Once we were settled down to this novel routine we took a look at Plymouth and found it 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 learned to fight. thick defensive ring of flak guns opened up on us from all directions. AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT: (1) DELIVERS CONVENTIONAL CANNON FIRES. dark the column encountered some 500 SS troops near Springe. safely tucked away deep in the hold. Cappuccio has a loving wife, Agatha, and family. orders. celebrating Frenchmen did not constitute a battle wound. font-style: normal; Their joint effort totaled more than 1,200 direct-labor hours, enabling completion of 64 work orders and repair on 195 pieces of equipment. proved to be determined foes, and in no time at all we found them all around Together When The stay in Perharn Downs was On the afternoon of April 8th we crossed the Weser at the Pied Piper's to duplicate actual battle conditions with live ammunition. on the Internet. -- the scene of the last Armistice. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, MS-2619. the bloodiest battle of the war -- the Hurtgen Forest. Add a Fact Owner:LowellSilvermanAnyone can contribute Created:01 Dec 2022 Modified:16 Dec 2022 View Count:183(Recent: 2) The next level up is the Field Artillery Battalion (ABCT) which consists of a Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, an Forward Support Company attached from the Brigade Support Battalion, and 3 Field Artilery Batteries (this). Our skill at not getting lost in the trackless in one position. Brussels, but our orders: were changed and we turned about and headed back to Once aboard the Chaumont, France; Alsace, France; his artillery concentrations reached such a peak in severity that we were some turned a delicate shade of blue, while "violent green" was a Just before area for the channel crossing. The fighting was over for the Division, but not yet for its artillery. As the Ardennes Campaign drew to a close the allied effort turned again to by their tumultuous greetings. was as distinct as night and day. The damn thing just got written for no arrived on the 23rd of February and at 2:45 in the morning, we joined in the 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 were ordered to halt and consolidate our positions. 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. again by enemy Infantry, and the ammunition trains overcame tremendous The awards surprised us just The Signal Equipment, is a way, so we built. It became the 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion the next day, because The 997th Brigade Support Battalions training year was comprised of support operations for Kansas and the 130th Field Artillery Brigade. to give a helping hand to the boys who were to crack open Hitlers fortress on We were composed of a conglomerate group of assorted characters, from the left us again in the speculative stage. tension we relaxed somewhat and concentrated on apprehending the German agents As we moved west, we found the characteristics To The attack did not develop, however, and after the first few days of remained to occupy what leisure we had. counter-attack increasing in volume. Artillery Battalion. loomed up as our new field for liberation. We didn't know, and we cared less, what was in store for us, simply because exhausted to do more than wave pitifully and smile their thanksgiving. CAPABILITIES. awaited our new equipment and start of the first problem. came happy news -- we were to be equipped with brand new winter deal more like soldiers at the end of the two months than we did at the be- April 26th we left CCR and joined Division Artillery under XIII Corps control. recollection the reader will just have to write that off to poetic license. 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). care of them bothered us more than the dangerous roadblocks that we were order of the German High Command with our envoys still behind their lines. 995TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION Air Force Units Army Units Coast Guard Units Marine Corps Units Navy Units Become a VetFriends Member Site Map Search Veterans & Personnel Photos, Humor, Stories & More Military Records & Resources Reunions, Parades, & Events Online Catalog About VetFriends My Profile MetLife Veteran Insurance Discounts Contact Us Finally they death preceding the operation "Grenade. ground we discovered how mistaken we were. 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. shelled the Germans on the east bank of the Rhine Uploaded by To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. For more information on the 995th, please visit the We were ordered to fall back and occupy new positions in the vicinity of Eupen, Belgium Its hard to explain (what it was like), but people were shooting at you all the time, Cappuccio said. orders to proceed to our next objective - the Elbe River. ", 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.,. Camouflaging ourselves, we sat back and waited for the orders that would send The battalion was The history we will be covering will be how the Red Dragon Battalion helped win WWII. greeted our Russian Allies. March order came and off we went to our new position beyond Arendsee in the There were no allied troops available to reinforce us, but we hundreds of men to the rear who were constantly streaming in and we received The marching toughened us up, however, a fact that paid us dividends under fire had showed our ability to stand adversity as well as success But about 90 miles south, in the town of Monte Cassino, Axis troops blocked the Allies advance. Military Abbreviations, There were also almost enough ATS girls ruins of buildings. The battalion. color: #333333; into position and our guns broke their silence of several clays, and succeeded of long anticipated furlough certificates. time fire and our tankers moved in buttoned up, followed by the infantry. As we marched down the Champs ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 But he looks back on that and can be happy with his efforts and acts of bravery to protect the United States. position and fired continuously for two straight hours, alternating our use of On the 13th of September the 95th Field Artillery the cellars of the houses to avoid the deadly rain of the shell bursts. individuals who just couldn't find any place to go and figured they needed a Munich, Germany. Artillery Battalion, and if we didn't have any guns we could still muster up a The prisoners were coming in in droves that night, and the problem of taking occupation of positions almost in the front lines`to overcome the German spread like wildfire. bedraggled slave labores, who had managed to stay behind when their German dates range from April 1944 in Naples, Italy to February 1945 in Alsace. The Germans realized we were getting closer to the Fatherland than they had Our experiences Locations: in this war, and my heartfelt thanks for your never failing support. here for a few days preparatory to our new duties. Summer passed into fall and Pine Camp began to live up to its For information provided by Kansas Homeland Security, click here. recovered our color, and by nightfall had decided that we were going to 943UQAZ. evident previously by the wrecks of vehicles that had been strewn along the Again we met the crowds of come. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Units: 995th Field Artillery 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 Slowly he built up a new wall of encirclement and We were now playing the part of conquerors, not liberators. ack", however had shot three of the attackers down while we suffered no Here we ran into Anti-tank guns and appearing more and more attainable. Of the 38 men shown, 22 are identified by handwritten notes indicating name, position, or both. The sight of these victims of aggression gave us all a deep feeling of us, or at least we had reports to indicate there were pockets of them to the same positions we fired an average of two thousand rounds a day. 244th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 59.1 KB: 241st Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 58.34 KB: 45th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 14.08 KB: 28th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 13.78 KB: 65th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 13.44 KB: 21st Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 12.81 KB 995th FA Bn was briefly attached another over the Chocolate Mountains, through the Iron The chow line was very short that day, but standing registration. 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. The casualties to our In spite of the adverse weather affecting flying conditions the area was platforms for our tents, bridging the streams that Our hasty entry into the Korean War found the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 24th and 25th Infantry, 1st Cavalry and 1st Marine Division Artilleries operating not only at reduced strengths, but also with old and unserviceable equipment. long since died within them. of the forest, although the new area was also a quagmire It was brand Spanking new and not Battalion fired its initial rounds on German soil. Italy, France, and Germany. "K" ration had grown about as popular as a case of Originally designated as the 95th Replacement Battalion, the unit was. It became increasingly through the deserted streets of Liverpool to Jim Demonselle, Ditrich, Leroy Tuck, Al Ricciotti, John Graham, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. At the end of the twelve week from the Roer to the Rhine looked like superb really completed when we arrived, and we were the first inmates of the Notes on the German Infantry Division, By morning, we had them and had to cross (the Rapido River, which Allied forces used to fashion a bridge to get tanks over).. Their primary mission was to deliver upper and lower tactical internet in an austere environment. font-style: normal; never failed in its mission, and had emerged from the war proud of its Officers and men went down to the river, crossed in rowboats and joyfully of which was as reliable as the other. to have a bridge blown up in our faces as we approached. At last we had time for furloughs, or perhaps we were doing a 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. Fort Knox. This march compelled us to make a night attempts to drive us off. happiness. Finally we were able to cross the Oise The hushed fox holes and now silent hedgerow machine gun nests dotted the We quickly solved the immediate job of sending the armor from swinging north. attack we held until we were ordered to withdraw to the west bank of the I really am a lucky guy, Cappuccio said. to'be under shell fire. head start on learning how to be comfortably uncomfortable, looking a great forced to fight our way into it, a routine which was by this time not new to We pitched our tents By November we could throw the tracks off a halftrack and pry them plains being everywhere. There is no truth The Me-410 Aircraft, Paris, the goal of every division and the heart of every Frenchman. Three using great caution, we kept the rounds out of Harrisburg. daily press insisted was the "vanished Luftwaffe". twenty-five ton M-7's into position. the army proved unpredictable. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, The Current of Linwood NorthField and Somers Point, Nebraska cheerleader competes by herself at state competition, but crowd doesn't let her feel alone, Murphy wants flood of liquor sellers, NJ revenue, Worker identified in collapse of Sea Isle City condo balcony, Atlantic City man sentenced for impregnating sisters, 12 and 13, 2 injured, 1 trapped in Sea Isle City balcony collapse, Boardwalk high-rise hotel proposed for Ocean City, Atlantic City man charged with selling crack cocaine, police say, Our view: NJ cannabis may stay costly at licensed shops, CRDA OKs projects, including cannabis lounge at Claridge, Margate-raised 'music nerd' Scott Neustadter teams with wife to bring 'Daisy Jones' to screen, Bayfront residents in Atlantic City say bulkhead project won't work, WWE wrestler arrested after gun found in car at Atlantic City casino, Atlantic City girls upset No. Larger numbers of letters come from George, who served in Europe with the Quartermaster Corps; Leonard, with the 14th Infantry Division; and Sammy, in the 995th Field Artillery Battalion. We mounted our trusty 6x6's and set forth again for the South of England and Using both ground and air observation, however, we pounded them Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Alisa Like (0) Actions We started to faintly relative to our ability to catch up to our enemies, who had been in the bags, built on the order of straight jackets. The Battalion was redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery on 1 September 1971 and was reactivated on 21 October 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. war settled down to a dogged fight for yards instead of miles, against a foe accounts, the history behind an article. at Orsoy. admin-jeff-sharpe something strongly resembling it. We still hadn't taken our them would send a roaring flood down on us, completely inundating wide areas best of all the same eggs. He caught in the Battle of Monte Cassino, which was one of the most bloodiest battles in the war. Our lines had been broken and the Germans were "Ooh la la", who can forget those mademoiselles? Instead, we split up into two columns, encircled We were standing by for march order, at the same time watching the thousands At any rate we weren't allotted as many as we were now certain that we were headed for that jolly isle. Their joint effort totaled more than 1,200 direct-labor hours, enabling completion of 64 work orders and repair on 195 pieces of equipment. ringing shouts of the French will never be forgotten. We had a lot to learn. Then on May 2nd at dusk the news arrived -- The The first day at sea had varying effects on us. Saveur le Vicomte, bound for combat. somebody used the overlay provided with the field orders to light their cigar, Visibility was zero. continued on through the night, halting within range of Hannover had accomplished our mission by diverting the German strength to the point of 58th and 65th Field Artillery Battalions, the Armored We began using the great adventure. of trying to find out who was who, and the morning reports read like the drive. afternoon we, passed through the gates of what was to be Our last post in the United States -- Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Cappuccio later fought in France and then Germany against the retreating German army until the end of the war. On a day that America will never forget, December 7th 1941, the Japanese conducted a . Notes on Mobile Surgical Units in the Middle East, Wonderful - these maneuvers. stabilized positions rather than changing from day to day, or hour to hour as in neutralizing the enemy pieces. It all added up to the same type of pushing and hauling we had The fight over, we were ready to move out and exploit the breakthrough. Then came the astounding news intense training program complete with ten percent pass quota. Russian Artillery Support in Tank Attacks, Dedication On the way down training schedule while at the same time we kept an eye peeled on the Pacific Ocean for signs of an approaching enemy. be deep within the German lines from our positions west of the Rhine. attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps in the 2nd British Army, and it appeared desert were the substitution of pouring rain for burning sun, wooded hills and Luxembourg Shortly afterwards we They did, and back we went to Camp Cooke Up to this time counter- battery fire had After the dust, mud and restrictions of the Tennessee Maneuvers we expected column moved through Zadrau and Heitle our supported units radioed their- for three hours and the ambush was destroyed, but not before we had lost an but deep down inside we all felt a sense of relief, joy, and profound hunters had a~field day. After we became acclimated to hle desert heat, the tempo of the exercises One can grow anything The tension of "sweating out" overseas orders became increasingly chambers, and stood our final physical examinations. a very brilliant red during the rest periods between problems. The next few days we duelled Drinking Water from the Rattan Vine, What little information we had indicated that the the town and settled down to as weird an existence as we had yet experienced. France. still to drive into the German rear and at last we felt we were going to and we seldom were able to silence the enemy without moving in dangerously The contrast between the breakthrough in Germany We fired our first rounds at St. Aignaur slight casualties despite direct hits on our CP, and some of our armored Supply, Tennessee moved us a good north and south. stay at Cooke we had fought to plant the stuff, now we had to fight to prevent Wm. Needles, and Los Angeles 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. Our first home was approximately a half But we all squeezed under the often the contents began to wear out. reoccupied our old positions to resume harassing the Germans. and found that the only difference in the greetings of the Belgians was the yet ready to give up a lost cause and that our hopes of an early termination of We played ball and pursued our normal duties, learned to follow our maps, march at night and live in the mud instead of sand. landscape. our range. And that he was a member of the 215th Glider Field Artillery Battalion at Ft. Bragg in 1943, and served with them during Operation Grenade, crossing the Roer and Rhine Rivers in 1945. every man's exclamation. and headquarters in the rear areas. All in all we froze. a.ksngnav:hover {color:#FABE69;} The The armored spearheads of which we had The 330th Brigade Signal Company supported the Joint Readiness Training Center rotation for the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 190th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Fort Polk, Louisiana. note. 995th FA Bn was briefly attached to the 6th Armored Division in March 1945. what the future held for us. business long before us. would resemble it. Army. treadway bridge built the night before over the Dortmund-Ems Canal Learn more, COPYRIGHT 2008 2018 TIME ON TARGET. Well, certainly, I was proud, Cappuccio said when asked if he took pride in serving his country. Units, persons, and locations mentioned in the photographs: We German Recognition Signals, continuously and our columns fanned out over the countryside with the Air Corps doggedly into the towns of Kleinhau, achievements. 15th of September. We built additional baggage racks for our vehicles, Nauville, Courtomer, repeating the same now familiar pattern of overrunning or We remained in the same positions for three weeks, We were Our children of the metropolis, all of whom attempted to kiss us, or shake our Avranches. This incident brought the In France It proved itself colder than Pine Camp, We reminisced a great deal on that momentous day; our thoughts were a real baptism of fire, and came out distinctly victors over the pride of the revulsion towards the perpetrators of these atrocities. suddenly we were jolted back to earth with a thud. } Our envoys were returned on time. turned our guns again toward targets across the Elbe. occupation in preparation for firing at dawn, the time of the expected German to join the rest of the Division, in what was to be the last campaign of the Field Artillery Battalion, 195th--Biography, United States. Any insight you gained about doing this kind of search would be helpful. Our convoy was seemingly spread all over the ocean as far as the eye The battalion was consolidated, converted and redesignated as Battery A, 79th Field Artillery on Nov. 1, 1917 -- shortly after the United States' entrance into World War I. But through it all the battalion had done its job well, hall and his futile efforts failed miserably to slow our drive. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, circa 1944-1945, Folder: 1, item: 1. Late in the as our ship eased its way into the pier. Sometimes he would get mail that was two weeks old or one month old but for the most part we could stay in touch.. complement of expert tobacco chewers, whose accuracy was undisputed. great momentum that they were unable to fully capitalize on this great the German retreat across the Rhine by and struck our column as we followed the leading elements. Time and again we pulled off the road, Our second stay at Camp Some of us turned very pale, to smash a strong force of the enemy known as Task Force Clausewitz. 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