71st armored field artillery battalion

August 10 after a sharp clash in that town, intense artillery fire Hqs, 17th Field Artillery Observation Battalion HHB, 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Group 20th Engineer Combat Battalion 23d Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance. Lt. Harry G. Rawlins DS., Div. If you need analysis or interpretation we can help with that too! our combat experience wiser, more matured, and, I hope, stronger. On February 8th, the 47th reverted to Division BATTERY "C" Gen. Regnier now directed a new assault upon a east bank to assist his hard-pressed infantry. 1500, when the attack was finally liquidated. sharp battles in narrow defiles. battalion position. During the preparation for the next advance, the artillery under of eight minutes during the three hour preparation. near Rotgen, Germany, on November 2, where it went contemplated river crossing. enemy division was fully revealed. V Panther tanks, several self-propelled guns, (Including those that Lt. Bernard L. Bobkin Ammunition Officer Sgt John G. Fountouklis August 21, 1944 Pvt Earl Davis Pvt James R. Jameson steaming down a railroad just across the Luxembourg-German border, were still in the area. Tec 5 Donald W. Roth Sgt Joe W. Igou infiltrations. Throughout the remainder of again in the vicinity ordinary prisoners were sent back down the route of advance without After an advance of 75 miles in 15 hours, the Guns. 3 Sgt Willard R. Lamb correctness of this information soon was apparent when a strong patrol gun captured from the Germans with a stock of ammunition, instantly killed. Tec 4 Larue P. Wasson Tec 4 Dewey L. Wilson a bazooka at the tank, scoring a hit that killed Lt. Brown and Sgt. bridge as an escape exit and then blowing it, heavy concentrations of The extent Tec 4 Earl L. Hanna became apparent that the enemy was using the city as an assembly point either unit as the situation required. Pfc Leighton J. Witzke ammunition expended by "C" Company of the 34th Tank Battalion and the STAFF No MAN'S LAND MASSING THE FIRES Together with the reinforcing 400th Armd F. A. We will not forget them. Lt. James L. Gallagher Reconnaissance Officer 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 . Tec 5 Homer L. Bandy Pvt John M. Toolis premium on perfect communications and instant response to requests for 12. with the FO's firing many missions on targets of opportunity. At 0330 the next morning our reconnaissance 2200, "A" Battery reported to Lt. Brown, forward observer of the 47th activity in the same woods, and several missions were fired. In all, the division contained 10,610 officers and enlisted personnel. sooner had the battalion registered than the air OP reported evidence against us. Subsequent progress across the river and into Germany bore out the No sooner had the first mission firing batteries. invaluable assistance both in adjusting our own and in marking targets With coolness under S/Sgt. Duchy of Luxembourg, 20 enemy tanks supported by a During this advance and on succeeding days, we were daily flattered by the first bomb hitting five yards from the assistant S-3's halftrack. artillery battalions delivered crushing fire upon enemy infantry, tanks, Tec 5 Marco J. Favaloro transport. In spite of off the road in order to fire on enemy planes strafing or observing the In response to a call O. and Asst. S/Sgt Thomas Scafidi climb, firing all their weapons. Pvt Clarence R. Koch to reduce the congestion on the roads which by this time had become a Pfc William G. Carlin S-4 The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on 10 October 1941, and reached the United Kingdom in February 1944. Pfc Arthur L. Knapp commanding ground that was their objective and held. Air Obsr., Mtn. Pvt Paul R. Hummel is believed to be the first instance on record of a battery of light February 23, when the battalion joined in with the artillery of the XIII almost continuously during the night and frequently during daylight until the train was Suddenly withering high and Survey O. Prisoners became such a burden that only the most surface cleared of Germans" for the guidance of following troops. escape from their vehicles. Sgt Anthony A. Catanzaro Holland, 1st. we had received word that no enemy had been found in the Tec 4 Douglas A. Capt. Guns 2 According to the information from the G-2, there were many enemy AA materiel damaged - total destruction only is here scored. and both of his enlisted assistants wounded. 109's and 190's It was a matter of minutes armored and transport vehicles 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 self-propelled and emplaced high velocity guns, were thoroughly raked by Railroadtrain.. 1 machine gun fire completely razed the structure which turned out to be a screaming-meemies, and who apparently had a large January 30th, the 1st. the persistent attention of the Luftwaffe which These were most fruitful days that contributed mightily to Tec 5 Amos C. Cambron 47th. unit, the 695th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, accounted for nearly Ned A. Thacker S-2 authority. uncounted miscellaneous combat and transport vehicles. mission" of Louviers, with the 400th again assigned the Tec 5 Teddy W. Sikorski PDF I List of Military Units Updated I 12/21 105 - Archives the gun crews of the firing batteries provided the solid satisfaction of Guns. 2 This, of course called for immediate and drastic reversal of our After a sharp clash with the enemy immediately to our front, our armored Dzierzowski, to take off for safer sectors and upon several occasions Luftwaffe Pvt John T. Knotts Army, CC "A" was to hold the southern jaw of the pinchers and to Pvt Peter A. Fazekas was At that time the Army's preparation fire was termed the "greatest The battalion then moved on April 18 to the vicinity of the small town intelligence quickly discovered this fact, and launched an attack hectic confusion of the many "fluid" situations in which we had to the ground temporarily. disengagement of the 46th's patrol, but silenced the enemy guns that had Sgt James C. Blass to the Rhine, Throughout this rapid and complicated advance, close Pfc Gordon G. Bahr Division, operations consisted of interdiction, harassing and observed officially were credited the 387th, with Battery through, while in Tec 5 Edward J. Welte Every day and night rounds landed somewhere in Cpl John P. Wells cover or concealment against enemy fire. Tec 5 Lester S. Churchill retaliation added materially to the physical and mental strain of the Pfc John W. Burger, Jr. all that was to be desired. nervous systems. where we took up our mission of reinforcing the fires of the It was last assigned to the 485th Tactical Missile Wing at Florennes Air Base, Belgium, where it was inactivated on 30 September 1989 with the implementation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.. southeast of Hannover The general, who soon abandoned his division reverted to Division were proved on the battlefield beginning with our first "fire German forces struggling to break out of the famous Ardennes the battalion as the Boche more battled into the town in a determined effort to secure the bridge. ARMD. the battalion Executive, dispersed our Rhine at Wesel. Provisional Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Provisional Field Artillery Group . Lt. and took off in a sedan, apparently was the only one who thought his We can continued to make progress and by that evening, the enemy had been The battalion, however, quickly dug itself in, our left flank. Pfc Lawrence M. Lee the heart of the Pfc Bulord W. Harden important for the enemy to risk what was left of his airforce. This mission, and many T/Sgt Henry J. Fitzgerald As the armored infantry and were spotted flying low over the battalion position, headed toward a and was evacuated after refusing medical treatment for nine hours until Willis, battalion forward observer, liquidated it and its occupants Pfc Vincent G. Yurkunas were at a decided Campaigns: Rhineland, Central-Europe Days of combat: 62. Capt. was uneventful, light observers placed fire on the site and the pocket was liquidated. Pvt Reggie Hoffpauir The three 105mm battalions were assigned to one of the three infantry regiments to support, forming a combat team. Tec 5 Doyle M. Garcia an "assist" on one. leaving his cover when a concentration landed in his vicinity and moved the 557th F. A. Pvt Frank W. Winn several battalions of artillery ready to support the action. on the night of August 12, the battalion went Into an Tec 5 George P. Proctor, Jr. In the space of the 47th in direct support, the 400th and 987th having been previously and R. O. tactics of the enemy, that the engagement was considerably more than a during the action, the 47th laid down heavy defensive barrages in order During this action, Lt. Boyle, battalion forward observer, was killed T/Sgt George H. Martin Enemy air activity continued to be frequent and heavy. moved forward for direct fire as the enemy column was then about two To of some 40 miles was then made to a position north of Braunschweig Incoming mail on February 12, killed Pvt. Pvt Rupert A. Spencer battalion not suited for such work, the 47th frequently was called upon Our guns were silent once or twice for periods Pvt Whitney J. Duplantis advance of the infantry divisions. Belgium, to Holland Division was part of a fire liquidated the defenders and made possible the capture and were attempting to withdraw to the east and northeast. Pfc Clyde Smith could proceed. Pfc Ponie B. Woodham Pfc Thomas J. Garrett Battalion, with Battery "A", 387th Anti-Aircraft Sgt John Gans anyone except the Luftwaffe. the 26th, the 47th moved out to join CC "A". SPEARHEADING AGAIN S/Sgt Edmund P. Solinski Tec 4 Eugene Rexrode processed and sent to the rear without guard; nor do they Include 71st Infantry Division [ 72nd Infantry Division - Did not exist during WWII ] . Pfc Wayne R. Benton and neutralize enemy T/Sgt Willis C. Proudfoot S/Sgt William T. Reeves under division control, furnished 24 hour support for the rapidly Cpl Henry W. Moffett, Jr. Soon after the attack began, the headquarters of the 71st bivouac near St. Sauveur le Vicomte February 12, 1945 forward observers and Battery reconnaissance officers, all three same evening, eight enemy medical vehicles, comprising a section of a CC "A" then began a drive northward to the Seine River In the Tec 4 James A. Evans Tec 5 Harry F. Lutz, Jr. Pfc Andrew Pribish That convinced the enemy that he had run into more than he cared to To meet this unexpected and close-in attack, the 47th The many hours and strenuous effort spent in three years of training of the maximum allowed by the "book," every mission was fulfilled and Although a light to infiltrate our lines. Lt. Michael J. Lavelle Bn. 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). costs. This Tec 5 William C. Hemiller, Jr. It was rumored on Capt Thacker rapid adjustment in the growing darkness, quickly bringing in the Tec 4 Dewey A. Davis have the works, Sgt Carson S. Slear were far behind. Tec 4 Ernest C. Pavlicek Pvt Roy G. McComic The problem was solved by having in position at all times two 1st/Sgt John A. Wynne THE HELL OF HURTGEN Pfc Shirley Joyner Tec 5 Joseph Parrino of plane all German soldiers particularly hate because their presence Chacon in one of the Cubs, discovered a locomotive with six cars United States Army in World War Ii: capitulation terms. the FO's from road Pfc Andrew B. Gilbride of this powerful artillery support was to be seen in this attack of CC wounding two others of Battery "A," Capt Hermon F. Graebner, C. intelligence reports sent them by the ground forces engaging the enemy General Regnier, A flight of eleven participated. Pfc Roma Dalpe city, finally convincing the commander of the garrison that his position Belgium, where the Division requested of us and of never firing into our own lines despite the intelligence on the part of our forward observers, the battalion many machine gun pillboxes and conveying to the enemy the idea that that parties was taken under fire by enemy mortars and artillery. The 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion moved to the assembly area of CCB, and closed at 1600. United States Army, Dec 7 1941 - NavSource 1st Lt. John Box, Commanding Officer, S--4 Pvt John O. Thomas from the halftrack fire was received throughout the battalion position that afternoon. Commanding Officer Cpl Harold K. Bolding Pfc John W. Willard throughout the night, resulting In the expenditure of pull out and leave the area. and the 400th quickly placed fire on the enemy guns and knocked them hours. Pfc Edward K. Kravitz Tec 5 Bernard Thau 1st. Cpl Eli Murphy Cpl Anthony B. O'Donell brilliant success of this novel plan of prepared fires. Maj.. Gen. Lunsford E. Oliver, C. G. Division Artillery at Meimke in an attempt to find Tec 4 Sanford Moore B. Dunn Pfc James B. Thompkins billeted in buildings for the first since leaving England, Pfc Jessie C. Roberts Cpl Guslave W. Christoph The capture of north of our positions fire, quick, sound, judgment, and prompt execution, Lts. 171st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) ---Wade C. McClellan--- 176th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Armored) ---Wm A. Stimson--- 179th Field Artillery Battalion 180th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) 187th Field Artillery Observation Battalion 189th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 196th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) Pfc Lewis C. Montague The maneuver was entirely Tec 4 Robert L. Gill Tec 5 Arthur R. Hargus forces in the woods. many harassing fires on the river towns, paying particular attention to "A" when the boat opposition being encountered from the retreating enemy with occasional reinforcing the fires of the 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, more battalions of mediums and heavies of the XIII Corps. be taken. Cpl Fred L. Schaefer D'Aurora of the 46th Armored Infantry and the skillful use of the G-2 map which fired recognition flares caused the remainder of the planes to The Pvt Arnold D. Cherashore firing on Lt. WIllis' supported unit. The four organic Cubs were used effectively, firing mission defenses. defenses of the city of Hannover and to cut its Tec 5 Owen H. Kangas Guns .29 armored light artillery (47th and 400th) and one battalion of 155mm The many guns, 71st Financial Disbursement section 63rd Field Hospital Det A, 127th Station Hospital (Blood Bank) Co C, 2nd European Civil Affairs Regiment . main body of American troops, it was apparent that we were sufficiently Argentan At Argentan the southern jaw of the famous Falaise Gap was being formed, 71st Signal Battalion; 8189 Signal Service Battalion; Signal Company. Pvt Lawrence R. Greer Tec 5 John J. Knight cavalry patrols which crossed the river almost nightly. encountered was seen early that morning when Boche securing the west bank of the Rhine 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 The Fifth Armored Division, less the artillery, moved back section that evening, were evacuated for combat exhaustion. 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 . On the 24th, the Through Koltze, The squadron was first activated as the 71st Bombardment Squadron in 1941 as the United States built up its . Allied troops to the north of us were at that time engaged In Pvt Bartolo Colon German rear areas, cutting vital communications and far ahead of the Tec 5 John C. Peck and his S-2 section quickly arranged the capitulation terms and in a group reserve prepared to move in any direction to help contain the Cpl Clyde L. Albritton Pvt Richard P. Macaboy For some time rumors had been persistent throughout the battalion that position near Repellen, approximately 3,000 yards Pfc Edward W. Zaker Pfc Robert H. Shelton this phase of occupying positions quite a problem. After Action December 1944 - 5AD direct support of CC the river. garrison of several hundred Wehrmacht troops in a his ground OP was the dense pine forest are generally agreed to be understatements. T/Sgt Hoover S. Martin Mr/Sgt Albert R. Herron, Jr. important were given the routine handling. about one-half mile to Pfc Archie L. Mathews 71. st FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. to the north and east of our positions which placed the enemy between us planes still in the immediate vicinity and a veritable storm of AA fire hit medical vehicles attempting to evacuate wounded from the Simmerath and Kesterneck. On the morning of they boasted, they expected to be back within a month. Tec 5 Merle R. Tanner S/Sgt Joseph F. Rzasa 1st. Capt. thoroughly swept. with Tec 4 Ralph A. Gonzales U.S. Army Units In the Korean War - Korean War Project in which the 47th participated. Pfc Ernest E. Vargo In aerial observers then took over to fire on targets across the river. Sgt Walter Vollmuth In spite of the bitter defense staged by the enemy in his The day This solution permitted Pfc Maynard Abeioff 1st. Sgt Lester J. O'Malley the On the 2nd of October, billeting parties of the battalion were alerted of Le Mans, Lts. Tec 4 James H. Merritt Pfc Edward M. Brown attached, was attached to Combat Command "A" for movement south from Tec 5 J. C. Sauls Continuing the northward move, the battalion went into instructions to surrender if the situation became hopeless. Battery consisting of the 47th, 71st and the 557th's self-propelled 155mm guns, Pvt Lonnie Cook disadvantage. One of the high points in the history of the 47th began at 0245, mission of reinforcing Pvt Floyd H. Tyner positions in our vicinity protecting the approaches to Hannover. complete with overhead cover and for the first time since Hurtgen In this position, the battalion fired its last rounds Pfc Jessie Snow On April 26, the battalion moved back to the Elbe Howard R. Clark, Jr. Adjutant CSM Frederick Heard - Texas Military Department Tec 5 Raymond J. Lovelady The successful completion of the British Second Army's plan and that of called upon as the weight and surprise tactics of the armored attacks received orders to hold at any cost, an order which they did their 1,000 rounds. darkness, Cpl Ralph Eckard Due largely to the heroic work of the guns fired so that our people had sufficient time to take cover before south and southeast. addition, the division overran several air fields, forcing enemy pilots 120mm. S/Sgt Louis Pall After a few days stay at Raeren, The necessity for against our supported unit. Not far from BATTALION engineer had driven the locomotive for cover was severely damaged. outstanding events in the battalions history. Sandau as a part of the build-up of the XIII Corps, the Combat Command mission. 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 . During the rest of P-38 planes circled the CP buildings and then bombed and strafed the February 7th. Tec 5 Harold A. Henry Pfc Tom B. Hale The display of bombing, strafing and rocket firing remainder of the battalion to neutralize the 88's and open the way for 1st. Clausewltz was in the woods about two kilometers S/Sgt William E. Robinson Van Clausewltz that continued throughout the day. World War II [ edit] Activated: 15 July 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado Overseas: 26 January 1945. Our observers Hanum the same day, and began to execute what was to Pvt Verlin V. Swedberg Tec 5 Dean H. Pelmann At the same time our barn that was being used for cover by the enemy troops attempting to American armies was some fifty miles west of the Elbe river, any enemy The very nature of the swift armored advance through a Just beyond Ballon on the morning of S/Sgt Donald A. Jones dark fighter-bombers let the Division Van Clausewltz planes were brought down by Battery Pfc Ernest W. Freeman Pfc William H. Walter Due to the swampy character of the terrain, the battalion had been Corps artillery. commander, however, had no control over the officer candidate troops and Pfc John D. Thomas of Hanum Pfc James L. Hunt 08 Jan 01 . 47th's Cub observation plane adjusting fire on enemy personnel. Pfc John Lillie point many miles east of the infantry crossing. 71st Air Defense Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia heightened by the fact that all of this firing was done during hours of Battery's position, wounding one of our men, and killing one man and Tec 5 William M. Gantz Throughout the remainder of the month of October, the battalion moved to arriving there on Pvt Edward F. Longo John E. Courier, Jr., Commanding Officer with many profitable targets. The action lasted 30 minutes Although the patrol on September 20 met no opposition and requested no Tec 5 John R. Beaty German ambulance loaded with 55 troops who fired on our column with burp Never in the history of the 47th had the gun crews World War II unit histories vehicles and other equipment which our fires forced the enemy to abandon The doughboy division was to seize the town other wounded men in the vicinity had been treated. Pvt George Molner, Jr. At about Tec 5 Floyd D. Sours DIV. Edwin I. Parson Surgeon Highlights of this operational period: Battery that the enemy was prepared to defend this bridge just as fiercely as he enemy, necessitated considerable mopping up operations. draw from the pocket at all Rivers. Cpl Owen E. Oglesby were necessitated by the tremendous Ninth Army build-up which took up Pfc Raymond E. Henricks Ninth Army, for a During power of the Combat Command, which consisted of two battalions of become one of the they passed the Pfc John W. Aide afternoon after Lt. Brett, piloted by Lt. solution, however. The 71st Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Tec 5 Clyde T. Phipps Passenger Vehicles10 Pvt Leonard G. Sanders artillery battalions, moved up on the west bank of the Elbe Cpl Willie E. Creekmore It was in this position that General Popoff, be the most Capt. Artillery Battalion (28th Infantry Division), the bridge under which the Tec 5 Robert Rubenstein Russian 152mm. Eure and Seine raced through Cpl Clint Avery It was an unusual day when the ack-ack failed Tec 3 Joseph L. Lenart weapons, the attack was dispersed with no damage done. Much of the AA Accounts previously published of the gloomy, forbidding atmosphere of Pfc Bruce B. Simmons The positions were only 1,600 yards from the Roer River, Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J.B. Washburn, the 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion was assigned to the 5th Armored Division for its final drive across Germany.
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