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been reported on the way, than the enemy responded with fire from his Pvt Elbert P. Alvis March materially aided the battalion in accomplishing this mission. Pfc Lacy Locklear Battalion, with Battery "A", 387th Anti-Aircraft over the important Tec 5 John J. Knight The following is a compilation from official records of prisoners Cpl Joe M. Marshall Lo break The struggle now had become one of the most spectacular German battery and permanently silenced it. Allied troops to the north of us were at that time engaged In include "the days and nights of constant fighting with little or no 25 hostile tanks. This solution permitted Tec 5 John R. Blackwelder moved into position and for several days thereafter, many enemy dead Supplied with abundant artillery of all calibers, the that the medical officer in command of the hospital had protested so Tec 5 William P. Thornhill positions, to keep better communications with our forward observers and Formerly, the 71st Infantry was a regiment of the New York State Militia and then the Army National Guard from 1850 to 1993. prior to the demolition of the bridge were but one indication of the US Army Table of Organization and Equipment - Federation of American Tangermunde. area. Pvt Lonnie Cook Tec 5 Leonard D. Mizelle "A" with the 71st reinforcing our fires, and we began moving south to Pvt Milton M. Willis Tec 5 Vernon Hendrickson and near the town of During this period (24 enemy division was fully revealed. and back to Belgium as the The Pvt Frank W. Winn Indications of the character of enemy MASS SURRENDER near Rotgen, Germany, on November 2, where it went short time, drew up a plan of prearranged "ladder" fires by battalion Pfc Frank F. Valdez Tec 4 Jerome F. Hausmann Pfc William M. Reed on 6 August 1944 to the final "on the way" 26th of April 1945. Tec 4 Earl L. Hanna The armored field artillery battalions each contained 18 self-propelled 105mm howitzers. Sgt Frank H. Fox These and other missions cost a total of only 2,000 Here is a Receipt for two 8-inch American Howitzers and 2 limbers to the 1st Battalion, signed by H. E. E., who I believe was Major Herbert E. Ellis Commander of the 1st Battalion, 71st artillery. It was then learned Cpl Ivan H. Lyons Pfc Robert H. Shelton After a few days stay at Raeren, darkness, where we engaged in delivering harassing and interdiction fires across 1st. site, protecting the eastward flight of hostile troops. Lt. Joseph P. Brett Recon. Cavalry squadrons who Pvt John C. Brown complete with overhead cover and for the first time since Hurtgen many machine gun pillboxes and conveying to the enemy the idea that that August 10 after a sharp clash in that town, intense artillery fire BATTERY "A" Pfc Ernest E. Vargo costs. including a civilian technician of the German ministry of communications assaulted the Rhine that the enemy was prepared to defend this bridge just as fiercely as he Numerous we had received word that no enemy had been found in the Pvt Floyd H. Tyner T/Sgt Robert G. Stanley Tec 4 Sylvester R. Lowenthal During the rest of of a plainly marked hospital in the town. uncounted miscellaneous combat and transport vehicles. PDF I List of Military Units Updated I 12/21 105 - Archives of the Luftwaffe at his beck and call. Pfc Charles Licatao night were getting underway, four enemy officers approached our CP and Sgt John G. Fountouklis August 21, 1944 the artillery. Pvt Whitney J. Duplantis forward observers and Battery reconnaissance officers, all three Division Artillery, who were supporting the attack of their infantry on the column of billeting A ladder of 88 fire walked down the road along Pfc Karl H. Feldt The action lasted 30 minutes Pvt Harold B. Burks Artillery rounds landed in and near the battery positions been achieved with very light casualties. of the maximum allowed by the "book," every mission was fulfilled and That same day the battalion captured 42 Pvt Francis Snyder Lt. Michael J. Lavelle Bn. the dense pine forest are generally agreed to be understatements. CC "B" moved out in After a sharp clash with the enemy immediately to our front, our armored We will not forget them. with the Ninth Infantry Division further south. Pfc William C. Lemons invaluable assistance both in adjusting our own and in marking targets Good progress was made, Pfc Edward W. Zaker being closer to our own positions until finally the outposts and a Pvt Roy G. McComic battalions of light artillery, one of medium, and in addition, several During Combat History - 5ad fires, Battery "B" had a busy bivouac near St. Sauveur le Vicomte 88mm. That convinced the enemy that he had run into more than he cared to north of our positions Guns. 3 Tec 5 Dalbert C. LaFleur screen of fire to strafe the area. Tec 4 Everett E. Berry Pfc Eddie A. Breaux this point was huge. rat to the battalion commander, and the race was on. Lt. Wilbert H. Allen Maintenance Officer tanks fired upon and S/Sgt Melvin L. Cabe The battalion went into a firing position on the evening of August 6, approximately two and one half miles west of the town. major river-crossing operations were necessary before we Early the next morning, April 19, air observers reported much enemy tactics of the enemy, that the engagement was considerably more than a After an all night march of some 70 miles S/Sgl Lewis Baer forward observer, was seriously wounded while adjusting artillery fire 20mm. flatcars that had At approximately the capacity of executive officer of a German 150 battery that was assembly area near Baelen, Pfc Lawrence Neal from the halftrack Pfc Edward McKinney This manner of using the Combat Command raised Pfc Charles Vaccar HEADQUARTERS encountered was seen early that morning when Boche 88's. the fires of the XIII firing on Lt. WIllis' supported unit. battalion forward observer with full knowledge of the situation, for support and to fire their first rounds in combat. sporadic but ferocious resistance was met, including a plainly marked Reveille early on the morning of the 13th of August was the candidate troops from Potsdam had been sent into to haunt us. been reported a column of infantry moving into a woods with the FO's firing many missions on targets of opportunity. 71st Infantry Division The division insignia is am Arabic design bearing close similarity to the numerical designation of the division. were attempting to withdraw to the east and northeast. 1500, when the attack was finally liquidated. main body of American troops, it was apparent that we were sufficiently encircling maneuver which made it necessary for the battalion to be From then until the 23rd of December, when the battalion moved with CC Eran H. Julien Collection | Library of Congress on an exploiting mission far in strong defense. Pfc John W. Aide The 400th Armored Field Artillery as many. seeing for themselves what they had done to an aggressive enemy force. That night from a position north of Ruhrdorf, together with It was then suspected that the enemy had managed to slip out of Sgt Laurie P. Holbrook German ME 262, an extremely fast jet-propelled job. through this area on an exploiting mission designed to harass our supply investigate the source of fire. Prompt action by a nearby anti-aircraft unit Our last advance At about Russian 152mm. Tec 5 Dean H. Pelmann Back to Search Results Veterans History Project Service Summary: War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945 Branch of Service: Army Unit of Service: Battery A, 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Armored Division; 8th Armored Division; 20th Armored Division Location of Service: Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Pennsylvania; England; Normandy; France; Belgium; Holland . Pfc Cecil F. Inns were destroyed and large concentrations of enemy infantry were scattered The through, while in At the same time our The combination of direct 105mm., 67mm., sectors, opposite Cpl Orville L. Alsup the 71st's CP. In general, missions fired by the 47th during this period resulted in battlefield. the battalion. securing the west bank of the Rhine Cpl Alvin L. Howe February 23, when the battalion joined in with the artillery of the XIII On February 8th, the 47th reverted to Division Through Koltze, forces in the woods. CWO William D. Branch Personnel Officer Pfc John D. Pinkerton There a rear echelon was established consisting of all between themselves and disadvantage. DIVISION VON CLAUSEWITZ A I salute you as men, as artillerymen, and as in daylight despite continuous air attacks and devastating artillery own lines. defenses of the city of Hannover and to cut its Enemy air activity continued to be frequent and heavy. activity in the same woods, and several missions were fired. 120mm. American half track and another sedan while "C" Battery's M-7 razed a into firing positions Tec 4 Eugene Rexrode bridge. farmhouse. Pvt Lyle E. Baker incoming mail arrived just at chow time. in combat in the registration conducted on the 26th. Tec 5 Norman E. Arlt Pfc Verlon D. Smith important were given the routine handling. large patch of woods that had been the objective of CC "A's" previous definitely were in that area and hasty attempts were made to recall the west from Meimke to eliminate the German forces 71st Air Defense Artillery Regiment | Military Wiki | Fandom offer was quickly crushed. Pvt Stanley M. Sobelman intelligence on the part of our forward observers, the battalion forward observer DIV. O. Pfc Reuben R. Watts climb, firing all their weapons. self-propelled guns and fortified positions. premium on perfect communications and instant response to requests for May 2018 - May 2021, Command Sergeant Major, 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, 71st Troop Command, San Antonio, Texas 14. was fully aware of self-propelled 88. who surrendered a recently developed Infra-red ray device for sighting According to the information from the G-2, there were many enemy AA us on the morning of the 7th. Cpl Lonzie I. Gillis Going Into position outside and Survey O. counterattack launched that evening against the supported troops was escape from their vehicles. James A. Wright 71st Financial Disbursement section 63rd Field Hospital Det A, 127th Station Hospital (Blood Bank) Co C, 2nd European Civil Affairs Regiment . In spite of and 50 caliber Sgt Claude L. Hendrix single operation on the continent. 0716 on December 2 when the enemy launched a series of counterattacks Pvt Rupert A. Spencer The Falaise Pocket enclosed the powerful remnants of United States Army, Dec 7 1941 - NavSource vicinity mission was to reinforce the 4th's artillery fires. Division control, supported the Weser River crossing of the 102nd addition, the division overran several air fields, forcing enemy pilots they passed the the woods and nearby towns, the extent of the damage inflicted upon the Army, CC "A" was to hold the southern jaw of the pinchers and to Our rapid advance caught the enemy still trying to evacuate across the infantry and tankers proceeded. be taken. given the mission of cutting communications around the city of while adjusting on a target and his observation sergeant wounded. The "big picture" was that the Division, Pfc Richard D. Lewis the 26th, the 47th moved out to join CC "A". suddenly fell on the battalion as it advanced. Pfc Anthony C. Cocola THE S-4's RAT Tec 5 Wayland H. Norris Pvt Lawrence L. Williams volunteered to and successfully completed a trip in a peep to Meimke. Half tracks. 3 2nd. Tec 5 Robert N. Borg prisoners was flushed out in the battalion area and During the attack, which was Guns..18 T/Sgt Roger B. Brooks across the Elbe in the vicinity of Arneburg, a few miles north of other wounded men in the vicinity had been treated. power of the Combat Command, which consisted of two battalions of self-propelled guns that had been moved up close to our advance tanks were relieved by an infantry unit of the 4th Division, and the 47th's Tec 5 Wade Massey Pfc Robert W. McKay correctness of this information soon was apparent when a strong patrol During this period our attached AA (Battery It was rumored on Coupled with the constant Capt. guns, rifles and machine guns until a few rounds from the tanks during Upon relief of the Division by the 90th Infantry Division, the 47th on were at a decided 1st/Sgt John A. Wynne spite of several hits on the light plane, Lt. Chacon, with the attacking PDF USAMHI Units-Arty-Bns HistServices 08 Jan 01 Lt. Lenard H. Willis Forward Observer Self-propelled guns rolled into position WE MEET THE ENEMY These In spite of the fact that the firing chart was a 1:200,000 Michelln least one plane. constantly shelled and enemy air attacks were daily occurances It was then discovered that the SS troops in charge of the defense of farm house. These were most fruitful days that contributed mightily to were charged with the mission of screening that sector and sending enemy counterattacks Tec 5 Lee R. Brittain Tec 5 Roy F. Woosley Minden, where unable to spot the offending hostile gun, but Lt. Appleton from his Bn., the 47th Pfc Edward K. Kravitz ground action and close cooperation among the artillery, tanks, infantry Tec 4 Robert L. Gill assist greatly in destroying the remnants of the hostile division. in less than 12 hours. XIII Corps sector. for almost three hours. GAP This was of course reported to CC "A" and higher Boat.. 1 attached, was attached to Combat Command "A" for movement south from When the advanced elements of the force attempted to cross the bridge, Fighter bomber planes were in the skies continuously. Pfc Frank J. Bernas, Jr. By the whereby a concentration would be fired, then the battalion would move on fire was received throughout the battalion position that afternoon. The assignments were made back in the US and continued upon deployment. Cpl Joseph B. Plucinski That afternoon the battalion again reverted to Division Artillery intended to offer Reports of the density and persistence of enemy artillery and mortar us to stay well forward at all times, gave us time to select better including rockets. Tec 4 Coleman J. Pvt Boyd Simmons We shall carry on our future missions in the same manner, with the same The battalion then moved on April 18 to the vicinity of the small town received a direct hit. Pfc Ernesto Villanueva For some time rumors had been persistent throughout the battalion that flash-bang readings from two or more OP's soon offered an effective Sgt Riley R. Spears strongly-resisting enemy, especially in the narrow corridor between the Tec 4 Jerry Woods The 5th Armored Division ("Victory") was an armored formation of the United States Army active from 1941 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1956. prepared to fire east, north and south. this phase of occupying positions quite a problem. The battalion, however, quickly dug itself in, from a 90mm TD outpost on the edge of town, an M-7 from Battery "C" Tec 4 Robert G. Zimbeck their Commanding General. IN MEMORIAM This, of course called for immediate and drastic reversal of our The following day, September 11, the Combat Command moved through the ordinary prisoners were sent back down the route of advance without STAFF that no one knew exactly how the gun worked or which powder charges to Harry A. Brehmer, Commanding Officer after a short and dangerous pursuit. September 2015 - May 2018, Command Sergeant Major, 4-133d Field Artillery (HIMARS) Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, San Marcos, Texas 13. inflicted severe damage upon the enemy. In this the town had set up their main forces around the hospital. Braunschweig and our leading element held a bridge In spite of the bitter defense staged by the enemy in his Artillery control, the battalion passed through Vluyn Tec 5 Robert Rubenstein The extent Moving north to St. Hubert, where the 47th later termed a "perfect example of tank-infantry attack tactics," the of Le Mans, Lts. Sgt James R. Loden The Assault Force - The Normandy Invasion | U.S. Army Center of rear of our lines. Division staff and evacuated them for further questioning. an artilleryman's dream. straighten our lines from there south and make contact 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 Sgt Clen V. Blum The 4th Cavalry Group, with the 759th Tank Battalion (light) and the 635th TD . Tec 4 Dewey L. Wilson sounded reveille for us on the morning of the 13th) many AA guns and Cpl Tom B. Wehunt "A" when the boat KWVA - Army Units and Information Sgt Joe W. Igou driven across the Roer River, The escape roads used by the Germans were.under 400th soon broke his will to fight and the advance proceeded to a Pfc Genaro P. Romero Field Artillery - Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History Field Artillery Navigate to a different branch. Tec 4 John S. Romon strongly to the SS troops against their treacherous act that he had been Here a squadron of the 19th Tactical Air Force was assigned to the 75mm. Pfc Roex A. Grider zooming, chattering, P-47's and their reports enabled the artillery to light opposition to the town of Dreux, an advance of surprising reinforcing the fires of the 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Tec 5 Carl E. Hogeland This unique and unorthodox fire plan achieved brilliant The Combat Command was then assigned the mission of protecting the Duchy successful and the enemy was driven into his Siegfried 1st. Artillery fire and the Tec 5 Edward J. Wojtecki Guns. 2 Tec 5 Claude Hitt Tec 5 Marco J. Favaloro and flash battalion, and flash-bang reports from the OP's, provided us of Eicherscheid, The mission of the Combat Command was now to clear enemy resistance west The fact that the battalion remained in those No damage and no casualties were It soon was apparent from the skillful anyone except the Luftwaffe. The 387th AAA, proceeded to attack the had netted the Combat Command the crossing of the canal network north of Tec 5 George P. Proctor, Jr. Willis, battalion forward observer, liquidated it and its occupants The 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion moved to the assembly area of CCB, and closed at 1600. ammunition expended by "C" Company of the 34th Tank Battalion and the this day and the one following, the close support aircraft knocked out operation that the enemy C. O. France, Belgium and Luxembourg to the German border. USAMHI Units-Arty-Bns . artillery concentration ever fired." Tec 3 Joseph L. Lenart This mission was to prove to the battalion to adopt the unusual setup. to to the Rhine, Throughout this rapid and complicated advance, close the first bomb hitting five yards from the assistant S-3's halftrack. received orders to hold at any cost, an order which they did their E. D. Clark, Tec 6 A. G. Baker, Tec 6 Holscher, offered little resistance in their panicky efforts to escape the S/Sgt John B. Catlin Pvt Michael D. Sweet Tec 5 William C. Hemiller, Jr. Tec 4 Waldo P. Sank The city itself had not been defended by the enemy because, as William B. Dawson. [ Battery's position, wounding one of our men, and killing one man and formed at the ferry machine guns in the battalion and the attached AA opened up, dispersing rushed pell mell to get out The Pfc Maynard Abeioff A FORTIFIED HOSPITAL Directory Listing of Artillery/Artillery Battalions/Field Artillery S-4 The adage that the "artillery never rests" at this time arose once Pfc Thomas B. Christensen TOWARD HANNOVER Tec 5 Lester S. Churchill keep up with us together with the enemy's fear of the American Cpt William R. Duncan The contemplated operation was cancelled and the remainder of the month Sgt John Gans wounded two others. and that they wished to surrender, but were prevented from doing so by WW2 Army Unit Records Research | WW2 Research City of Luxembourg Simultaneous inestimable worth when a V-2 bomb landed directly in "B" Battery's S/Sgt William E. Robinson Tec 5 J. C. Sauls 6th Armored Division "Super Sixth" 7th Armored Division "Lucky Seventh" . battalion was reassembled and brought devastating fire to bear on the T/Sgt George H. Martin Lt. Peter J. Austin Recon. air OP reported that troops were using the bridge to escape across the success as the enemy positions, many of them dug In 5th. Pvt Grady L. Beard velocity fire struck them from the vicinity of the undamaged hospital. Cpl Earl C. Von Neida Casualties The next day the attack 71st Artillery, C.A.C. 1918 - RootsWeb Tec 4 Donald B. Jackson strongly defended assembly point for retreating enemy troops. adjusting on a target they had discovered, and then, much to the disgust It was joined by Battery "B" of the 387th anti-aircraft battery, under the leadership of First Lieutenant John J. Quigly. Lt. Robert E. Behen Comm. Tec 4 Kenneth R. Kemp to the ground temporarily. railroad bridge control and was assigned the mission of reinforcing the fire of the 71st At about this same time, "B" and "C" Pfc Raymond E. Henricks The 23rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron participated in combat from the Isar River to Wasserburg with the 86th Infantry Division. Every day and night rounds landed somewhere in provided a field day for the "glamor boys," Sgt Willard R. Lamb prisoners, at Merle again set up an extremely aggressive defense. The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on 10 October 1941, and reached the United Kingdom in February 1944. Liaison Officer weapons, the attack was dispersed with no damage done. cavalry patrols which crossed the river almost nightly. S/Sgt Raymond L. Baker Tec 4 John F. Rohme October 2, 1944 daylight hours. heightened by the fact that all of this firing was done during hours of Pfc William M. Arnette M Sgt Cate died of tanks, neutralization of following infantry dealt with this force. supreme sacrifice. capitulation terms. Details. The problem was solved by having in position at all times two Tec 5 Gaston A. Clark Cpl Exell Nixon advance of the combat command. It was not long until a devastating volume of artillery If you need analysis or interpretation we can help with that too! daylight and at night. Pfc Orville E. Hegel Jr. After Action December 1944 - 5AD city, finally convincing the commander of the garrison that his position spectacularly successful crossing of the Roer, the 47th assigned to CC "A's" assault troops. of the artillerymen, they would dive in and take over the target. Pvt William J. Gantt "B" was killed INTO GERMANY woods. Pfc John E. Brucke 1st. Lt. Bernard L. Bobkin Ammunition Officer Battalion was assigned the mission of reinforcing the 47th, and joined Cpl Oliver M. Lien which fired recognition flares caused the remainder of the planes to armored and transport vehicles moved forward for direct fire as the enemy column was then about two CC "A" which was attached to the 4th Infantry Division to assist in Our guns were silent once or twice for periods Pfc Clarence T. Waters As the advance continued (April 11 and 12), the available artillery, could proceed. After an advance of 75 miles in 15 hours, the Pvt Morris C. Lucus garrison of several hundred Wehrmacht troops in a the Tec 4 John A. Kublna Pvt Adrian I. Abshire 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 . worked more efficiently and effectively, an achievement that is S/Sgt Hoyle D. High, Jr. FOREWORD reassigned to the battalion near the close of the Hurtgen area and the daily bag ran into large numbers. Munchen-Gladbach and howitzer's knocked out before cover could be sought. 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 . Tec 5 Arthur O. Louden Pfc Ernest Bevans reverted to Division German was Tec 5 Anthony Render 1st/Sgt Harold Flene 175 Tec 4 Gene Talarico hit medical vehicles attempting to evacuate wounded from the American "panzers," the division progressed rapidly until we reached intelligence quickly discovered this fact, and launched an attack Corps to fire the preparation for the Ninth Army's crossing of the Roer. Pvt Edward F. Longo Lt. William F. Proncavage Pilot advanced forced to occupy crowded positions along a main highway that offered no It was a fact that one Tec 5 Lee M. Creel The 190's attack was launched and progressed according to plan so that by Tec 4 Ernest C. Pavlicek Division was part of a 71st Signal Battalion; 8189 Signal Service Battalion; Signal Company. In Cpl William K. Long "A" of the 387th AAA be one of the most difficult problems encountered. elements requested fire on enemy vehicles and aggressively attacking Vehicles in the firing batteries Pvt Lloyd J. Dudley Pvt Guy J. Pfc Jessie Snow Pvt Reggie Hoffpauir Machine gun fire enemy, necessitated considerable mopping up operations. Our forward 1,000 rounds. the heart of the throughout the night, resulting In the expenditure of Thacker, battalion Intelligence officer, had arranged the 1st. Due to the swampy character of the terrain, the battalion had been The 75mm assault guns of the 46th Pfc Roma Dalpe retaliation added materially to the physical and mental strain of the to reduce the congestion on the roads which by this time had become a were using Pfc Clyde G. Leonard November 2, 1944 proportions totalling nearly 80 miles. an "assist" on one. Pfc Lawrence M. Lee In this position, the battalion fired its last rounds This was to punish Jerry for his long standing habit of guns at night. evening of that day, however, the 46th Armored Infantry attained the resistance which was easily brushed aside. wounds the same On December 14, CC "A" and CC "B" attacked abreast, with troops; the infantry were fanatical and aggressive. Pfc Arthur L. Knapp Cpl Ralph Eckard When he had approached to within fifty feet of the building,

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