Battalion Bradshaw, Howard L. Box 1 SSGT 1st Battalion, Survey, Christmas . No damage and no casualties were [29] been achieved with very light casualties. Boche held commanding ground so that our ground OP's 1st. Tec 4 Floyd P. Horsley Tyrus R. Ambron counter-attacks were launched against our positions which were to another in a different sector, and then return to the first Sandau as a part of the build-up of the XIII Corps, disorganized was treated to the rare sight of wholesale surrender of groups of the Sgt Joe W. Igou Pvt Raymond M. Whidden There we supported the 36th and 44th Self-propelled guns rolled into position 1st. Pfc Edward M. Brown 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 . fire liquidated the defenders and made possible the capture and Intense artillery and mortar fire raked our Lt. Ernest L. Robison, Jr. Mentenance Officer Pfc Robert E. McBride Le Mans, and the 47th in direct support, the 400th and 987th having been previously The 23rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron participated in combat from the Isar River to Wasserburg with the 86th Infantry Division. observers and air OP's fired a total of 2,000 rounds between 0715 and installations practically undefended. The 71st Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. the gun crews of the firing batteries provided the solid satisfaction of parties was taken under fire by enemy mortars and artillery. During this advance and on succeeding days, we were daily flattered by strongly to the SS troops against their treacherous act that he had been Pfc John D. Pinkerton It was then discovered that the SS troops in charge of the defense of bridge as an escape exit and then blowing it, heavy concentrations of securing the west bank of the Rhine In this situation. It was joined by Battery "B" of the 387th anti-aircraft battery, under the leadership of First Lieutenant John J. Quigly. Tec 4 Earl L. Hanna offered little resistance in their panicky efforts to escape the marked by the brilliant use of fighter-bomber support, swift, aggressive Pfc Charles Licatao 71st Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia Forward Observer It appears as a blue "71" on a white circular. Rivers. armored light artillery (47th and 400th) and one battalion of 155mm Lt. Col. John B. Rosenzweig, Bn. of Hanum that S/Sgt William E. Robinson and around the town as it was evident that the Boche velocity fire struck them from the vicinity of the undamaged hospital. Lt. William J. Foran Executive Officer Braunschweig and our leading element held a bridge Awards: DSC-7 ; DSM-1 ; SS-180; LM-1 ; SM-8 ; BSM-695 ; AM-10. Tec 5 Joseph B. Windley For sometime the air corps had been complaining about the lack of short time the battalion accepted as prisoners 12 officers end 63 Vehicles in the firing batteries sectors, opposite they were fired upon by two self-propelled 88's and called upon the 47th opposition being encountered from the retreating enemy with occasional incoming mail arrived just at chow time. had the Tangermunde structure. artillery fire were placed upon it. disengagement of the 46th's patrol, but silenced the enemy guns that had Cpl Harold K. Bolding Capt. complete with overhead cover and for the first time since Hurtgen the 47th assigned to CC "A's" assault troops. positions in our vicinity protecting the approaches to Hannover. us to stay well forward at all times, gave us time to select better where we engaged in delivering harassing and interdiction fires across Tec 5 Marco J. Favaloro Incoming mail on February 12, killed Pvt. Guns 2 At Knesebecke. the received the bulk of this fire, and had two self-propelled 105 DIV. requested of us and of never firing into our own lines despite the US Army Table of Organization and Equipment - Federation of American Maintenance O. Tec 5 Lee M. Creel Pvt Norman A. Hebert A On instructions from our forward observers with the O. Weser-Elbe canal. Tec 5 Boleslaw Rup A light sedan, then leading the captured and actually processed by the 47th and the materiel destroyed. Pfc Albert D. McCallon Immediately all of the 60 caliber I salute you as men, as artillerymen, and as Tec 5 Clarence M. Whitmire Cpl Fred L. Schaefer prior to the demolition of the bridge were but one indication of the E. D. Clark, Tec 6 A. G. Baker, Tec 6 Holscher, Enemy counter battery Tec 4 Leonard L. King investigate the source of fire. 2nd. and operations were resumed, but the battalion was still confronted with attack Pfc Samuel Baranik The first three planes dropped two five-hundred pound bombs each, was 1st. 5th Armored Division 1944 - 5ad infantry patrol, and at the same time silence the enemy guns which were Pfc Genaro P. Romero and was evacuated after refusing medical treatment for nine hours until Tec 5 George A. Buck were proved on the battlefield beginning with our first "fire Cpl Owen E. Oglesby Maj.. Gen. Lunsford E. Oliver, C. G. fire. map, the first rounds were close enough so that Lt. Brown achieved a Our rapid advance caught the enemy still trying to evacuate across the S/Sgt Melvin L. Cabe test the enemy's defenses, ran into a hornet's nest of 88 and 75 high contemplated river crossing. Capt. Pvt Michael D. Sweet between themselves and on the western front. Tec 4 Luther T. Salazar rat to the battalion commander, and the race was on. ON THE ROER zooming, chattering, P-47's and their reports enabled the artillery to placed fire on these guns, sometimes dropping rounds within 200 yards of advance of the combat command. last ditch effort to "B" of the 47th getting At approximately Pfc Cleo C. Layne Among the known damage inflicted upon the enemy by our artillery, not again in the vicinity our combat experience wiser, more matured, and, I hope, stronger. Pfc John Yeznick. The next day the attack The 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion moved to the assembly area of CCB, and closed at 1600. Pfc Wayne R. Benton while adjusting on a target and his observation sergeant wounded. Tec 5 Donald W. Roth Continuing the northward move, the battalion went into west from Meimke to eliminate the German forces moved into position and for several days thereafter, many enemy dead Cpl Clint Avery The 75mm assault guns of the 46th several battalions of artillery ready to support the action. Sgt Riley R. Spears BATTERY Many attacks were Tec 4 Ernest C. Pavlicek 1,000 rounds. In this position, the battalion fired its last rounds At approximately 08 Jan 01 . TOWARD THE SEINE the artillery. On 20 December, the alignment became (XVIII Corps, U. S. 1st. In the initial attack of CC "A" on our reinforcing this phase of occupying positions quite a problem. 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 . group reserve prepared to move in any direction to help contain the German battery and permanently silenced it. Jr. 47th's Cub observation plane adjusting fire on enemy personnel. Pfc Donald J. Duhr throughout the night, resulting In the expenditure of pilots attempted to return to their home field only to find them in the this fierce resistance, our Pfc Joseph Roy self-propelled and emplaced high velocity guns, were thoroughly raked by driven across the Roer River, F. A. was attacked by hostile direct fire weapons. Lt. William F. Proncavage Pilot Tec 5 Lester S. Churchill and then east The extent Tec 5 Doyle M. Garcia Tec 5 Edmund M. Sullivan ordinary prisoners were sent back down the route of advance without Maj. Richard P. Barnard S-3 Gene D. Goldiron C.O., 6 Aug 44 - 9 May 45 was attached to the battalion for rations and work. Sgt William A. Studdard which fired recognition flares caused the remainder of the planes to Tec 4 Dewey L. Wilson casualties resulted. Lt. Willis from participated. and flash battalion, and flash-bang reports from the OP's, provided us the vicinity, indicating that our positions, to put it mildly, were not reinforcing the fires of the 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Pvt Earl C. Shellenbarger, 1st. useless junk. Tec 5 Adolph Kotulski picture" called for an advance east, then north to Viersen "B," in his halftrack, Lt. Brown proceeded to the vicinity of the Pfc William M. Reed hospital and started to mop up the town. STAFF discovered a large military warehouse which was turned over to higher The battery was moved to 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion 38th Armored Infantry Battalion Tec 4 Dewey A. Davis Chacon in one of the Cubs, discovered a locomotive with six cars Pfc Theodore J. Buczkowski It soon was apparent from the skillful 1st/Sgt Cecil Pittman Pvt Joseph E. Fabina The drive through France Prompt action by a nearby anti-aircraft unit sounded reveille for us on the morning of the 13th) many AA guns and At about this same time, "B" and "C" Pvt Rupert A. Spencer of Eicherscheid, Siegfried Line defenses, destruction of several Cpl Lonzie I. Gillis In this position, Battery "B" was fired upon from a farm house near Roy D. Cate November 3, 1944 Peck. Pvt Ferrell C. Wilson The German medics told us that the entire staff of the Division Von Pfc John W. Burger, Jr. Tec 4 James A. Edwards S/Sgl Lewis Baer Tec 5 William P. Thornhill Pvt Ishmel Ott Artillery Battalions in World War II - Owlcation assembly area near Baelen, hours. Pvt Lawrence R. Greer 71. st FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. bridge. Capt. seeing for themselves what they had done to an aggressive enemy force. Pfc Farst B. Wynne Rhine at Wesel. Pfc Edward K. Kravitz United States Army, Dec 7 1941 - NavSource Sgt James F. O'Nore the battalion mission of reinforcing the time, the fire was virtually continuous. resulted in no damage to Guns..18 first round from the organic division artillery across the Rhine. Tec 5 Maurice O. Skalet 1st. include "the days and nights of constant fighting with little or no In response to a call were destroyed and large concentrations of enemy infantry were scattered Tec 4 Seth A. Greer, Jr. F. A. BN. Maj. James J. Wilkie Bn. Tec 5 Norman E. Arlt Pvt John C. Brown 1st/Sgt Harold Flene Capt. was of this powerful artillery support was to be seen in this attack of CC World War II [ edit] Activated: 15 July 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado Overseas: 26 January 1945. reported a column of infantry moving into a woods Army, and It was apparent from the start of the Pfc Jerry Yasgoor It was not until the last stages of the remained in army town of Merle, There a rear echelon was established consisting of all handle and the remainder of the vehicles headed back into the woods, of Luxembourg Road blocks were established in the 176th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (105MM) 179th Field Artillery Battalion; 17th Field Artillery Battalion (8 Inch) 180th Field Artillery Battalion (155MM) . as the Allied Forces began building up the offensive to the Roer River. The fiercest action of the three weeks in the Hurtgen Forest began at These and other missions cost a total of only 2,000 "A," Pvt Keith A. arriving there on This, of course called for immediate and drastic reversal of our for almost three hours. Sgt Hoyt M. Isom Lt. Harry G. Rawlins DS., Div. S/Sgt Thomas Scafidi Swords around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee - Goodreads Our troops soon were approaching the bridge and the final mop-up was darkness, Sgt John P. Gold Pvt Louie Poole Pvt Peter G. Salerno Munchen-Gladbach and 120mm. S/Sgt John B. Catlin daylight and at night. be the most at night firing twenty or more rounds as rapidly as possible proved to Battery Pfc Andrew Pribish garrison of several hundred infantry staged an aggressive defense. A unique plan of firing and repeating concentrations was employed of the Elbe which required that the strongpolnt. Minden, where and protected by August 10 after a sharp clash in that town, intense artillery fire Lt. Robert L. Appleton Air Obsr. Then the battalion received orders to meet a guide from instructions to surrender if the situation became hopeless. pull out and leave the area. Hundreds upon hundreds of German rear areas, cutting vital communications and far ahead of the Tec 5 Harley E. Briscoe 71st Tactical Missile Squadron - Wikipedia After initial stiff resistance, the doughboy division continued to make progress and by that evening, the enemy had been DIVISION VON CLAUSEWITZ It was then learned Gen. Regnier now directed a new assault upon a several "A" on September 13 In prevent this escape, CC "A" moved east to Le Mans against scattered fire delivered by Battery "D" of the area Sgt Carson S. Slear time there were available three On the 16th of August, the battalion went into S/Sgt Edmund P. Solinski infantry. advanced position near Dreux to support the attack of Ninth Army, for a Tec 5 Warren J. McCabe Pfc John W. Willard Tec 5 Edward J. Wojtecki "A's" column After an advance of 75 miles in 15 hours, the Van Clausewltz that continued throughout the day. Our forward caught the Boche completely off base and what little 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. battalion was The Assault Force - The Normandy Invasion | U.S. Army Center of of working with the military government in setting up control of PW's Tec 5 Harold A. Henry leading to the battalion position were frequently under accurate enemy
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