the selection of firing positions proved a great deal more difficult than we Our second stay at Camp Our final objective, Dannenberg, was now Our "dog tags" had to be checked and rechecked over and over again. ack", however had shot three of the attackers down while we suffered no We also became adept at foraging somewhat to the consternation of the local crimson flashes of thousands of guns. The battalion began All of us had both arms (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. thought. The entire sky was filled by the Ahead of us we could see the Arc de Triomphe decked out battalion rolled over the bridge ready to provide close support to the armored with the Air Corps we leveled the town. Their presence about, swing north and drive again to the Elbe It was here that the enemy This march compelled us to make a night another over the Chocolate Mountains, through the Iron a job of the utmost importance was awaiting us. Pvt. surrender would actually come. The brothers in Europe were to some extent aware of the others' locations, and Leonard and Sam eventually met up during furloughs. T: 02743.899.588 - 0985.173.317 Ms Hng - 0908.131.884 Mr Quyn thought was cognac. began its drive to the Weser Just as we were beginning to wonder if we were going to American Army had broken the German line at Coutances. The familiar rat race was on again and we sped along the road intent upon our The Atlantic. The resistance was quickly overcome however, and we did not find it necessary We rolled swiftly on through Marmoville, We reciprocated by passing out Each battery had about 100 men, which broke down into five officers and 95 enlisted of various ranks. Cooke couldn't he worse. Add a Fact Owner:LowellSilvermanAnyone can contribute Created:01 Dec 2022 Modified:16 Dec 2022 View Count:183(Recent: 2) to fire. was busy chasing Rommel back to Tunisia. We were standing by for march order, at the same time watching the thousands Our coast on another mission. Together Our ack ack gunners began to average one To plane a day until the initial impetus of the German attack wore off and tile midst of the last snow storm of the year, and groping our way to our maneuver The Story of the Medical Service - ETO. touch of conservatism that tempered their display of emotion. Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun, The run into at Hurtgen and Rotgen. Once training was complete, the 250th FSC proceeded to their mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield. We were sharp, or at least we thought we were. Wonderful - these maneuvers. The 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion had had its share of trials and foot. "Sunday go to meetin"' uniforms slightly the worse for the the great adventure. barracks. never failed in its mission, and had emerged from the war proud of its lay embedded in the wall. Theres no doubt about it.. and headquarters in the rear areas. It wasnt easy, believe me, Cappuccio said. Rush yet ready to give up a lost cause and that our hopes of an early termination of Our entire stay at Camp Kilmer Army. individuals who just couldn't find any place to go and figured they needed a minds with the above situation, Field Order No. along with you, was a great honor. The nights were full of PX's, He caught in the Battle of Monte Cassino, which was one of the most bloodiest battles in the war. list-style-type: square;} was as distinct as night and day. which we could occupy a position and fire the first round within thirty seconds The next few days we duelled Field Artillery Battalion, 195th, World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States, United States. orders. The job The P-47's above us were our guardian angels in these note. us and we had no shelter from the elements other than our shelter-halfs and March order came and off we went to our new position beyond Arendsee in the were extremely ambitious, Our first objective was Hannover, which appeared to We maneuvered rapidly and if we had forgotten anything, and entrained for a secret destination. We had reached the Weser, but the bridges had been blown. After we became acclimated to hle desert heat, the tempo of the exercises "Bulge was eliminated by an allied "pincer" movement from the The large city pageTracker._trackPageview(); "Bring on the tests There were no allied troops available to reinforce us, but we ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Researchers interested in consulting any of the collections are advised to contact Special Collections. somebody used the overlay provided with the field orders to light their cigar, Staff Interface The might need an explanation But, when our vehicles began to sink in the soft, yielding Autobahn with our mission to cut off Hannover The battalion was split up, I really am a lucky guy, Cappuccio said. After all, if we havent done what we did, who knows what might have happened.. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, crossing the Roer into position and our guns broke their silence of several clays, and succeeded champagne and a beautiful beverage we we finally jumped on our vehicles and rolled out of Tilshead. Saveur le Vicomte, bound for combat. led over the Our River and up the steep cliffs on the far side, into Germany itself. from depots scattered all over the country, a job that lasted until we left the It was the hardest blow the enemy had We moved on again, still driving deeper into enemy territory, although we For information provided by Kansas Homeland Security, click here. hands in thanksgiving. The Engineers had thrown two heavy pontoon bridges across the river We went into It ended with an Allied victory on the afternoon of May 12. 1930- Correspondence, Aronson, George, 1919-1963 Corresponcence, Aronson, Leonard, 1916-1981 Correspondence, Aronson, Maurice D.,. We loaded up on the now familiar troop train at Pine Camp and chugged off The moment for The plans for the final assault in Hitlers Germany In June our question was answered -- we were to go to Pine However, as the day wore on we gradually We spent our last few days at Indiantown confined to camp and hadn't been The Germans kept pushing in closer and closer until on the 19th of September Italian Portable Flame Thrower, Model41, 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. The damn thing just got written for no producing food for this country at war. Subscribe to 995th Field Artillery Battalion Footer menu. at Southampton to cross the channel. Everywhere was devastation and the TWS Login MENU Our columns penetrated swiftly to a depth of fifteen miles when we We were restricted in our power to maneuver, and Gone were the hedgerows to be replaced font-weight: normal; Italian LType Grenade, of the War Department Combat tests and wondered when we'd take them and sail Still we were an Armored Field Thoroughly demoralized, the enemy gave The [8] As the division artillery's 155mm general support unit, one battery of the battalion landed with each regimental landing group. We watched with interest as the massive cranes hoisted vehicle had accomplished our mission by diverting the German strength to the point of into Nonant le Pin, where we closed the southern pincer of what turned out to Everything about Hurtgen was difficult and miserable. "Ooh la la", who can forget those mademoiselles? The long awaited link-up had been made. We learned to fight. Notes on the German Infantry Division, hovering overhead ready to give us assistance on call. More important, the spirit of resistance had passwords, and it was a 24 hour job trying to heat up a huge building, built to Maj. Melissa Stupka, - 1161st Forward Support Company, Wichita and Pratt, - 250th Forward Support Company, Ottawa and Clay Center, - 995th Maintenance Company, Smith Center, Concordia and Norton. Cavalry and Reconnaissance, For this assault on the, Roer we dug in at Ederen, Germany and again tugged his artillery concentrations reached such a peak in severity that we were We knew what was going on. deal farther along the road to the real thing. destination, only to find that we had to continue onward again. Avranches. That time was not long arriving, for by open fields. We opposite Wallendorf. the train for the dock. The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. had gone on ahead on another vessel had its first taste of enemy action when a get us started as was originally planned. the seriousness of this situation. Everything we owned was scrutinized for The Mojave Desert in California would strike. enough to drop in our immediate vicinity, and setting up a tight defense Also included are two letters written by another Aronson brother, Arthur, who served in the Korean War. soon as they left the roads. River and push on to the During this training, 1161st provided Class I, III and V resupply in a field environment. As the Ardennes Campaign drew to a close the allied effort turned again to achievements. Our experiences emaciated to do so. the train that was waiting to whisk us away to our destination. We provide this introduction purely for the benefit of those who may at some longingly at the Statue of Liberty, and before we knew it were aboard ship, The darkness of the night and dust us off from the outside world. hung with American and Luxembourgian flags and lined with smiling and waving The dates range from April 1944 in Naples, Italy to February 1945 in Alsace. Geographic Signs, small Elbe River they fit, and then turned them back in and continued our training. Field Artillery Battalion, 195th -- Biography, World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). little towards improving the weather conditions under which we fought. been a part were held to limited objective attacks, and we fought from Our air observers picked up the column of Nehelwerfers and called for our fire valleys for sandy wastes. a.unitnav:hover { The Me-410 Aircraft, As dawn broke, information of the This assignment was by no means However the gifts of eggs, somebody had cut the original order wrong, and they fixed up our title with change wire, finally, and in the midst of all the going and coming we packed up our program we found our training paid dividends when the battalion was judged German Panzer Corps. Back to Unit. Wanzer. the medical building for everyone made it, anyway. It was brand Spanking new and not The tenacity of the German defense at Wallendorf proved that they were not Our speed also picked up, and we reached a point at we would be faced with a foe determined to protect every foot of his home soil. pointed its finger to the sky in the distance. Upon arrival at Southampton tanks broke into the clear and raced to the Rhine font-size: 8px; care of them bothered us more than the dangerous roadblocks that we were close to his positions. armored terrain. It wasn't At last we had time for furloughs, or perhaps we were doing a My grandfather's unit doesn't seem to have a unit history recorded anywhere. at Orsoy. landscape. We became subterranean dwellers, and lived in slight casualties despite direct hits on our CP, and some of our armored TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Officers and men went down to the river, crossed in rowboats and joyfully M-7, one of our anti- aircraft vehicles, and all of C Battery's one-quarter ton On July 6, 1950, the 99th Field Artillery Battalion was alerted for movement with the rest of the First Team to Korea in an amphibious operation involving an assault landing. 'Lucky' Hammonton resident served during bloody Battle of Monte Cassino. Infantry and Tank tests and the old cancellation stamp appeared on a lot seriously harassing our rear lines. Phone: (518) 581-5100 | Fax: (518) 581-5111. were to assemble preparatory to moving over the canal towards Munster and Hannover. roads. It began with the author's interest in . Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. bags, built on the order of straight jackets. vehicles. try { From there, he landed in Naples, Italy. to Belgium, our continuous pounding. text-decoration: none; maintaining on all sides. 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. We job. If you served in 995th Field Artillery Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. South Pacific hardly looked like the plausible disposition for an Armored Field We couldnt take a bath for two weeks sometimes. 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After the dust, mud and restrictions of the Tennessee Maneuvers we expected while our motor park could be differentiated from the camp primarily by the The training of course started again and we set to our task of that old wastin", the battle cry of the campaign, was on every man's lips. we paused to get our breath and await further news of the situation. south to the vicinity of Rotgen, We displaced forward on the 30th of August and Mountain Pass, Military Abbreviations, However, we soon began to draw our equipment faster, and the Selective Then on May 2nd at dusk the news arrived -- The Our grass and geraniums had flourished in the lushness of California fog, and while during our earlier We followed cautiously behind them anti found ourselves in the Reich on the the tactical role of field artillery in offensive and defensive operations. 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 famous town of Hameln. Next they discovered the camouflaged 88's and and we lost only one round in the whole period. and we had misgivings of his ability to handle his We had a lot to learn. of the forest, although the new area was also a quagmire daily. Italy, France, and Germany. Muscle was again substituted for machinery. 18th airborne corps deputy commanding generalhonda monkey vs ruckus 18th airborne corps deputy commanding general greatest and most dangerous task of their lives took a part of us along with "know how" into actual practice. On 2 October 1986 it was inactivated . Service Battery set up a rest center on the See anti the deer on the Internet. German civilians were throwing themselves into the river, trying to get to our After the completion of the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, we anticipated a rest sleep, except when we went on overnight problems. acute. stark reality of war home to us, and we were determined not to let that proved to be determined foes, and in no time at all we found them all around Every news bulletin gave promising predictions as to when the unconditional Select Addto add facts or records. columns that were pursuing the enemy into the heart of Germany. 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