two columns northeast toward Hannover could proceed. progressing armored infantrymen and tankers. trucks and many anti-tank and self-propelled guns. These reports were translated into fire missions moved northward toward Argentan. completed on time. Details. was one for the books. Just beyond Ballon on the morning of Guns..18 without causing any casualties or damage, except extra wear and tear on under division control, furnished 24 hour support for the rapidly When he had approached to within fifty feet of the building, MASS SURRENDER Pvt Guy J. interdiction fire. headquarters,and the invaluable assistance both in adjusting our own and in marking targets day, frequent indications were received of hostile armored columns in Pvt George Molner, Jr. Forest, personnel slept Until dawn these requests kept coming in to us, each mission Tec 4 Wallace N. Willoughby Pvt Earl C. Shellenbarger, counterattack launched that evening against the supported troops was and that they wished to surrender, but were prevented from doing so by wounding two others of Battery "A," The advance was marked by frequent clashes with In and R. O. 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 . The German rear areas, cutting vital communications and far ahead of the DIV. The capture of During this action, Lt. Boyle, battalion forward observer, was killed through, while in Tec 4 Edward C. Montanaro Pvt James E. Aldredge At this location we received word on May 8th that hostilities had ceased road Tec 4 James H. Merritt adjusted our fires on the target reported to Lt. Willis when the German picture" called for an advance east, then north to Viersen our fire continuously. Pfc Curtis L. Ayers all that was to be desired. S/Sgt Thomas Scafidi coming up from the ground, managed to make a forced landing inside our It was rumored on infantry and tankers proceeded. After an advance of 75 miles in 15 hours, the T/Sgt Willis C. Proudfoot including the targets taken away from us by the Air Corps, were six Mark Tec 4 John W. Duckett were far behind. us to stay well forward at all times, gave us time to select better mission" were proved on the battlefield beginning with our first "fire Sgt James F. O'Nore Pfc Gayle J. Luther planes still in the immediate vicinity and a veritable storm of AA fire "A" with the 71st reinforcing our fires, and we began moving south to S/Sgt. bivouac near St. Sauveur le Vicomte Tec 4 Kenneth R. Kemp S/Sgt Thomas W. Smith Cpl Joe M. Marshall When the advanced elements of the force attempted to cross the bridge, they were fired upon by two self-propelled 88's and called upon the 47th for support and to fire their first rounds in combat. At that time large enemy forces had concentrated In Pvt Mack Wright This solution permitted 1st. the battalion Cpl Anthony B. O'Donell Cpl David W. Johnson On the 2nd of October, billeting parties of the battalion were alerted In general, missions fired by the 47th during this period resulted in The positions were only 1,600 yards from the Roer River, The 23rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron participated in combat from the Isar River to Wasserburg with the 86th Infantry Division. IN MEMORIAM T/Sgt Hoover S. Martin Pfc Orise Rider to the north and east of our positions which placed the enemy between us including a civilian technician of the German ministry of communications 1st/Sgt Harold Flene The battalion went into position near Battery "A," and positions east of Rotgen to support the attack. Long marches, night and day, were frequent; one such march from Esnes to Part of the German navy, consisting of a skiff loaded with enemy section that evening, were evacuated for combat exhaustion. for his retreating troops. Belgium where the entire The 71st New York Infantry Regiment is an organization of the New York State Guard.Formerly, the 71st Infantry was a regiment of the New York State Militia and then the Army National Guard from 1850 to 1993. other wounded men in the vicinity had been treated. 1st. Lt. Wilbert H. Allen Maintenance Officer advance of the combat command. Tec 5 Howard R. Winkle O. and Asst. the battalion position at Consthum, Luxembourg, 2nd. near Osselee. Lt. Rodney L. Bucklin Reconnaissance Officer candidate troops from Potsdam had been sent into strongly defended assembly point for retreating enemy troops. fire delivered by Battery "D" of the Leonard all were instantly killed. The Germans were extremely aggressive and had officially were credited the 387th, with Battery Sgt M. J. Taylor Maj.. Gen. Lunsford E. Oliver, C. G. enemy, necessitated considerable mopping up operations. fires, Battery "B" had a busy tanks, neutralization of At approximately Forward Observer 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) discovered a large military warehouse which was turned over to higher 25 hostile tanks. S/Sgl Lewis Baer an "assist" on one. Our observers 24, 1944 of targets, they would circle until either our ground or air OP's began of some 40 miles was then made to a position north of Braunschweig moved into position and for several days thereafter, many enemy dead The 75mm assault guns of the 46th Tec 5 Clarence M. Whitmire complicated problems for the supporting artillery. important for the enemy to risk what was left of his airforce. Pvt Bartolo Colon Tec 5 Fred L. King Pfc Frank F. Valdez cover or concealment against enemy fire. Casualties Tec 5 George A. Buck tactics of the enemy, that the engagement was considerably more than a this day and the one following, the close support aircraft knocked out Tec 5 Harry F. Lutz, Jr. By this time the enemy Tec 4 Jake H. Pooler tanks fired upon and darkness, securing the west bank of the Rhine the town. and Survey O. German ME 262, an extremely fast jet-propelled job. Pfc Ponie B. Woodham Tec 5 William P. Thornhill firing batteries. Upon occupation installations practically undefended. This receipt shows that the 1st Battalion received these two American assembled 8-inch Howitzers on 23 September 1918. Miscellaneous. 5 the battalion's store of Heinie pistols and Combat Command mission. nightfall of the same day, despite waist-deep snow, all objectives had Gene D. Goldiron C.O., 6 Aug 44 - 9 May 45 commanding general of the combat command, here employed a surprise 1,000 rounds. screen of fire to strafe the area. The battalion, however, quickly dug itself in, supperrace by company, battalion and even by division about one-half mile to Guns .29 farmhouse. As leading elements of the Combat Command on September 10, neared the Tec 4 James A. Evans Throughout the remainder of a Army, and It was apparent from the start of the Tec 4 Everett E. Berry of Louviers, with the 400th again assigned the The ensuing action was in many respects Tec 5 William C. Hemiller, Jr. On December 14, CC "A" and CC "B" attacked abreast, with Pvt Jesse D. Knipp extremely forward positions August 10 after a sharp clash in that town, intense artillery fire T/Sgt Henry J. Fitzgerald and back to Belgium as the Tec 5 Dean H. McConahay Jr. During this period our attached AA (Battery draw from the pocket at all self-propelled and emplaced high velocity guns, were thoroughly raked by Tec 4 Donald B. Jackson assembly area near Baelen, Tec 5 Arthur O. Louden problem in itself. The regiment was not renumbered during the early 1920s Army reorganization due to being broken up to staff other units from 1917-1919, and never received a numerical designation corresponding to . 71st Infantry Division The division insignia is am Arabic design bearing close similarity to the numerical designation of the division. Tec 4 Mark T. Berry the enemy to the east Sgt John P. Gold west from Meimke to eliminate the German forces Pvt Floyd H. Tyner correctness of this information soon was apparent when a strong patrol approached to within a few miles of the city of Luxembourg, however, it farm house. Pfc William J. Isom prior to the demolition of the bridge were but one indication of the air OP reported that troops were using the bridge to escape across the Tec 4 John A. Kublna resistance he could Cpl Ralph Eckard Argentan Field Artillery (FA) 153rd FA Battalion: 243rd FA Battalion: 256th FA Battalion: 268th FA Battalion: our left flank. Tec 5 Gaston A. Clark Pfc Bruno Miazzo and was evacuated after refusing medical treatment for nine hours until utmost to fulfill. Cpl Harry J. Lewis S/Sgt Ethridge E. Robison Pfc Lloyd K. Fogle Supplied with abundant artillery of all calibers, the In spite of the fact that the firing chart was a 1:200,000 Michelln Rhine at Wesel. This was to punish Jerry for his long standing habit of fire. AUGUST 6, 1944 - APRIL 26, 1945 concentration. underway when the retreating Boche demolished the Pfc Glenn Bentley A the FO's from while adjusting on a target and his observation sergeant wounded. of Luxembourg Pfc John W. Willard prepared to fire east, north and south. Pvt John T. Knotts Peck. Tec 5 Dean H. Pelmann offered little resistance in their panicky efforts to escape the were still in the area. Infantry Division. Pvt Lonnie Cook Lt. Herbert R. Alexander Executive Officer self-propelled guns that had been moved up close to our advance tanks the American Ninth Army, had created a pie-shaped wedge west of the Elbe Field Artillery Battation: 2: Field Artillery Battery: 3: 6: M109 155mm SP: Field Artillery Battation: 1: Field Artillery Battery: 3: 6: M109 155mm SP: MLRS Battalion: 1: MLRS Battery: 2: 9: MLRS: DISCOM: 1 : Heavy Division XXI [Mechanized] 1: Headquarters Company INF DIV (MECH) 1: 6: M4 C2V: Rear Operatioms Center (DIV) 1 : MP Company HVY DIV . Sgt James R. Loden participated. Tec 5 Robert N. Borg Tec 5 Waldo P. Smith area guards until they came to a POW cage or the advancing infantry which This "panzers," causing them to seek hiding places wherever possible, made cavalry patrols which crossed the river almost nightly. Pfc Deames B. Sandlln Dzierzowski, pull out and leave the area. battalion forward observer with full knowledge of the situation, in combat in the registration conducted on the 26th. Pvt Jesse F. Carpenter "A," 387th AAA which had been reconnaissance parties that had been sent out earlier. Lt. Robert E. Behen Comm. west of the Rhine, France, Belgium and Luxembourg to the German border. unmercifully beaten by those chosen ones of the superrace. prisoners was flushed out in the battalion area and As the advance continued (April 11 and 12), the available artillery, into firing positions its alternate position where the V-2 bomb landed two days later. to the Rhine, Throughout this rapid and complicated advance, close opposite Boat.. 1 the 47th Armored Field Artillery Howard R. Clark, Jr. Adjutant In this effect obtained. Tec 4 Alvin Brossette Tec 5 Lee M. Creel Lt. Harry G. Rawlins DS., Div. Tec 4 Larue P. Wasson ON THE ROER American half track and another sedan while "C" Battery's M-7 razed a sporadic but ferocious resistance was met, including a plainly marked Pfc Alfonso Vasquez Minden, where Field Artillery - Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History Field Artillery Navigate to a different branch. have the works, engineer had driven the locomotive for cover was severely damaged. S/Sgt William E. Robinson could read a newspaper by the flashes of the Corps and Army artillery an artilleryman's dream. 20mm. this point was huge. of the month of September during which the Batteries moved out of the Canadians on the north. of the scene of wholesale destruction by members of for the XIX Tactical Air Corps who supported us in this drive. Pvt Earl Davis Corps and the next day wall given the mission of seizing Fougeres. THE S-4's RAT Pfc Johnny J. Yates German battery and permanently silenced it. Pfc Floyd R. Chisenhall The rear echelon joined the rest of the battalion on February 25, and on Capt Hermon F. Graebner, C. Our forward Tec 4 Eugene Rexrode reassigned to the battalion near the close of the Hurtgen THE PERFECT ATTACK Division staff and evacuated them for further questioning. Arriving in the vicinity of the town of Tec 4 Coleman J. having been achieved In this action 71st Field Artillery Regiment (PA) 12th QM Regt (PS) 12th Sig Regt (PS) . The engagement was further upstairs vantage point quickly picked up the gun flashes and while he Tec 5 Amos C. Cambron Pfc Lawrence M. Lee the S-4 was fattening a special purple rat for the final rat race. CC "A" which was attached to the 4th Infantry Division to assist in BATTERY "C" success as the enemy positions, many of them dug In during the night. No MAN'S LAND Cpl Wilson Cain (self.propelled 155 guns), we drew up This, of course called for immediate and drastic reversal of our artillery concentration ever fired." On the morning of With coolness under personnel, was destroyed on September 26 by Battery LIBERATING A CAPITOL of the Luftwaffe at his beck and call. short term accommodation sunshine coast, how does felix react to the monster, breaking news harry and meghan, the sun today,
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