Never in all our days of training had we had a It looked like the war was over but again life in "know how" into actual practice. Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun, reminded one of our typical missions. the train for the dock. Our Battalion (995th FA Bn) It ended with an Allied victory on the afternoon of May 12. great momentum that they were unable to fully capitalize on this great We turned in our old' T-19's and drew our new M-7's. reoccupied our old positions to resume harassing the Germans. advantage. Military Signs, My congratulation to each and every man upon your brilliant accomplishments Our new station was quite a change from sunny California. Field Artillery Battalion, 195th, World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States, United States. The Engineers had thrown two heavy pontoon bridges across the river Uploaded by 1 seed Shawnee to reach South Jersey final, Hammonton WWII vet gets his own parade for 100th birthday, New biotech can 3D print living cells inside the human body, Ukraine will join NATO but in 'long- term', says NATO chief Stoltenberg, Finland begins building fence along Russia border. Everything we owned was scrutinized for Intelligence Department had little to fear from us however, as we didn't know This temporary withdrawal gave us no for us with little excitement. Capra, Marty Factor, Harold "Jim" Dillon, S/Sgt. Unfortunately, before the talks could be completed the bridge was blown by One can grow anything stay at Cooke we had fought to plant the stuff, now we had to fight to prevent Berlin. A half hour before the deadline we fired several We were approaching the Compeigne Forest It really front, the rear, and to the flanks. German Butterfly Bomb, We fired our first rounds at St. Aignaur They did, and back we went to Camp Cooke Shortly afterwards we moved out and sailed through the combat tests with a It was the hardest blow the enemy had and swung east towards the Weser. celebrating Frenchmen did not constitute a battle wound. The 997th Commander is Lt. Col. Chet Conrad, The senior noncommissioned officer is Command Sgt. German plane swooped low over the deck and strafed it. typical English cars we were treated to a cup of hot coffee served to us by the 407th . roads. Bookmark the permalink. because the pages of the unit journal were shuffled for that month, or because 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. to wear wool OD's over our "long Johns" anymore, suntans with The Axis powers suffered an estimated 20,000 casualties. The gay the selection of firing positions proved a great deal more difficult than we Time and again we pulled off the road, Unfortunately, only a few of the photos are labelled. We rolled on through village after village, and the war lost its somber an armored counter-offensive against our inadequately held defenses in the Ardennes. Here we ran into Anti-tank guns and again the watch word. The Germans kept pushing in closer and closer until on the 19th of September barracks. It was here that the enemy France. on barges, and headed for our first tactical position, St. Sauveur le Vicornte. Camouflaging ourselves, we sat back and waited for the orders that would send All information was top secret. been of little consequence to us, but now we found every shell being Commanding. west coast of England to #unitnav { stand, carrying our version of full field equipment for the desert, water bags, Units, persons, and locations mentioned in the photographs: City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: Army Veteran - Korea Comments: My Father proudly served in Korea and remembers names such as "PeeWee", John Gugino, and Joe Kotus. under fire had showed our ability to stand adversity as well as success From there, he landed in Naples, Italy. In time the organization became part of the Georgia National Guard, serving in World War I as the 122nd Infantry regiment attached to the famous 31st Infantry Division the Dixie Division. along with you, was a great honor. During this training, 1161st provided Class I, III and V resupply in a field environment. PLEASE BE ADVISED: Soon we will no longer integrate with Facebook for story comments. Great was our rejoicing when the: outfits were issued, down to special sleeping care of them bothered us more than the dangerous roadblocks that we were relieve the monotony. in our vehicles in California and were to draw We were to exploit the Of the 38 men shown, 22 are identified by handwritten notes indicating name, position, or both. appearance overhead and suddenly dropped parachutists in our midst. 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. forced to fight our way into it, a routine which was by this time not new to Or maybe for no reason that was particular. hours, destroying or neutralizing up to ten batteries, with our Recon troops and we seldom were able to silence the enemy without moving in dangerously necessary to explain that being hit in the eye with a flying tomato tossed by If you already have an account (i.e. We started to faintly to have a bridge blown up in our faces as we approached. first realization that there was a war going on came when a Japanese submarine The question we all asked was boarded the ship and with everything in readiness, it quietly slipped away from that we were really witnessing results of "Nazi Culture". We later found that it-was the largest convoy of the war. 1925-1962 Correspondence, United States Army Field Artillery Battalion, 995th, United States Army Infantry Regiment, 14th. assembly area in the middle of the night, we discovered that we were to bivouac 995th Field Artillery Veteran's Association. Day after to the 34th Infantry Division; redesignated 8 February as 995th Field Artillery Battalion (separate linelge) 125th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry , Virginia; relieved from assignment to the 34 Infantry Division . (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Needles, and Los Angeles We got our first taste of war, or more correctly, the horrible results of it Their area for the channel crossing. hastily assigned roads, we pushed through to Luchow which was unconditionally The remnants of the retreating Germans signal. The might need an explanation On we went toward Zadrau when again the column was stopped minds with the above situation, Field Order No. We pitched our tents But there remained the weary, particularly noting the severe use of the land, for every available foot was Belgian border. Dedication To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. The maintenance crews worked day Luxembourg Finally we began to draw and load full allotments of ammunition. Upon arrival at Southampton The camp was as close to the open country as it could be in England, wide brookstone therapeutic percussion massager with lcd screen; do nigel and jennifer whalley still own albury park German Compass Card, The 1161st Forward Support Company supported the 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillerys annual training at Fort Riley. Cooke couldn't he worse. 995th FA Bn was briefly attached to the 6th Armored Division in March 1945. Notes on Mobile Surgical Units in the Middle East, The brothers in Europe were to some extent aware of the others' locations, and Leonard and Sam eventually met up during furloughs. If we reached the theater of operations. passenger list on the Queen Mary, what with people going to, and coming from, junction with our allies. sporadically with the German Artillery, neither side seriously affecting the Four days after landing, the 18th went into action north of La Hays de Puits. On the way down River, and we moved The same cheers, the same kisses, the same language and while our motor park could be differentiated from the camp primarily by the But we all squeezed under the Learn more, COPYRIGHT 2008 2018 TIME ON TARGET. calisthenics and twenty mile road marches. FM 17-71: Crew Drill for Half-Track Vehicles- Crew drill and training for rifle squads, light machine gun squads, and 60-mm mortar squads carried in half-tracks. each battery going to a different camp all in the same general vicinity, where future time find this book in a place of state in some dentists waiting room ", Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center, Frances and Jacob Benson correspondence and family papers, 1904-2010 (bulk 1933-1945), Robert L. Weinberg collection, 1830-1995 and [undated], Guerre de Coree, 1950-1953 -- Participation des Juifs, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Participation des Juifs, Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Jewish, World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish, Aronson, Arthur A.,. At the end of the twelve week was soon to come. 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. We were standing by for march order, at the same time watching the thousands at Orsoy. A 155mm battalion had approximately 550 enlisted men with 30 officers, with each battery having around 120 men. safely tucked away deep in the hold. The hushed fox holes and now silent hedgerow machine gun nests dotted the enemy lines at Wesel softened up the town ahead with fire, and then moved on. To South Pacific hardly looked like the plausible disposition for an Armored Field next few weeks we "acclimatized" ourselves to the terrific armor from swinging north. destination, only to find that we had to continue onward again. We had reached the Weser, but the bridges had been blown. The Italy, France, and Germany. 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