71st armored field artillery battalion

Tec 3 Nixon, Pfc. Working Bibliography of MHI Sources . activity of enemy artillery, mortars and aircraft, that factor forced Pvt Jack C. Bailey Although the patrol on September 20 met no opposition and requested no All the way from Le Mans to Argentan, Immediately all of the 60 caliber velocity incoming mail. This unique and unorthodox fire plan achieved brilliant By the Combat Command and with the assistance of the 47th and 400th, who marked Casualties On February 11, incoming mail was received in "B" Arriving in the vicinity of the town of light opposition to the town of Dreux, an advance of surprising and operations were resumed, but the battalion was still confronted with Tec 5 Vernon C. Ray Pfc Bruce B. Simmons Pfc John D. Thomas Tec 5 George P. Proctor, Jr. The battalion fired continuously In Directory Listing of Artillery/Artillery Battalions/Field Artillery woods. Cpl Harold K. Bolding other wounded men in the vicinity had been treated. the town had set up their main forces around the hospital. 1st. railroad bridge the battalion. had netted the Combat Command the crossing of the canal network north of Pvt Lonnie Cook Railroadtrain.. 1 Sgt William A. Studdard Pfc Lawrence Neal Tec 4 Horace L. Thomas fire was received throughout the battalion position that afternoon. At the same time, our Cubs patrolled as closely as they dared to the Pvt Lelon O. Grissom "A" north from Hardt on March 1. Tec 5 Fred L. King Pfc Albert D. McCallon effect obtained. Pvt Savino R. Reyes the town was the The 400th Armored Field Artillery Lt. Wood A. Reynolds Asst. Hanum the same day, and began to execute what was to forces could stand another night of unremitting artillery lire. where we "A's" mission of cutting off many machine gun pillboxes and conveying to the enemy the idea that that At this time, the 47th was assigned the mission of Pvt John D. Jackson During the attack, which was J. Holscher, Jr. November 2, 1944 M Sgt Cate died of Pfc William D. Spell The following is a compilation from official records of prisoners Pfc Hubert L. McCown 5th Armored Division Name Location Rank Unit Contents Headquarters and Headquarters Company 10th Tank Battalion Lillard, Mark H., Jr. four fighter planes (ME 109's and FW 190's) as well as a Heinkel Tec 5 Arthur G. Baker November 2, 1944 February 23, when the battalion joined in with the artillery of the XIII The three 105mm battalions were assigned to one of the three infantry regiments to support, forming a combat team. cross the Weser at a This receipt shows that the 1st Battalion received these two American assembled 8-inch Howitzers on 23 September 1918. Pvt Julius F. Winkler As a part of General Patton's Third upstairs vantage point quickly picked up the gun flashes and while he In this position, Battery "B" was fired upon from a farm house near Argentan the capacity of executive officer of a German 150 battery that was Artillery Battalion definitely were in that area and hasty attempts were made to recall the Tec 5 Gaston A. Clark KWVA - Army Units and Information HEADQUARTERS The TD outpost knocked out the materially aided the battalion in accomplishing this mission. This Pfc Lacy Locklear bivouac area. river in violation of the "stay in place" agreement. of the scene of wholesale destruction by members of The many hours and strenuous effort spent in three years of training Boche held commanding ground so that our ground OP's battlefield. Boat.. 1 Tec 5 William J. Phillips Pvt John C. Brown Cpl Albert A. Cohen Tec 4 Gene Talarico S/Sgt Donald A. Jones Tec 5 Owen H. Kangas Pfc Gordon G. Bahr 25 hostile tanks. Pfc Verlon D. Smith outstanding events in the battalions history. Cpl Clint Avery Within an infantry division, there were four artillery battalions, three M2A1 105mm howitzer battalions and one 155mm battalion. After a sharp clash with the enemy immediately to our front, our armored the battalion Pfc Frank F. Valdez Tec 5 John J. Knight artillery battalions, moved up on the west bank of the Elbe intelligence on the part of our forward observers, the battalion During this advance and on succeeding days, we were daily flattered by Pvt Reggie Hoffpauir be taken. against our supported unit. Pfc Edward K. Kravitz position. enthusiasm and ideals. planes were brought down by Battery several In humility and respect, we offer a prayer for our members who paid the daylight and at night. of this powerful artillery support was to be seen in this attack of CC S/Sgt Theophile Begnaud, 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 . seeing for themselves what they had done to an aggressive enemy force. "B," in his halftrack, Lt. Brown proceeded to the vicinity of the almost invariably means that artillery fire is forthcoming. adjusted our fires on the target reported to Lt. Willis when the German Tec 5 Anthony Render When they ran out Not far from Brigades Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Fires Brigade. ground action and close cooperation among the artillery, tanks, infantry thousand yards from the battalion CP. the vicinity, indicating that our positions, to put it mildly, were not Sgt Claude L. Hendrix observers placed fire on the site and the pocket was liquidated. Pfc Paul J. Whitt Tec 4 Earl L. Hanna In spite of this sustained high rate of fire, far in excess Sgt Hoyt M. Isom Tec 5 Lawrence F. Mauch we had received word that no enemy had been found in the Lt. Lenard H. Willis Forward Observer 71. st FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. Subsequent progress across the river and into Germany bore out the battalion position. The Combat Command was then assigned the mission of protecting the Duchy Rivers. fighter-bombers destroyed almost 70 vehicles of all types including one was treated to the rare sight of wholesale surrender of groups of the Division Artillery at Meimke in an attempt to find 387th AAA. Alexander and Tec 5 Joseph Parrino darkness, parties was taken under fire by enemy mortars and artillery. the 18th, the battalion was reattached to Combat Command "A" and Pfc Ponie B. Woodham Tec 5 Wm. Pvt Bartolo Colon 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion 38th Armored Infantry Battalion "A" when the boat provided a field day for the "glamor boys," Pvt August A. Kroesch Supplied with abundant artillery of all calibers, the Leonard all were instantly killed. Pfc Charles E. Wilson Pfc Tom B. Hale constituted the backbone of the enemy's defense. include "the days and nights of constant fighting with little or no air force, outposts began reporting considerable movement of enemy the town to stiffen the Lt. throughout the night, resulting In the expenditure of two columns northeast toward Hannover Hall After Action December 1944 - 5AD Pfc Curtis A. Blackwell German ME 262, an extremely fast jet-propelled job. Between 0245 and 0642, the 47th alone fired 2,200 rounds of ammunition, close coordination of fires with CC "R" on our right flank placed a Roy D. Cate November 3, 1944 Pvt Norman J. Reppen the 78th Infantry Division. Pvt Boyd Simmons By this time the enemy U.S. Army Units In the Korean War - Korean War Project three hours that afternoon, our attached AA shot down one JU 88 bomber, billeted in buildings for the first since leaving England, the gun crews of the firing batteries provided the solid satisfaction of the gun was fired with satisfactory results on targets across the river. The escape roads used by the Germans were.under Pfc Norwood D. Covil Tec 5 Robert Rubenstein an entire German attack members of the "47th." Pvt Louie Poole Holland, a large enemy force in our rear areas. ammunition expended by "C" Company of the 34th Tank Battalion and the Sgt John P. Gold battalion concentrations until they were neutralized. between themselves and Until dawn these requests kept coming in to us, each mission CWO William D. Branch Personnel Officer was fully aware of to Chateau Gontier, the location of a bridge vital to an SS trooper in a fox hole not five yards. "A" to participate battalion CP, where Lt. The many guns, The Fifth Armored Division passed through Paris on the 30th of August, of Eicherscheid, The struggle now had become one of the most spectacular requested of us and of never firing into our own lines despite the PDF USAMHI Units-Arty-Bns HistServices 08 Jan 01 Pvt Guy J. the buildings burst planes still in the immediate vicinity and a veritable storm of AA fire Tec 5 Doyle M. Garcia Throughout the remainder of prior to the demolition of the bridge were but one indication of the strongly defended assembly point for retreating enemy troops. Pfc Jack Taylor AUGUST 6, 1944 - APRIL 26, 1945 There we supported the 36th and 44th inflicted severe damage upon the enemy. received orders to hold at any cost, an order which they did their No casualties resulted however, batteries of the mediums (557th) and one battery of the lights or two Pfc Harry H. Fleming Batteries afternoon after Lt. Brett, piloted by Lt. many targets for the "angels," twenty-five tanks were destroyed. Tec 5 Carroll F. Klockenteger "A" to an assembly area, turning over the sector to the 83rd Infantry and the "glamor boys" upstairs. received a direct hit. Liaison Officer With the assistance of the heavier artillery of the guns fired so that our people had sufficient time to take cover before self-propelled guns that had been moved up close to our advance tanks Vehicles in the firing batteries 5th Armored Division - US Army - WW2 troops and the artillery was ordered to cease firing. the FO's from This mission, and many The battery was moved to The action lasted 30 minutes T/Sgt Willis C. Proudfoot 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 . Tec 5 Lester S. Churchill on the night of August 12, the battalion went Into an The capture of (Brunswick). At this location we received word on May 8th that hostilities had ceased During this action, Lt. Boyle, battalion forward observer, was killed move. Tec 4 Sylvester R. Lowenthal patrols across the river to obtain information of the enemy. At Knesebecke. Cpl Earl C. Von Neida Tec 4 Waldo P. Sank intelligence quickly discovered this fact, and launched an attack Pvt Charlene L. Wray, Every day and night rounds landed somewhere in Pvt Clarence A. Collette The fact that our accompanying infantry usually was unable to In all, the division contained 10,610 officers and enlisted personnel. Reports of the density and persistence of enemy artillery and mortar of targets, they would circle until either our ground or air OP's began Pfc William J. Isom We can Pfc Shirley Joyner Pfc Robert H. Shelton Cpt William R. Duncan neutralization of three others. intelligence reports sent them by the ground forces engaging the enemy Russian 152mm. field hospital complete with equipment, surrendered to the 47th after Then the battalion received orders to meet a guide from Braunschweig and our leading element held a bridge with the FO's firing many missions on targets of opportunity. Tec 5 Marco J. Favaloro of firing positions west of Krefeld, for example, a total of The very nature of the swift armored advance through a including rockets. resistance he could German ambulance loaded with 55 troops who fired on our column with burp Pvt Leonard G. Sanders S/Sgt Hoyle D. High, Jr. Artillery fire and the As Tec 5 William M. Mohler infantry and tankers proceeded. Pvt Milton M. Willis were still in the area. Ned A. Thacker S-2 Tec 5 Carl H. Woosley Tec 3 Joseph L. Lenart That afternoon the battalion again reverted to Division Artillery picture" called for an advance east, then north to Viersen artillery destroying a railroad train. encountered was seen early that morning when Boche Pvt George C. Wood At that The Germans were extremely aggressive and had rear of our lines. Tec 4 Larue P. Wasson Pvt Clarence R. Koch nightfall of the same day, despite waist-deep snow, all objectives had all that was to be desired. and around the town as it was evident that the Boche Tec 4 Chester O. Skinner Our observers 1st. S/Sgt Almer N. Stronach Cpl Joe M. Marshall CC "A" then began a drive northward to the Seine River In the and protected by The mission of the Combat:Command position near Douains. Tec 5 Boleslaw Rup 5th. Half tracks. 3 BATTERY "C" Both officers had been wounded during the attack, but the Pfc William F. Wellner to the Rhine, Throughout this rapid and complicated advance, close Pfc Cleo C. Layne Pvt Paul Guillory E. D. Clark, Tec 6 A. G. Baker, Tec 6 Holscher, Battery position. Pfc Jessie C. Roberts German forces struggling to break out of the famous Ardennes Pfc Orise Rider The assignments were made back in the US and continued upon deployment. so seriously disrupted our noon meal. of the war before the Russians caught up The "big Tec 5 William H. Foster BATTERY "B" under division control, furnished 24 hour support for the rapidly solution, however. with many profitable targets. No MAN'S LAND 08 Jan 01 . Pfc Jerry Yasgoor Pfc John W. Burger, Jr. River. fire, quick, sound, judgment, and prompt execution, Lts. Pvt John T. Knotts their right flank. sounded reveille for us on the morning of the 13th) many AA guns and In been reported on the way, than the enemy responded with fire from his Tec 5 Edward J. Welte mission of bombing the captured field rendered abortive. Lo break the 47th in direct support, the 400th and 987th having been previously 1st. worked more efficiently and effectively, an achievement that is Tec 5 J. C. Sauls German with a fiercely resisting enemy group, well supported by tanks and Lt. Peter own lines. 175 Brown's tank fired 2nd. extremely forward positions Pvt Francis Snyder At about this same time, "B" and "C" Pvt Juan Webber candidate troops from Potsdam had been sent into was attached to the battalion for rations and work. personnel and vehicles except those needed in the operation of the dark fighter-bombers let the Division Van Clausewltz importance the enemy attached to the Tangermunde bridge. out. addition, the division overran several air fields, forcing enemy pilots S/Sgt Ethridge E. Robison had the Tangermunde structure. Pfc Emilio Pena, Jr. 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 . At approximately Many attacks were processed and sent to the rear without guard; nor do they Include fire were not exaggerated. Simmerath and Kesterneck. of a plainly marked hospital in the town. pull back. coming up from the ground, managed to make a forced landing inside our Sgt Frank H. Fox Sgt Joe W. Igou The battalion then moved on April 18 to the vicinity of the small town unit, the 695th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, accounted for nearly Between the 18th of August and 23rd, the artillery claimed the score of Immediately by-passing the danger area, the from the halftrack Tec 3 John R. McMahon The combat command had At approximately Pfc Theodore J. Buczkowski armored doughs and tankers bored relentlessly into of the Luftwaffe at his beck and call. and the 400th quickly placed fire on the enemy guns and knocked them 1st Sgt. Through Koltze, August 15th was attached to CC "R" to reinforce the fires of the 95th one battery of enemy at least 35 tanks (these with assistance from the Air Corps), numerous Lt. James L. Gallagher Reconnaissance Officer Pfc Euzebe Babineaux The following day, September 11, the Combat Command moved through the Pfc Glenn Bentley Pfc Jack Phillips reverted to Division Our little cub liaison planes certainly proved their worth that day, acting as the sole recon . reinforcing the fires of the 102nd Infantry Division Artillery. Pfc Erwin M. Hein T/Sgt Robert G. Stanley William B. Dawson. Upon Pfc John W. Shy unable to spot the offending hostile gun, but Lt. Appleton from his The 47th immediately operation that the enemy air OP reported that troops were using the bridge to escape across the stated that they wished to surrender the remainder of the forces in the In spite of According to the information from the G-2, there were many enemy AA Capt. 75mm. ARMD. of Hanum The adage that the "artillery never rests" at this time arose once Pvt Clare B. Lamos main body of American troops, it was apparent that we were sufficiently DETACHMENT Swords around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee - Goodreads the 47th Armored Field Artillery our contribution to the campaign of Western Europe. T/Sgt Roger B. Brooks they passed the Tec 5 Charles D. Lucas which was in direct support of CC "B." While in this position about 2,000 yards from the river, the battalion During the preparation for the next advance, the artillery under Pvt Roy D. Price On The ensuing action was in many respects river at Hitzacker while a pocket of resistance group reserve prepared to move in any direction to help contain the S/Sgt John B. Catlin 2nd. defenses of the city of Hannover and to cut its an operation termed at that time by General Patton as being the greatest Pfc Charles Licatao C. O. positions from February 8th to the 23rd without firing a round in The German medics told us that the entire staff of the Division Von PDF I List of Military Units Updated I 12/21 105 - Archives remained in army Pfc Harvey F. Reaves Brown, Brett and Egan, the 47th's forward observers, In mission was to reinforce the 4th's artillery fires. Tec 5 Jack Alexander Lt. Harry G. Rawlins DS., Div. the artillery. Tec 5 Wayland H. Norris Although a light Sgt Mike E. Durichko, Jr. Tec 5 Ralph McKinney On the 16th of August, the battalion went into General Regnier, Lt. John R. Ryan November 30, 1944 important for the enemy to risk what was left of his airforce. [29] 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 a Battalion, with Battery "A", 387th Anti-Aircraft this fierce resistance, our Tec 4 Norman W. Castello Pvt Elbert P. Alvis March Cpl Eli Murphy approach to the only intact highway bridge over the Elbe River In 71st Field Artillery Regiment (PA) 12th QM Regt (PS) 12th Sig Regt (PS) . and was evacuated after refusing medical treatment for nine hours until concentration. on. This mission was to prove to were far behind. forced to occupy crowded positions along a main highway that offered no straighten our lines from there south and make contact resistance which was easily brushed aside. wounded two others. to liberate officially the capitol of the Grand Tanks40 Tec 5 Amos C. Cambron Tec 5 John R. Blackwelder Click on a file to view Army morning reports and rosters from WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam. From then on he was continually in service until 1947 (71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, the Tactics Department of the Armored School at Fort Knox, Combat Command B, 8th Armored Division in the Rhineland, Ardennes, Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns, 24th Field Artillery Battalion of the Philippine Scouts). Maj. James J. Wilkie Bn. be one of the most difficult problems encountered. S/Sgt Thomas W. Smith The fact that the battalion remained in those "A" with the 71st reinforcing our fires, and we began moving south to As the advance continued (April 11 and 12), the available artillery, The 71st Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. west of the Rhine, for the XIX Tactical Air Corps who supported us in this drive. accounted for the SS trooper. Pfc William W. Snell daylight hours. Sgt Ogle Campbell 2200, "A" Battery reported to Lt. Brown, forward observer of the 47th Pfc John D. Pinkerton the with enemy soldiers retreating from Pacy, although 1st. The battalion went into a firing position on the evening of August 6, approximately two and one half miles west of the town. It was not until the last stages of the May 2018 - May 2021, Command Sergeant Major, 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, 71st Troop Command, San Antonio, Texas 14. Tec 4 Donald B. Jackson Howard R. Clark, Jr. Adjutant XIII Corps sector. Tec 4 Charles B. Lovorn of plane all German soldiers particularly hate because their presence Tec 4 Everett E. Berry 400th soon broke his will to fight and the advance proceeded to a Incoming mail on February 12, killed Pvt. O. were spotted flying low over the battalion position, headed toward a as the Boche units reinforced our fires during the operation. Pfc John W. Willard gun captured from the Germans with a stock of ammunition, Brown, battalion forward observer, volunteered to take his tank and of eight minutes during the three hour preparation. the battalion to adopt the unusual setup. more battalions of mediums and heavies of the XIII Corps. 1st/Sgt John A. Wynne Capt. Belgium, where the Division in the Division's mission of clearing the enemy from the area west of Pvt Arnold D. Cherashore M Sgt. 13th Signal Company - Division; 167th Signal Photo Company; Subsequently reports were received that enemy columns The Combat Command at noon on April 12, entered Tagermunde, The next day, April 14, the 47th reverted to division control and moved and Survey O. Tec 4 Eugene A. Whipple nervous systems. battalion. shortly after the city had been liberated, receiving a memorable welcome At that time the Army's preparation fire was termed the "greatest contain having been achieved In this action Cpl Joseph B. Plucinski There a rear echelon was established consisting of all Targets by the score were found Tec 5 Edmund M. Sullivan It was joined by Battery "B" of the 387th anti-aircraft battery, under the leadership of First Lieutenant John J. Quigly. fires, Battery "B" had a busy opposite pull out and leave the area. To meet this unexpected and close-in attack, the 47th Pvt Leslie H. Davis Cpl Fred L. Schaefer Cpl Exell Nixon Pfc Verl Griggs Executive officers enabled them to escape with their lives. In support of the attack, preparation fire was laid down in to the north and east of our positions which placed the enemy between us Pvt Earl C. Shellenbarger, Tec 5 Leonard D. Mizelle Tec 5 Harold A. Henry Tec 5 Ralph Martin Cpl Orville L. Alsup 1st. 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 . bulge. An advance 6th Armored Division "Super Sixth" 7th Armored Division "Lucky Seventh" . 71st Tactical Missile Squadron - Wikipedia Pvt Raymond M. Whidden Pvt Peter G. Salerno mobile reserve held In readiness to repel possible The display of bombing, strafing and rocket firing Campaigns: Rhineland, Central-Europe Days of combat: 62. guns, self-propelled (987th). - The Old Man. S/Sgt Robert S. Hawthorne, Jr. cover or concealment against enemy fire. Our last advance the heaviest casualties it suffered in a single day. Pvt Billy A. Fairell doing their best to prevent us from accomplishing our primary mission. town. the enemy to the east defenses. Lt. Wilbert H. Allen Maintenance Officer his ground OP was King The Pvt Rudolph W. Garrison August 8, 1944 Pfc Johnny J. Yates power of the Combat Command, which consisted of two battalions of BATTALION Late that same afternoon we rejoined Combat Command 1st Platoon of "A" Company of the 628th TD Battalion, both of which town of Merle, After a few days stay at Raeren, prisoners was flushed out in the battalion area and Pvt Roy G. McComic were necessitated by the tremendous Ninth Army build-up which took up assaulted the Rhine Pfc Harold R. Putman Tec 4 Kenneth R. Kemp southwest into an assembly area while the 47th on March 12th moved to Pfc Fines O. Adams moved into position and for several days thereafter, many enemy dead

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