If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 254107 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit without contacting us first. Constituted in the Regular Army as the 32nd Field Artillery and assigned to the 11th Infantry Division (United States)5 July 1918. The next day our guns were helping to close the gap and destroy those unfortunate enough to be trapped. From here on out it was up to each man to practice all that he had been taught in the years, and months of training. ), Germany. The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EAGLE STRIKE III Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: … Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, and activated in Germany. - - News of the invasion found members of the Battalion packing and preparing for a move. 5th Battalion 41st Field Artillery. French-speaking men began to find out that they had an advantage over the major part of the men. Portland. Observation posts were established in the Caumont area as the unit was given the mission of supporting the British in their drive for Caen. This map highlights the dates and locations where the 173rd Field Artillery Battalion served in WWII. Our new position just a few miles from town was a large meadow when we arrived. 242 likes. From this point on there was a series of moves, all rather short, in and around the vicinity of Vire, St Lo and Caen. There wasn’t a man in the unit who didn’t throw away his extra supply of rations. Our trip across was more or less uneventful. The men needed no urging to dig foxholes or to take proper protection. Documents and photos received from Philip McCarty. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Missile Battalion, 41st Field Artillery . The 183rd Field Artillery Battalion (Colorado) was a Field Artillery Battalion of the Army National Guard. Sleeping in foxholes, living in rain had become an everyday occurrence. - - Our next position was a vicinity of Beau Plateau, Belgium, an area in and around a large Seminary or school for Priests. Louisville. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. The unit had made 21 moves and covered approximately 600 miles. Under cover of darkness we had left the port of embarkation for a destination unknown. Arrived in vicinity of La Veilliere, France late in the afternoon. Late in the afternoon the unit arrived at Dorchester, Dorset, England. We currently have a huge backlog of submissions which need to be edited for display online, if you have a good standard of written English, an interest in the two World Wars and a little time to spare online we would appreciate your help. There were few civilians left in the area, most of them had been evacuated to other places for security reasons. 76TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION FIELD MOVEMENT DURING WW2 *Note: The above silhouette represents a U.S. Army horse-drawn section. 18th Field Artillery Brigade - 377th Field Artillery Regiment - M198 howitzer - 155 mm - 101st Airborne Division - 82nd Airborne Division - Benham Park - Operation Overlord - United States Army - Field artillery - Airborne forces - Battalion - World War II - War in Afghanistan (2001–present) - Iraq War - 101st Airborne Division Artillery - 377th One day they would be in a town and the next the Americans would move in. It should be noted that the HHB, 65th Field Artillery Brigade at Utah National Guard, a unit formerly assigned to the 40th Infantry Division was redesignated as V Corps Artillery and also landed at Normandy on D-Day. If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. The illustrations were originally published in the "The Field Artillery Journal" and created by Mr H.S. Leaving hedgerow country, apple orchards and through the dusty plains, because for once the weather was clear and warn. Late in the afternoon on this date the ship docked at Newport. This is surrounded by a red band. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: (703) 696-6900 Boston. Dad died in 1981, following 45 years of service with South Central Bell. - - Every gun fired one round at noon on this day, marking our small celebration. New language and money were introduced and all members of the unit looked feverishly for souvenirs. During our stay a group of men were sent on DS to learn how drive for tractors, a new type of vehicle to the majority of us. Parker, son of Lt. From 3rd Infantry Division. - - Early in the morning we disembarked from the boat and immediately boarded a train. Detroit. We had no idea our next training maneuver would be the toughest, longest and our last, the Southern California desert, Camp "Iron Mountain".. 172nd Field Artillery Regiment (155mm How)(Truck-D) N.H. National Guard 24Feb41 inducted into federal service at Manchester N.H.; transferred to Cp Blanding Fla.14Feb41 & assigned to IV Army Corps; arrived at Cp Shelby Miss 27Mar42 where HHB redesignated HHB, 172nd Field Artillery Group 1Mar43. From this date on for three weeks, the time was spent in usual details, cleaning and care of equipment and acquainting ourselves with pieces of new equipment and material. *This publication supersedes FM 3-09.21, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures For The Field Artillery Battalion Each new position revealing for the first time the great damage done by guns of both armies. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. 1-41 Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart GA. Staff duty phone numbers, Commander CDR photos and biographies, Command Sergeant Major CSM photos and biographies. Order of Battle (Unit Structure) - American Forces - World War I 1st Army Corps. Location, building number. The Idaho Unit predates the Colorado unit. Emails received from Philip McCarty and dated June 11, 2014, St Vith and the 106th Division In the Bulge, My Battle of the Bulge – Before and Beyond, Loss and Redemption at St. Vith: The 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge (Book), Foxholes and Christmas of long ago Remembered…, Breakfast in the Beautiful Snowy Ardennes Forest, The 318th Inf Regt in the Bastogne Saliant, German Officer Vindicates 106th Recc Troop. 941st Field Artillery Battalion United States - Army Battles Battle of the Bulge. - - Today we made the longest march of any since we landed. Artillerymen with the 159th Field Artillery Battalion using bags of sand to protect the valuable 105mm Howitzer during the Korean War, Korea, 1951. Cast bronze metal design. Families reunited, birthday wedding parties planned, and buisnesses to run. Hood, TX as a result of the 41st Field Artillery Brigade Transformation to the 1st Cavalry Division Artillery (DIVARTY). For more information please see our page on. Artillery and AA Artillery: Site design & initiative: Hans Houterman: Site created by: Jeroen Koppes: Last update: 27.12.2008: Movies were held within the area to take up some of the slack time. The streets of this famous city were lined and jammed full of a cheering, screaming and happy mob. The rest of VII Corps Artillery, including California's 980th and 981st Field Artillery Battalions had landed at Normandy by 12 June 1944. - - We made our first entrance into Belgium, as we moved into a position around Bourseigne Neuve, Belgium. Find your Brothers on Army.TogetherWeServed.com JOIN FOR FREE TODAY! ), France, Lieutenant Colonel Ahern, Battalion commander, Captain Webber, “A” Battery commander and two men from our supporting AAA unit were all injured by an exploding miner. Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. A verbal commendation was received from the General in command of the Fourth Infantry Division for our effective work in aiding his troops to break through the enter defenses of the Siegfried Line. Most of the men that made up the battalion were from Manchester, others were from either Concord, Dover ,Portsmouth and Nashua. In a rough sort of way we will attempt to give you a short review of the travels of the 941st Field Artillery from the time of boarding the boat up to and including the date of your entrance into Germany for the first time. . Medical Detachments, 172d and 941st Field Artillery Battalions, consolidated, reorganized, and federally recognized 10 November 1947 at Manchester as the Medical Detachment, 172d Field Artillery Battalion. the first is a Unit Diary, I don’t know who wrote it or put it together, but I have the original and have scanned it for sending to you and whoever would like to have it. Records of 941st Field Artillery Battalion, US Army from other sources. Deep thick forrest,raining swamps, snakes and mosquitoes we would move our guns, equipment and service batteries stop again and set-up for another firing mission, break position/camp and move out again again and again, over and over it didn't seem to stop for any long period of time. Understanding the British soldier or Red Cross girl, speaking to you for the first hour or so was one of the hardest problems encountered yet. There we were billeted in houses, homes and buildings within the city itself. Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, and activated in Germany. By the time we cleared the city our men were wave-happy, arms ached at the wrist, smudges of lipstick appeared on many faces and the men in our convoy were an excited and happy group. From now until the later part of the month there was little activity. Sgt. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Our Firing up to and including this time was done in support of Divisions who were battering for St Lo, Vire and Caen. Below is the article in the 941st battalion's official "field newspaper" of June 18, 1945. Popular Places. For our fine work on this problem we received a written commendation from the Commander of the English forces. - - The boys had their first night march as the unit moved to an area near Argentan, France. 941st Field Artillery Battalion United States - Army Battles Battle of the Bulge. Served in this Battalion? Field Artillery, Pfc. Further Service by Regimental Elements. The sight of all color flares, the sound of bombs and small arms fire caught the men’s’ interest on the later part of the trip. Our training was good very good, Col. Ahern insisted on lots of drill time and as much field maneuvers as the Army could afford to give us. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. By nightfall we were well on our way and it took no expert to tell the well and able body men from those who seemed to be making the trip the hard way. 941st Field Artillery Battalion Battalion. Our men were introduced to a new kind of money and the whole unit enjoyed a type of hospitality they had so far not encountered. Battalion information. There we stayed one day, the whole time of which we were kept within a certain in closure and not allowed to even nod our head to people passing by. Every man’s private surplus of “K” ration biscuits and extra candy and cigarettes made their appearance and were distributed as they passed the waving and cheering groups of people. The unit stayed in this quaint old city 12 days acclimating itself to the ways of the English and regaining the land lubbers legs. 1 History 2 Lineage 3 Campaign Streamers 4 Decorations 5 Current units 6 Coat of Arms 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Unfortunately there were two units issued this number this is the Colorado unit. Medical Detachments, 172d and 941st Field Artillery Battalions, consolidated, reorganized, and federally recognized 10 November 1947 at Manchester as the Medical Detachment, 172d Field Artillery Battalion. Wahiawa Armory | Wahiawa / Mililani, Oahu, Hawaii, United States. Recently Discovered By now the unit was considered battle-wise, and our stay in this one position which finally ended up by being 7 weeks, had taught us many tricks of the Jerries. 155mm Fld Guns (Heavy) truck-drawn. A short summary reveals that the 941st Field Artillery Battalion had been on the continent a total of 97 days, 51 of which it rained sometime during the day or night. Distance approximately 100 miles, through the north central part of France. Learning later that they were a US modified British design of a 155mm to accomindate US Artillery units with larger rounds using the same guns leaving for the Theather of Operations, I didn't pay much attention to them because my job was to to "gettum" there!.. They were very few to little complaints and every man I knew did the best he could and we never left anyone behind left alone to do his job, we were a team. The 1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery from 1957 – 1986, and served in Vietnam, earning 12 campaign streamers and four unit awards. Normandy in France (D-day plus 6, 12 June is when they went on shore). Free for commercial use, no attribution required. Home always seemed too far away when you were not there. Natives in the vicinity were daily visitors and the men had the opportunity to taste the famous French cider and Calvados. Its performance in combat during World War I as part of the Forty-second “Rainbow” Division, and during World War II with the Thirty-fourth “Red Bull” Division, drew high praise from senior Army commanders and remains a source of pride to the soldiers in its ranks. On 1 July 1959, the 141st and 935th Field Artillery Battalions were consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 204th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 527th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, and the 219th Antiaircraft Artillery Detachment to form the 141st Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 39th Infantry Division, the 4th Automatic Weapons Battalion… Months later we were to learn that they were all prisoners of war in Germany. The 1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery from 1957 – 1986, and served in Vietnam, earning 12 campaign streamers and four unit awards. Then my Father was sent back to the US, to prepare for deployment to Japan for an invasion, but which never came. Served in this Battalion? 18th Field Artillery Brigade - 377th Field Artillery Regiment - M198 howitzer - 155 mm - 101st Airborne Division - 82nd Airborne Division - Benham Park - Operation Overlord - United States Army - Field artillery - Airborne forces - Battalion - World War II - War in Afghanistan (2001–present) - Iraq War - 101st Airborne Division Artillery - 377th My Aunt told me that dad was made Temporary Mayor of a town liberated by US soldiers. 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