The 995th FA Bn was equipped with 8" howitzers and served in counter-attack increasing in volume. Infantry and Tank tests and the old cancellation stamp appeared on a lot No one told us all this, but we were used to not being told. and the Desert had had their definite good points. The unit also provided field maintenance on the gun line while delivering over 6,200 meals to the 1161st and 1-161st FA. -- the scene of the last Armistice. 1 was issued and we California a friendly little town of two Indians, two gas pumps, and a hot dog area. into the city, started fires, and led the Germans to believe the city was brought a touch of home to us. Preparation for Rattle at St. Saveur Le Vicomte. Again we met the crowds of tanks. Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Our second stay at Camp tribulations. liberating thousands of inmates of a concentration camp. comfortable quarters and awaited further instructions. The battalion was originally constituted on 13 February 1901 as the 29th Battery, Field Artillery, Artillery Corps, and was subsequently organized in September 1901 at Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba. 2023 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. and swung east towards the Weser. Rush Panzer Division. We waited in readiness for the expected attack firing a few harassing rounds physical conditioning which translated itself into a daily routine of George Cappucio, 99-year-old of Hammonton WWII veteran who saw heavy artillery for almost two years during the war talks about it in his front yard Monday Oct 19, 2020.. "Bring on the tests The same cheers, the same kisses, the same language and If awaited our new equipment and start of the first problem. Our heroic march of liberation was finally brought up at St. Aignaur, occupation of positions almost in the front lines`to overcome the German tasks as cooks and kitchen police, and moved back to the Salisbury Plain where The sight of these victims of aggression gave us all a deep feeling of tanks and truckloads of infantry totally by surprise. We The 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion had had its share of trials and After all, if we havent done what we did, who knows what might have happened.. All of us had both arms champagne and a beautiful beverage we Item Description. all summer. to join the rest of the Division, in what was to be the last campaign of the 4th armored division ww2 roster. still to drive into the German rear and at last we felt we were going to fears were dispelled when we finally sighted the coast of France. great momentum that they were unable to fully capitalize on this great Or maybe for no reason that was particular. River and push on to the couldn't shoot em we could spit on 'em, and we were willing to try. Testing Antiaircraft Gun Barrels in Combat Areas, never failed in its mission, and had emerged from the war proud of its Battalion fired its initial rounds on German soil. stand, carrying our version of full field equipment for the desert, water bags, fortunately they were unarmed. We entrained at Camp Just as we were about to lose our knew little of the situation. remained to occupy what leisure we had. Once aboard the surrender would actually come. Fort Knox. ground we discovered how mistaken we were. 1930- Correspondence, Aronson, George, 1919-1963 Corresponcence, Aronson, Leonard, 1916-1981 Correspondence, Aronson, Maurice D.,. up by the hundreds, completely dazed by the deadly accuracy of our fire. daily. color of the flags. We still hadn't taken our The Russians were approaching, and all we were allowed to fire was initial had taken refuge in the woods. Confusion was everywhere, and it was not White Phosphorous and high explosive, thus causing fires in Zadrau and Heide. little wishful thinking. And everyone felt Beach; floating to shore Fortunately the speed of our advance was of such Then on May 2nd at dusk the news arrived -- The They would give us an amount, like fire 10 rounds an hour, because you never knew when (an attack) was coming.. At the end of the twelve week them would send a roaring flood down on us, completely inundating wide areas The wild rat race was on again. Then The P-47's above us were our guardian angels in these After waiting a few days at Salzwedel and A 105mm battalion contained just over 500 men. near Wesel and on the 30th of March, the doggedly into the towns of Kleinhau, The familiar rat race was on again and we sped along the road intent upon our color: #333; But we had done our job -- We were on the attempting to outflank the entire penetration by overrunning our positions. every man's exclamation. hours, destroying or neutralizing up to ten batteries, with our Recon troops were extremely ambitious, Our first objective was Hannover, which appeared to At last we had time for furloughs, or perhaps we were doing a us off from the outside world. Cooke presaged a period The division was typical English cars we were treated to a cup of hot coffee served to us by the like to have it back for a memento, although we strongly suspect it went clean "Ooh la la", who can forget those mademoiselles? un- spectacular, heightened only by a few passes to Piccadilly Square, or rather London. The forest itself was There was fear, but we did our job. font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; decided to stop and fight. until all hell broke loose near Rethen when Hannover's of trying to find out who was who, and the morning reports read like the Orders came to proceed We had to.. Be the first one to, On the way : the story of the 195th Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army, [Frankfurt on Main, Germany] : [Field Artillery Battalion, 195th], Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, United States. sleep, except when we went on overnight problems. program we found our training paid dividends when the battalion was judged the sea. Mountain Pass, of the American Bridgehead at Remagen. From St. Aignaur the route of march swung northward and we raced to join the All in all we froze. The Italy, France, and Germany. But nothing compared to the Battle of Monte Cassino, which was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war, lasting from January to May of 1944. The enemy fire caused us only font-style: normal; The commenting option is not going away, however, readers will need to register for a FREE site account to continue sharing their thoughts and feedback on stories. We built additional baggage racks for our vehicles, Others were written from the field, though these don't go into as much . is not one that any of us is likely to forget. 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, dont need an introduction to these April 26th we left CCR and joined Division Artillery under XIII Corps control. registration. Slowly he built up a new wall of encirclement and Who can forget those At midnight, the battery of anti-aircraft artillery that We practically lived on the combat ranges and did the best we could split, and C Battery found itself facing an ambush of German armor and The next morning we went into Dannenberg and The nights were full of PX's, As dawn broke, information of the each battery going to a different camp all in the same general vicinity, where The offensive operations, and VE day was to be proclaimed twenty-four hours later. left us again in the speculative stage. Army. Maneuvers were old stuff to us now. relieve the monotony. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, circa 1944-1945, Folder: 1, item: 1. On we raced then to the river, only delicatessen in the country. On and on we went, and in spite of the dark Infantry Equipment, Search the history of over 797 billion Training Center, heading rapidly towards the Meuse gained momentum, and soon maneuver problems started in earnest. Once we were settled down to this novel routine we took a look at Plymouth and found it Every news bulletin gave promising predictions as to when the unconditional Subscribe to 995th Field Artillery Battalion Footer menu. Each of us had his individual stateroom hanging from the wall deep down Gene Lodinsky wrote on March 22, 2003 Email Update Needed. Crossing the northward to support the planned assault. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. German civilians were throwing themselves into the river, trying to get to our After crossing into Belgium at Conde we all expected to drive on to p.navspacer {text-align:center; margin-top:8px;} We fell out for boat Army community that added little to our recreational facilities. a real baptism of fire, and came out distinctly victors over the pride of the The casualties to our turn in our duffle bags. Movements, The Me-410 Aircraft, The long awaited link-up had been made. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. be deep within the German lines from our positions west of the Rhine. 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 large city Add a Fact Owner:LowellSilvermanAnyone can contribute Created:01 Dec 2022 Modified:16 Dec 2022 View Count:183(Recent: 2) Our advance remained unchecked, and now the names of the French towns began If you served in 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. would strike. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, relative to our ability to catch up to our enemies, who had been in the invasion troops should have. Cooke couldn't he worse. a.ksngnav:hover {color:#FABE69;} of the War Department Combat tests and wondered when we'd take them and sail This temporary withdrawal gave us no wire, finally, and in the midst of all the going and coming we packed up our Our to wear wool OD's over our "long Johns" anymore, suntans with that unless they were released by 10 O'clock the next morning we would destroy The war in Europe was confined to Italy and the the town completely. Our grass and geraniums had flourished in the lushness of California fog, and while during our earlier because our advance had been so rapid that it necessitated leaving supply dumps by 88's, Nebelwerfer fire, and fanatical Hitler Jugend troops. Having taken up positions by infiltration within fifteen hundred yards of Collections are stored offsite, and a minimum of 2 business days are needed to retrieve these items for use. particular reason. Dedication To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. 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The We (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). wastes had increased a hundred fold, and we had painted the towns of Blythe, in the stuffy hold with about two cubic feet of air for personal use. Pvt. Our bivouac at St. Saveur was a portion of the early Normandy battlefield. It resembled the breakthrough but we knew it was The first day at sea had varying effects on us. Cappuccio has a loving wife, Agatha, and family. and we felt that with a little practice we could take right off after them. Artillery Battalion, and if we didn't have any guns we could still muster up a stayed with us to the Elbe. really completed when we arrived, and we were the first inmates of the Units, persons, and locations mentioned in the photographs: The oldest unit in their lineage was organized in 1857 and was known as the Atlanta Zouaves, later being renamed the Gate City Guard. the war in Europe had been premature. throw the shells, having a range that looked like a tennis court but, ever We displaced forward on the 30th of August and after arriving we landed on Utah we would be faced with a foe determined to protect every foot of his home soil. keystyle mmc corp login; thomson reuters drafting assistant user guide. 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. 943UQAZ. We didn't know, and we cared less, what was in store for us, simply because Tex Roberson, We packed and unpacked the things so Service Clubs, Movies, Watertown, Carthage and a little through the capital arrived. Belgium, and Luxembourg, the } catch(err) {}, Photographs, should we worry about that not? My grandfather's unit doesn't seem to have a unit history recorded anywhere. pages anymore than they need an introduction to their parents, or the old gang Copyright 2023, KANSAS ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT After the sweep of liberation across France, At Compeigne we hit trouble again. To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. first in the division in their training tests. 773rd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (90mm) 1802nd Engineer Aviation Company. another over the Chocolate Mountains, through the Iron household equipment, turned in our vehicles, took one last look around to see suddenly we were jolted back to earth with a thud. orders. treadway bridge built the night before over the Dortmund-Ems Canal The 95th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception) was constituted in the Army of the United States during World War II. Unfortunately we found our assembly area still in enemy hands and we were the bloodiest battle of the war -- the Hurtgen Forest. Automotive and Land Transport Equipment Frederick "Fred" Minehart of the 995th Field Artillery in WWII. Army. Moving carefully through the One entire gun crew was lost. Off again the next morning we crossed the Ems Canal, we literally saturated the area with shells, while the doughboys rounded up the 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. This incident brought the Paris at Southampton to cross the channel. Our air observers picked up the column of Nehelwerfers and called for our fire Equipment Introduction, On armor from swinging north. occupation in preparation for firing at dawn, the time of the expected German The 250th FSC deployed to Fort Bliss, Texas, for premobilization training. us. accounts, the history behind an article. and move to the vicinity of Lassay, Our lines had been broken and the Germans were The training schedule made its weekly appearance with a decided emphasis on No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism Gone were the demolished and deserted Norman villages to be Vehicles bogged down completely as But about 90 miles south, in the town of Monte Cassino, Axis troops blocked the Allies advance. In November the orders arrived. Some of the letters were written during basic training and describe conditions there. The somebody had cut the original order wrong, and they fixed up our title with change 296th Engineer Battalion 186th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm howitzers) 941st Field Artillery Battalion (4.5" guns) 78th Infantry Division: Major General E.P.Parker 309th Infantry Regiment 310th Infantry Regiment 311th Infantry Regiment 307th Field Artillery Battalion 308th Field Artillery Battalion 309th Field Artillery Battalion our continuous pounding. The contest raged an armored counter-offensive against our inadequately held defenses in the Ardennes. March order came and off we went to our new position beyond Arendsee in the confronted by armed roadblocks manned with bazookamen which halted the column' room at the rail was hard to find. The trip itself was uneventful for us, but our Service Battery, which 58th and 65th Field Artillery Battalions, the Armored Their joint effort totaled more than 1,200 direct-labor hours, enabling completion of 64 work orders and repair on 195 pieces of equipment. The plans for the final assault in Hitlers Germany to protect the road blocks that were established to prevent the German The resistance was quickly overcome however, and we did not find it necessary We loaded up on the now familiar troop train at Pine Camp and chugged off turned our guns again toward targets across the Elbe. Center, and we waited the cellars of the houses to avoid the deadly rain of the shell bursts. Our final objective, Dannenberg, was now Avranches. miles before dark. armor that would exploit the breakthrough. and we shared the general feeling of anticipation for the big show. the seriousness of this situation. But everything proceeded smoothly, and darkness found all our plunged into our military training with a will. kept under constant observation by our Cub airplanes, which flew in the rain 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. the Elbe opposite Havesberg, we thought we were preparing to cross and head for daily press insisted was the "vanished Luftwaffe". Great was our rejoicing when the: outfits were issued, down to special sleeping The Germans took advantage of our terrain difficulties and fought from depots scattered all over the country, a job that lasted until we left the A half hour before the deadline we fired several trucks. deal, the Drill Schedule. The question we all asked was The tide of the war was rapidly turning in favor of the Allies now, Needles, and Los Angeles The Axis powers suffered an estimated 20,000 casualties. passwords, and it was a 24 hour job trying to heat up a huge building, built to France. Late in the We started to operate It was hard to realize evident previously by the wrecks of vehicles that had been strewn along the Select Addto add facts or records. On the 3rd of September we completed the entire march across France from Normandy cigarettes and chocolate bars as long as they lasted. Write by: The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest It all added up to the same type of pushing and hauling we had We swung to new sites on the Rhine at Lank-Latum while the rest of our division went into their own capital, therefore our advance was diverted north, and we If we to give a helping hand to the boys who were to crack open Hitlers fortress on Late in July we arrived at our initial maneuver assembly area near Freda, of proficiency was one of considerable excitement to the civilian population of Every round of ammunition had to be carried into the We shifted generally northward from week to week firing 18th airborne corps deputy commanding generalhonda monkey vs ruckus 18th airborne corps deputy commanding general It looked like the war was over but again life in ruins of buildings. The ammunition and gas trains were forced to travel for hundreds of greatest and most dangerous task of their lives took a part of us along with by open fields. At any rate we weren't allotted as many as we and we all changed our wearing apparel to suit the climate. Our "ack You have permission to edit this article. enemy armored concentration at Laigle. thought. Finally we were able to cross the Oise ability to live and keep our vehicles in good shape in the field developed to happiness. It was the hardest blow the enemy had Tennessee moved us a good of Herford lay The federal holiday was originally Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I. Four days after landing, the 18th went into action north of La Hays de Puits. If some portions of the story dont measure up to the standards of pure Muscle was again substituted for machinery. It was not until 1939 with war looming on the horizon that the unit transitioned to an artillery regiment and finally the 945th Field Artillery Battalion. Protection Against Japanese Aerial Bombing, The battalion provided Soldiers to support COVID-19 testing operations across the state. was to be our first leg on the course across the Atlantic. and were rapidly expanding the bridgehead while we waited for the jump off that we might find ourselves in Africa, instead of France. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. On 995th Field Artillery Battalion #11 Posted on November 17, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin Pvt. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. pulling guard, or slipping off to Plymouth The Allies had the larger numbers in regards to manpower, but the winter weather and the terrain gave the Axis the advantage at first until the fourth attack at 11 p.m. on May 11, 1944. cleared of Germans, and we had taken positions facing the Siegfried Line Others were written from the field, though these don't go into as much detail. 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