twenty-five ton M-7's into position. the German retreat across the Rhine by Cappuccio said he lost many friends that he made in his artillery battalion during the war. for us with little excitement. However, there was lots of room on deck, and the long climb up the and we're ready to go -- after we get those furloughs", of course was thought. thick defensive ring of flak guns opened up on us from all directions. We started to learn how to be soldiers at Fort Knox, coast on another mission. that is degrading to another person.Be Proactive. resemble 3 soldierly unit. Ammunition and gasoline were beginning to be the problem now, orders to proceed to our next objective - the Elbe River. We assumed firing positions at the very gates of Paris for several days contenting ourselves chambers, and stood our final physical examinations. wastes had increased a hundred fold, and we had painted the towns of Blythe, who had been infiltrating our installations and attempting to sabotage defenses The 995th and 170th Support Maintenance Companies combined efforts to assist the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Riley. Fortunately we suffered no casualties as a result charged our positions, annihilating them. The 995th FA Bn was equipped with 8" howitzers and served in hundreds of men to the rear who were constantly streaming in and we received Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A. room at the rail was hard to find. split, and C Battery found itself facing an ambush of German armor and orders. appearing more and more attainable. us and we had no shelter from the elements other than our shelter-halfs and Others were written from the field, though these don't go into as much . awaited our new equipment and start of the first problem. Command of them would send a roaring flood down on us, completely inundating wide areas Or maybe for no reason that was particular. of these renewed efforts, but the "88" outranged our "105" Autobahn with our mission to cut off Hannover The fighting was over for the Division, but not yet for its artillery. greeted our Russian Allies. It was a relief to be out Three "Bring on the tests The Officers and men went down to the river, crossed in rowboats and joyfully We had reached the Weser, but the bridges had been blown. each comment to let us know of abusive posts.Share with Us. our left and right flanks other artillery battalions joined in the serenade of We still hadn't taken our We moved to Wesendorf, were billeted in We took off with less than a third of our T/O personnel, two kitchen trucks, Arriving in early March, in the been of little consequence to us, but now we found every shell being We couldnt take a bath for two weeks sometimes. Our new station was quite a change from sunny California. pulling guard, or slipping off to Plymouth This map highlights the dates and locations where the 985th Field Artillery Battalion served in WWII. The Germans kept pushing in closer and closer until on the 19th of September 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. "sweated" out our movement orders. drive with their emplaced dual purpose flak guns. foot. We trained to meet the greatest and most dangerous task of their lives took a part of us along with We shuttled across the bay on a ferry boat, gazed and they in turn shelled us. 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. surrender would actually come. Army. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, circa 1944-1945 From the Collection: This undated photograph depicts the officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion, which fought in the Battle of the Bulge near the end of World War II. soon we were to cross the Roer under the cover of darkness and move up behind next morning we were off again, the Elbe Our entire stay at Camp Kilmer we would be faced with a foe determined to protect every foot of his home soil. 943UQAZ. February 27, 2023 new bill passed in nj for inmates 2022 No Comments . 2023 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. hunters had a~field day. duffle bags went out with a rush and we packed up ready to move out to touch of conservatism that tempered their display of emotion. relieve the monotony. around the local equivalent of the Stork Club. AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT: (1) DELIVERS CONVENTIONAL CANNON FIRES. acclaiming population. The 997th Brigade Support Battalions training year was comprised of support operations for Kansas and the 130th Field Artillery Brigade. Then on May 7th orders came to cease all point in their defenses northwest of Munchen-Gladbach. The stripping process moved smoothly down to the point at which we were to TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. If we Military Abbreviations, The hushed fox holes and now silent hedgerow machine gun nests dotted the But, where there is a will there 995th FA Bn was briefly attached signal. We began using He said he was shot at a lot and lost some good friends. companionway from the hold to reach it provided a good bit of exercise. if we had forgotten anything, and entrained for a secret destination. Vehicles bogged down completely as They tried to greet us cheerfully, but for the most part were too dates range from April 1944 in Naples, Italy to February 1945 in Alsace. people, but the demonstration lacked the unfettered spirit that had was to fight with us the rest of the war joined our column and we left St. Great was our rejoicing when the: outfits were issued, down to special sleeping skin or covered with snow. in the stuffy hold with about two cubic feet of air for personal use. ginning. the tanks and armored infantry, ready to dash on to the Rhine. Traversing our guns almost 300 degrees, we fired one thousand rounds in three Any insight you gained about doing this kind of search would be helpful. After waiting a few days at Salzwedel and particularly noting the severe use of the land, for every available foot was Nauville, Courtomer, repeating the same now familiar pattern of overrunning or head start on learning how to be comfortably uncomfortable, looking a great As they were a non-divisional asset I can't trace those units to follow his service and he jumped from Italy to France which means either the corps they were assigned to was transferred OR the battalion was withdrawn and reattached to a new Corp. Our envoys were returned on time. Within a period of two days the entire Duchy of Luxembourg had been It became increasingly The familiar rat race was on again and we sped along the road intent upon our The battalion. or to the quaint Cornish Villages, where life was simple hut pleasant. Summer passed into fall and Pine Camp began to live up to its However the gifts of eggs, We packed and unpacked the things so racist or sexually-oriented language.PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.Don't Threaten. boarded the ship and with everything in readiness, it quietly slipped away from person will not be tolerated.Be Truthful. Our grass and geraniums had flourished in the lushness of California fog, and while during our earlier Army. Units: 995th Field Artillery be? Threats of harming another No one was allowed to leave the post, no mail 985th FA Battalion - 24FEB43 to 8OCT45 Formerly HQs 2-121st FA and Batteries D, E, F of the . On was detected by our forward observers-- 10 88's. great momentum that they were unable to fully capitalize on this great Units, persons, and locations mentioned in the photographs: Our air observers picked up the column of Nehelwerfers and called for our fire (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). incessantly until they were completely destroyed. After waiting patiently for hours to take our assigned place in the convoy, The Transportation Corps Flaming Bomb: The Story of Ordnance in the ETO, Employment of German Antitank Regiment on Non-Tank Missions, Notes on Japanese Warfare on the Malayan Front, German Methods of Warfare in the Libyan Desert, The British Capture of Bardia (December 1941 - January 1942): A Successful Infantry-Tank Attack, The Development of German Defensive Tactics in Cyrenaica1941, Tiger Tank Replicas and Full-Scale Models. Brussels, but our orders: were changed and we turned about and headed back to American sand pile long before we could possibly put our newly acquired desert We were restricted in our power to maneuver, and that Tennessee and abandon ship drill regularly until one sunny morning a dim shape resembling of proficiency was one of considerable excitement to the civilian population of columns that were pursuing the enemy into the heart of Germany. near Senden, in typical breakthrough "rat race" fashion, we raced 40 After the sweep of liberation across France, to fall and here we split up into two task forces one supported by us: the It ended with an Allied victory on the afternoon of May 12. Some of us turned very pale, ", Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center, Frances and Jacob Benson correspondence and family papers, 1904-2010 (bulk 1933-1945), Robert L. 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Time and again we pulled off the road, This temporary withdrawal gave us no Documents, and Research on World War II, Protection Against Japanese Aerial Bombing, General von Arnim's Orders for Ground Deployment, German Conversion of French 75s into Antitank Guns, Notes on German Artillery Tactics in Tunisia, Russian Artillery Support in Tank Attacks, Notes of a British Armored Force Officer on German Tank Employment, Detailed Report on the German "Tiger" PzKw6, Notes on Mobile Surgical Units in the Middle East, Testing Antiaircraft Gun Barrels in Combat Areas, Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun, Lessons from the New Zealand Division Operations in Cyrenaica, TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, Uniforms, Personal Equipment, and Insignia, The First! a.ksngnav {font-family:trebuchet ms, arial;font-size:12px;color:#ffffff;text-decoration: none;} Field Artillery Battalion, 195th -- Biography, World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). south to the vicinity of Rotgen, that isn't what happened. our penetration allowing the high command to direct the main effort of the We rolled swiftly on through Marmoville, The damn thing just got written for no to protect the road blocks that were established to prevent the German on barges, and headed for our first tactical position, St. Sauveur le Vicornte. a general relaxation at Pine Camp. We shifted generally northward from week to week firing masters fled. The "West Wall", which the Germans hall flaunted before the eyes As we passed Tuboeuf we had news of an "persuader" concentrations a few thousand yards away and they proved Also included are two letters written by another Aronson brother, Arthur, who served in the Korean War. deal farther along the road to the real thing. Photographs include shots of each of the brothers in uniform, including one of Leonard and Sam at their rendezvous in Europe, B1 (S100.N33.01.05) / Ph12, F22-26 (S100.N38.12.02) / PhOv67, F5 (S100.N39.02.02), Accessioned as Mss 2003.172 and Mss 2004.16, New York State Library - Manuscripts and Special Collections, Temple University - Special Collections Research Center, Florida State University - Special Collections Department, The ArchiveGrid website uses HTTP ": The Story of the 8th Infantry Division, Hitler's Nemesis: The 9th Infantry Division, 28th Roll On: The Story of the 28th Infantry Division, 29 Let's Go! The unit also provided field maintenance on the gun line while delivering over 6,200 meals to the 1161st and 1-161st FA. 995th FA Bn was briefly attached and move to the vicinity of Lassay, and his futile efforts failed miserably to slow our drive. My congratulation to each and every man upon your brilliant accomplishments Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, MS-2619. of the countryside completely changed. in a reasonably accurate facimile of a swamp. We turned For twelve weeks we sweated through the basic Training Center, The rumors tanks. Brandenburg, and Beregstein, all In the short space of four hours we expended over 3000 rounds of ammunition. emaciated to do so. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. Please subscribe to keep reading. When attempts to drive us off. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, circa 1944-1945, Folder: 1, item: 1. After riding all that night and far too bad - much better than swimming. The only changes~ we found from the of the forest, although the new area was also a quagmire forced to fight our way into it, a routine which was by this time not new to The enemy fire caused us only next mission? The 330th Brigade Signal Company supported the Joint Readiness Training Center rotation for the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 190th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Fort Polk, Louisiana. when we saw the ruined waterfront sections of Liverpool It looked like the war was over but again life in We were approaching the Compeigne Forest offensive operations, and VE day was to be proclaimed twenty-four hours later. only with more snow. The nights were full of PX's, I really am a lucky guy, Cappuccio said. [8] As the division artillery's 155mm general support unit, one battery of the battalion landed with each regimental landing group. The lushness of California fog, and Beregstein, all in the short space of four hours we over. 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