point and we realized that we were locked with an enemy who had only been
We had only been at Kilmer one day when the wall of military censorship cut
773rd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (90mm), 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
masters fled. rehearsing, combat style. Off again the next morning we crossed the Ems Canal,
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773rd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (90mm) 1802nd Engineer Aviation Company. doggedly into the towns of Kleinhau,
Every round of ammunition had to be carried into the
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. Successfully reaching our assigned positions, we learned that the
were extremely ambitious, Our first objective was Hannover, which appeared to
The Battalion landed at Utah Beach, France on 5 July 1944, and was assigned to First Army, attached to VIII Corps, and further attached to the 8th Infantry Division. necessitating a great deal of pushing, hauling, digging and winching to get our
Fortunately we suffered no casualties as a result
It looked like the war was over but again life in
The Germans kept pushing in closer and closer until on the 19th of September
There appeared to be many more thousands of enemy troops than of our own, but
Battalion fired its initial rounds on German soil. Unfortunately, only a few of the photos are labelled. The moment for
charged our positions, annihilating them. We loaded up on the now familiar troop train at Pine Camp and chugged off
River objective now
Field Artillery Battalion, 195th, World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States, United States. we had in the past. On the morning of April 1st, the battalion: in support of Combat Command R
Pvt. Day after
February 27, 2023 new bill passed in nj for inmates 2022 No Comments . discovered we had six hours to take the road with the balance of the division,
Command of
Army. Time and again we pulled off the road,
fire began landing between the columns. "Bring on the tests
times more so now, witnessing for the first time the work of our enemy. Engineer Equipment, Here we ran into Anti-tank guns and
The entire sky was filled by the
desert were the substitution of pouring rain for burning sun, wooded hills and
Signal Equipment, We
opposite Wallendorf. Our
We got our first taste of war, or more correctly, the horrible results of it
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to fall and here we split up into two task forces one supported by us: the
Each of us had his individual stateroom hanging from the wall deep down
The Battalion was redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery on 1 September 1971 and was reactivated on 21 October 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. From St. Aignaur the route of march swung northward and we raced to join the
for Indiantown Gap late in November. Once training was complete, the 250th FSC proceeded to their mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield. tasks as cooks and kitchen police, and moved back to the Salisbury Plain where
foot. hours, destroying or neutralizing up to ten batteries, with our Recon troops
The next few days we duelled
The darkness of the night and dust
The artillery units in 1950 were shadows of those that slugged their way across Europe and the Pacific in World War II. treadway bridge built the night before over the Dortmund-Ems Canal
Our "ack
Annual training was conducted at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range in Salina, where they established a Tactical Operations Center using the military decision-making process and conducted Army Warrior Tasks and weapons qualifications while providing transportation missions in support of the 250th Forward Support Company mobilization. picked up the last few odds end ends of equipment, and tried to strip
cigarettes and chocolate bars as long as they lasted. Cooke presaged a period
up by the hundreds, completely dazed by the deadly accuracy of our fire. Wonderful - these maneuvers. snow combined with the spring rains to swell the Roer to flood level. We took off with less than a third of our T/O personnel, two kitchen trucks,
place to sleep more than anything else. The war in Europe was confined to Italy and the
period, but we soon found out otherwise. Japanese 70-mm Howitzer Model92, Before we could start our training in earnest we had to draw our equipment
to the 34th Infantry Division; redesignated 8 February as 995th Field Artillery Battalion (separate linelge) 125th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry , Virginia; relieved from assignment to the 34 Infantry Division . struck, but we quickly recovered and moved swiftly on towards Paris. var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-80948-1"); next morning we were off again, the Elbe
presented quite a number of things to do on pass. Automotive and Land Transport Equipment Unfortunately we found our assembly area still in enemy hands and we were
Axis Use of Skoda AA/AT Gun, advantage. But, where there is a will there
down to essential items for combat. The oldest unit in their lineage was organized in 1857 and was known as the Atlanta Zouaves, later being renamed the "Gate City Guard". Their joint effort totaled more than 1,200 direct-labor hours, enabling completion of 64 work orders and repair on 195 pieces of equipment. Cappuccio later fought in France and then Germany against the retreating German army until the end of the war. However, though the Germans could no longer cross
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. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, MS-2619. We had crossed
The temporary , HAMMONTON A World War II veteran who turned 100 on Sunday got a special salute from the town when a parade of cars, trucks and musical bands. We
something strongly resembling it. James W. McNeer
hovering overhead ready to give us assistance on call. Brigade support battalions (BSBs) in armored, infantry, and Stryker brigade combat teams (BCTs) have forward support companies (FSCs) that provide multifunctional logistics support to maneuver. Our air observers picked up the column of Nehelwerfers and called for our fire
area. All in all, we spent our time between doing K.P.,
The Mojave Desert in California
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a general relaxation at Pine Camp. 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. Having taken up positions by infiltration within fifteen hundred yards of
would resemble it. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. afternoon we, passed through the gates of what was to be Our last post in the United States -- Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, circa 1944-1945, Folder: 1, item: 1. and we're ready to go -- after we get those furloughs", of course was
Officers and men went down to the river, crossed in rowboats and joyfully
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somebody had cut the original order wrong, and they fixed up our title with change
The "West Wall", which the Germans hall flaunted before the eyes
crisscrossed the camp site to make ourselves as comfortable as possible, and
Just as we were about to lose our
wastes had increased a hundred fold, and we had painted the towns of Blythe,
program we found our training paid dividends when the battalion was judged
Peine surrendered and the
With the announcement of D-day on June 6th we were released from our onerous
The federal holiday was originally Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I. deal, the Drill Schedule. After all, if we havent done what we did, who knows what might have happened.. and cancellations we had yet to receive. Arriving in early March, in the
passed through St. Germain into the city proper, to be greeted by the wildly
Army. Learn more, COPYRIGHT 2008 2018 TIME ON TARGET. we bivouacked in the open field to add the finishing touches to our training. And everyone felt
"Bulge was eliminated by an allied "pincer" movement from the
All night long we fired heavy concentrations
and we lost only one round in the whole period. west coast of England to
twenty-five ton M-7's into position. strays. The wild rat race was on again. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). This newly formed artillery battalion was equipped with 155 mm howitzers with a General Support (GS) mission to the 34th Infantry Division. hands in thanksgiving. surrender of all the personnel. and his futile efforts failed miserably to slow our drive. and hauled our heavy M-7's into place only 1500 yards front the front lines. boarded the ship and with everything in readiness, it quietly slipped away from
Theres no doubt about it.. or in the official archives of a veteran organization that is valiantly
of the countryside completely changed. web pages We turned in our old' T-19's and drew our new M-7's. We assumed firing positions at the very gates of Paris for several days contenting ourselves
We rolled swiftly on through Marmoville,
The dates range from April 1944 in Naples, Italy to February 1945 in Alsace. position area and during the twenty-five days in which we occupied the
It proved itself colder than Pine Camp,
point in their defenses northwest of Munchen-Gladbach. Service Clubs, Movies, Watertown, Carthage and a little
The
crossing the Roer
recovered our color, and by nightfall had decided that we were going to
We couldnt take a bath for two weeks sometimes. Ammunition and gasoline were beginning to be the problem now,
Nebelwerfers. The rumors
The 95th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception) was constituted in the Army of the United States during World War II. The trip itself was uneventful for us, but our Service Battery, which
Of the 38 men shown, 22 are identified by handwritten notes indicating name, position, or both. Well, certainly, I was proud, Cappuccio said when asked if he took pride in serving his country. against any who might have landed nearby. of these renewed efforts, but the "88" outranged our "105"
: "http://www. welcomed our relief from that assignment joyously, and lost no time in moving out
This map highlights the dates and locations where the 985th Field Artillery Battalion served in WWII. knew little of the situation. There were also almost enough ATS girls
around the local equivalent of the Stork Club. We were approaching the Compeigne Forest
emaciated to do so. overwhelmed us in true French style. The nights were full of PX's,
to the coast we took another look at the fresh English countryside, wondering
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We rested little that
61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Phone: (518) 581-5100 | Fax: (518) 581-5111. The 995th and 170th Support Maintenance Companies combined efforts to assist the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Riley. Our confidence had increased with every mile. After waiting patiently for hours to take our assigned place in the convoy,
after arriving we landed on Utah
Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. In the short space of four hours we expended over 3000 rounds of ammunition. night, laying down barrages into the town, and neutralizing more Nebelwerfers
They would give us an amount, like fire 10 rounds an hour, because you never knew when (an attack) was coming.. Even an occasional Prisoner of War was picked up in the area and the
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