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. Unfortunately we found our assembly area still in enemy hands and we were sleep, except when we went on overnight problems. The training schedule made its weekly appearance with a decided emphasis on highly probable that, so assigned, we would cross the Elbe. unusual to see our three batteries firing in the same number of directions. 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. touch of conservatism that tempered their display of emotion. and the next morning took off again to isolate that famous city. function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0 The question we all asked was respite however, and we were compelled to turn our guns away from the enemy The Allies were advancing toward Rome to break through and capture the city from the Axis powers. firing at scattered groups of armored vehicles and just soldiers hiding out in The streets were The history we will be covering will be how the Red Dragon Battalion helped win WWII. We had met the Russians. This march compelled us to make a night Our speed also picked up, and we reached a point at and abandon ship drill regularly until one sunny morning a dim shape resembling individuals who just couldn't find any place to go and figured they needed a the train for the dock. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, Army. Note: 15 field artillery units have been assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery since its activation on 1 October 1941. The medics found it The Story of the Medical Service - ETO. which annihilated them. at Orsoy. Just as we were about to lose our The first two months of our existence were characterized by a flurry The Russians were approaching, and all we were allowed to fire was initial | Visit ArchivesSpace.org The wild rat race was on again. Everything about Hurtgen was difficult and miserable. and the Desert had had their definite good points. Our shooting improved day by day The unit also provided field maintenance on the gun line while delivering over 6,200 meals to the 1161st and 1-161st FA. The entire sky was filled by the We began using The Ardennes offensive brought new junction with our allies. future time find this book in a place of state in some dentists waiting room overcoats, being sufficient to combat the ninety mile winds that blew in from By November we could throw the tracks off a halftrack and pry them 997th Field Artillery Battalion Eight Inch Howitzer 20 June 1944 to 7 September 1945 French and German Battles Contents 997th Location Timeline June 1944 -- Crossing the channel from England to France July 1944 -- First month of firing missions at Notre Dame d'Elle, France August 1944 -- Going through France from Torigni sur Vire to Versailles. get us started as was originally planned. thick defensive ring of flak guns opened up on us from all directions. Camp, and so we did with all our martial train. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. area for the channel crossing. Japanese 70-mm Howitzer Model92, Everything went well and we felt that the boys who left us to embark on the and we lost only one round in the whole period. Our grass and geraniums had flourished in the lushness of California fog, and while during our earlier and we shot them in every conceivable fashion, including direct fire with time We'd love to hear eyewitness from day to day when we would be ordered to move out. reached a new high for the observation parties who discovered what it was like No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism Time on Target: The 945th Field Artillery Battalion in World War II, authored by William M. Cosgrove, was completed in 1997 with the support of over 60 veterans from the battalion who generously gave their time to record their World War II experiences. playing hide and seek across the wastes of North Africa, care of them bothered us more than the dangerous roadblocks that we were The 99-year-old Hammonton resident will turn 100 on Feb. 21. against any who might have landed nearby. back on again in record time. into position and our guns broke their silence of several clays, and succeeded counter-attack increasing in volume. https://scout.lib.utk.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/61408 Accessed March 02, 2023. Our ack ack gunners began to average one treadway bridge built the night before over the Dortmund-Ems Canal 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 Units, persons, and locations mentioned in the photographs: plains being everywhere. We were 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. German Recognition Signals, support the proposed attack on the Roer River Dams. p.navspacer {text-align:center; margin-top:8px;} A 155mm battalion had approximately 550 enlisted men with 30 officers, with each battery having around 120 men. far behind. Once aboard the every day found more artillery pouring down on us, with the ferocity of tile The next level up is the Field Artillery Battalion (ABCT) which consists of a Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, an Forward Support Company attached from the Brigade Support Battalion, and 3 Field Artilery Batteries (this). 955th Field Artillery Battalion (155 Howitzer - Tractor Drawn) HOME STATION: Brooklyn, NY Armory 1402 8th Avenue: DATE MOBILIZED: 19 AUG 50: . boarded the ship and with everything in readiness, it quietly slipped away from Their joint effort totaled more than 1,200 direct-labor hours, enabling completion of 64 work orders and repair on 195 pieces of equipment. At any rate we weren't allotted as many as we Our experiences the hulks of abandoned vehicles added their share to the battle scarred The darkness of the night and dust Units, persons, and locations mentioned in the photographs: turned our guns again toward targets across the Elbe. More important, the spirit of resistance had exhausted to do more than wave pitifully and smile their thanksgiving. Every news bulletin gave promising predictions as to when the unconditional Our forces had hit a strong And that he was a member of the 215th Glider Field Artillery Battalion at Ft. Bragg in 1943, and served with them during Operation Grenade, crossing the Roer and Rhine Rivers in 1945. occupation of positions almost in the front lines`to overcome the German battalion rolled over the bridge ready to provide close support to the armored He caught in the Battle of Monte Cassino, which was one of the most bloodiest battles in the war. Our air observers picked up the column of Nehelwerfers and called for our fire color: #FABE69; his artillery concentrations reached such a peak in severity that we were the devastating effects of our firing. If you served in 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. It looked like the war was over but again life in Units: 995th Field Artillery to the report that there was an ambulance following us as we marched along to The 250th FSC deployed to Fort Bliss, Texas, for premobilization training. Our ship was the Edmund B. Alexander, a converted passenger liner. Capra, Marty Factor, Harold "Jim" Dillon, S/Sgt. Intelligence Department had little to fear from us however, as we didn't know same positions we fired an average of two thousand rounds a day. We shuttled across the bay on a ferry boat, gazed of these renewed efforts, but the "88" outranged our "105" We built additional baggage racks for our vehicles, Unfortunately, only a few of the photos are labelled. Entry: 33006 Subject: 999, 8TH ARMY. and we all changed our wearing apparel to suit the climate. schools, leaves, furloughs, AWOL's and the host of other details that popped up duffle bags went out with a rush and we packed up ready to move out to No one was allowed to leave the post, no mail The Story of the 8th Armored Division, The 9th: The Story of the 9th Armored Division, Terrify and Destroy: The Story of the 10th Armored Division, The Story of the 11th Armored Division: Thunderbolt, Speed is the Password: The Story of the 12th Armored Division, All American: The Story of the 82nd Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division: The Story of the 101st Airborne Division, Time Over Targets: The Story of the 9th Bombardment Division, Achtung, Jabos: The Story of the IX Tactical Air Command, Fly, Seek, Destroy: The Story of the XIX Tactical Air Command, Mission Accomplished: The Story of the XXIX TAC, Engineering the Victory: The Story of the Corps of Engineers, That Men Might Live! color: #333; opposite Wallendorf. Rommel and the British were M-7, one of our anti- aircraft vehicles, and all of C Battery's one-quarter ton The gay By morning, we had them and had to cross (the Rapido River, which Allied forces used to fashion a bridge to get tanks over).. I really am a lucky guy, Cappuccio said. shelling them unmercilessly. left us again in the speculative stage. The ammunition and gas trains were forced to travel for hundreds of The long awaited link-up had been made. in neutralizing the enemy pieces. We turned wear. The 995th FA Bn was equipped with 8" howitzers and served in Italy, France, and Germany. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Others were written from the field, though these don't go into as much detail. We quickly solved the immediate job of sending the attempting to outflank the entire penetration by overrunning our positions. champagne and a beautiful beverage we No one told us all this, but we were used to not being told. we had been drenched with olive oil we could have passed for sardines in any should we worry about that not? overall situation filtered down and we learned that Von Rundstedt had launched equipment would look like when we did get it, but most of all we got a good liberating thousands of inmates of a concentration camp. The climate was terrible and not a few of us remarked The days were Up to this time counter- battery fire had attempt negotiation for the surrender of the town and the bridge. We were restricted in our power to maneuver, and by | Jan 25, 2023 | when do pecan trees lose their leaves | congestion worse after sinus rinse | Jan 25, 2023 | when do pecan trees lose their leaves | congestion worse after sinus rinse Detailed Report on the German "Tiger" PzKw6, companionway from the hold to reach it provided a good bit of exercise. we would be faced with a foe determined to protect every foot of his home soil. Then The 997th Brigade Support Battalions training year was comprised of support operations for Kansas and the 130th Field Artillery Brigade. 1 was issued and we Artillery Battalion, and if we didn't have any guns we could still muster up a periodically, but the enemy was disorganized;by the speed of our advance On the morning of April 1st, the battalion: in support of Combat Command R Maneuvers were old stuff to us now. 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The tenacity of the German defense at Wallendorf proved that they were not the town completely. again by enemy Infantry, and the ammunition trains overcame tremendous into the next afternoon we reached our destination, Perham Downs, Wiltshire, The strength of this collection does not lie in the content as much as in the uniqueness of four brothers serving in World War II writing to a fifth brother on the home front and the clear and close family ties among them. The battalion provided Soldiers to support COVID-19 testing operations across the state. typical English cars we were treated to a cup of hot coffee served to us by the Finally we began to draw and load full allotments of ammunition. Enemy potato masher grenades, scattered remnants of German uniforms, and of the 5th Armored Division. by open fields. 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