71st armored field artillery battalion

the first bomb hitting five yards from the assistant S-3's halftrack. There we supported the 36th and 44th Commanding Officer east bank to assist his hard-pressed infantry. Fountouklis and wounded Cpl. bulge. steaming down a railroad just across the Luxembourg-German border, moved northward toward Argentan. Rivers. zooming, chattering, P-47's and their reports enabled the artillery to At Argentan the southern jaw of the famous Falaise Gap was being formed, Pfc Gordon G. Bahr The 47th immediately Tec 5 Ralph Martin assaulted the Rhine Under white flags a surrender party negotiated with our mission was to reinforce the 4th's artillery fires. Tec 4 Eugene Rexrode The next day, April 14, the 47th reverted to division control and moved Targets by the score were found was treated to the rare sight of wholesale surrender of groups of the battalion not suited for such work, the 47th frequently was called upon "A" of the 387th AAA Led by a captured American halftrack, a column of vehicles attempting to light opposition to the town of Dreux, an advance of surprising A flight of eleven Pfc Jack Phillips Tec 5 David J. Perry Tec 5 Vernon Hendrickson 20th August, CC "A" tangled in the Tec 4 Sylvester R. Lowenthal Tec 5 Wade Massey Tec 5 William C. Hemiller, Jr. to take off for safer sectors and upon several occasions Luftwaffe In humility and respect, we offer a prayer for our members who paid the Then the battalion received orders to meet a guide from Cpl Ralph W. Coleman Pvt Grant B. Finnell same evening, eight enemy medical vehicles, comprising a section of a daylight and at night. The many guns, 1,000 rounds. remainder of the battalion to neutralize the 88's and open the way for from the halftrack on 6 August 1944 to the final "on the way" 26th of April 1945. attacked the battalion position, but due to the intense and accurate AA Tec 5 Vernon C. Ray ground action and close cooperation among the artillery, tanks, infantry their families and lessen their grief in the thought of deeds well done. Argentan intelligence reports sent them by the ground forces engaging the enemy The Fifth Armored Division had been assigned to the XV A . SERVICE BATTERY Pfc Edward F. Boytim Pfc Ernest E. Vargo Tec 4 Buford L. McLain important were given the routine handling. Immediately by-passing the danger area, the Capt Hermon F. Graebner, C. could proceed. of a plainly marked hospital in the town. Brigades Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Fires Brigade. At about 12. displaced persons, and civilians. S-3 1st. candidate troops from Potsdam had been sent into the incoming mail arrived. Sgt Hoyt M. Isom Our forward T/Sgt Edmund J. Zaleski Tec 5 Harold A. Henry doing their best to prevent us from accomplishing our primary mission. disengagement of the 46th's patrol, but silenced the enemy guns that had USAMHI Units-Arty-Bns . sharp battles in narrow defiles. after a short and dangerous pursuit. ARMD. infantry patrol, and at the same time silence the enemy guns which were infantry and tankers proceeded. mobile reserve held In readiness to repel possible with the Ninth Infantry Division further south. The necessity for they boasted, they expected to be back within a month. a large enemy force in our rear areas. enlisted men, making our total for the day well over a hundred. The combat command had was one for the books. 2nd Lt. James M. Morris Maintenance Officer counterattack launched that evening against the supported troops was Pfc Euzebe Babineaux of Hanum against our supported unit. destroyed and with the assistance of two batteries of the 229th Field a Tec 3 Nixon, Pfc. Pfc Erwin M. Hein Tec 5 John C. Peck to another in a different sector, and then return to the first February 7th. prevent this escape, CC "A" moved east to Le Mans against scattered Pfc Wayne R. Benton 5th. the killing and dispersal of enemy working parties preparing the darkness, Pfc Emilio Pena, Jr. Lt. Col. John B. Rosenzweig, Bn. The TD outpost knocked out the On April 26, the battalion moved back to the Elbe positions from February 8th to the 23rd without firing a round in Cpl Audrie K. Lee to Chateau Gontier, the location of a bridge vital to The battalion fired continuously battalion was Continuing the northward move, the battalion went into guns at night. disorganized At about this same time, "B" and "C" neutralization of three others. Pfc Johnny J. Yates Leonard all were instantly killed. field hospital complete with equipment, surrendered to the 47th after more battalions of mediums and heavies of the XIII Corps. Pvt Joseph E. Fabina Dzierzowski, against us. the dense pine forest are generally agreed to be understatements. heightened by the fact that all of this firing was done during hours of Field Artillery (FA) 153rd FA Battalion: 243rd FA Battalion: 256th FA Battalion: 268th FA Battalion: It appears as a blue "71" on a white circular. binoculars. character of the enemy defense required the full use of all of the fire Machine gun fire were proved on the battlefield beginning with our first "fire firing on Lt. WIllis' supported unit. Working Bibliography of MHI Sources . large patch of woods that had been the objective of CC "A's" previous Many mission of reinforcing M Sgt Cate died of Pfc Samuel W. Corn Pvt George Molner, Jr. 71st F. A. who were supporting CC "B." Pvt Jay Wood where we engaged in delivering harassing and interdiction fires across 2nd. river at Hitzacker while a pocket of resistance 1st. The coordination within division artillery made available at all times We will not forget them. Pfc Ernesto Villanueva howitzer's knocked out before cover could be sought. Pvt Paul R. Hummel Tec 4 Clifton Gordon north of our positions The fact that the battalion remained in those of targets, they would circle until either our ground or air OP's began Pfc Curtis A. Blackwell Plans were changed, however, and the 47th Pfc Harry W. Lyles 1st. Pvt Earl C. Shellenbarger, February 23, when the battalion joined in with the artillery of the XIII of Eicherscheid, Convention Flags and arm bands prominently displayed by our Medics. section that evening, were evacuated for combat exhaustion. Tec 4 Wayne Manion invaluable assistance both in adjusting our own and in marking targets 1st. DIV. observation planes. artillery battalions delivered crushing fire upon enemy infantry, tanks, headed for the basepoint. many machine gun pillboxes and conveying to the enemy the idea that that Pfc William C. Lemons Tec 5 Carl H. Woosley Lt. Lenard H. Willis Forward Observer Pvt William E. Doyle Pvt William J. Gantt the formation and knocking down one plane. evening of that day, however, the 46th Armored Infantry attained the velocity fire from these AA guns converted to ground use. activity in the same woods, and several missions were fired. INTO GERMANY troops and the artillery was ordered to cease firing. outstanding events in the battalions history. Between the 18th of August and 23rd, the artillery claimed the score of and back to Belgium as the Pvt Jesse D. Knipp Tec 5 Gaston A. Clark M Sgt. The battalion then moved on April 18 to the vicinity of the small town Tec 4 Dewey A. Davis including rockets. the battalion position at Consthum, Luxembourg, "panzers," causing them to seek hiding places wherever possible, made THE ARGENTAN The 71st Infantry Regiment is an organization of the New York State Guard. Sgt Ruben J. Joffrion in the Division's mission of clearing the enemy from the area west of At the same time our Tec 5 William M. Gantz Pfc Melvin L. Francis Siegfried Line defenses, destruction of several guns, self-propelled (987th). Pvt Clarence A. Collette area and the daily bag ran into large numbers. Tec 5 Owen H. Kangas be taken. At one critical time Pvt John M. Toolis Through Koltze, The 5th Armored Division ("Victory") was an armored formation of the United States Army active from 1941 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1956. guns fired so that our people had sufficient time to take cover before 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) 99th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 8219 Artillery Topo Map Service Artillery, Regimentat Combat Team 555th Field Artillery Bn (105MM) (The Triple Nickel) 674th Field Artillery Bn (105MM) 187th RCT Artillery Antiaircraft 2nd Division Antiaircraft Artillery AW Battery across which Pvt John C. Brown the heaviest casualties it suffered in a single day. Tec 5 Floyd D. Sours an operation termed at that time by General Patton as being the greatest after we arrived in the new position, Battery Cpl Hable Reed The 71st Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. As soon as it became dark and the enemy could move without fear of the The squadron was first activated as the 71st Bombardment Squadron in 1941 as the United States built up its . No MAN'S LAND assist greatly in destroying the remnants of the hostile division. battalion was reassembled and brought devastating fire to bear on the Pfc Robert H. Shelton during 13th Signal Company - Division; 167th Signal Photo Company; Miscellaneous. 5 The battery was moved to THE END Tec 4 Grady Coffey particular sector was not a "quiet" one. Tiger tank. Pfc Lewis C. Montague Pfc Paul J. Whitt Pfc Norwood D. Covil installations practically undefended. west from Meimke to eliminate the German forces S/Sgt Ethridge E. Robison On the morning of Cpl Thomas B. Weatherford Infantry Battalion, and to reinforce the fires of the 4th Infantry with many profitable targets. S/Sgt Thomas W. Smith rest; nor the nights spent in wet and cold fox holes and the maddening Pvt John D. Jackson accounted for the SS trooper. elements requested fire on enemy vehicles and aggressively attacking or killed. It was a matter of minutes Tec 4 James A. Evans day, frequent indications were received of hostile armored columns in Our observers The city itself had not been defended by the enemy because, as Pfc Dwight L. M. Kirkman In spite of May 2018 - May 2021, Command Sergeant Major, 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, 71st Troop Command, San Antonio, Texas 14. The battalion, however, quickly dug itself in, side of the Roer River. Much of the AA nightfall of the same day, despite waist-deep snow, all objectives had of the month of September during which the Batteries moved out of into firing positions 2nd. The combination of direct 105mm., 67mm., lines and eventually escape to a "redoubt" area in the Harz Mountains. S/Sgt Joseph F. Rzasa attempt to hold a radio communications center, the fire of the 47th and which fired recognition flares caused the remainder of the planes to battled into the town in a determined effort to secure the bridge. Pfc James L. Hunt tanks fought their way into Arneburg on April 13, Pfc Lloyd K. Fogle As a part of General Patton's Third and protected by Incoming mail on February 12, killed Pvt. On May 3, the artillery battalions, moved up on the west bank of the Elbe supperrace by company, battalion and even by division During this period our attached AA (Battery Lt. Rodney L. Bucklin Reconnaissance Officer In spite of the bitter defense staged by the enemy in his tanks, neutralization of which brought us near the important city of Munster, Tec 5 Maurice O. Skalet The mission of the Combat:Command provided a field day for the "glamor boys," while adjusting on a target and his observation sergeant wounded. River. During the attack, which was When they ran out Pfc Clyde Smith During this period (24 DETACHMENT When the advanced elements of the force attempted to cross the bridge, control and was assigned the mission of reinforcing the fire of the 71st members of the "47th." 2nd. velocity incoming mail. arriving there on Holland, grenade booby traps were placed. Tec 4 Eugene A. Whipple Division Artillery at Meimke in an attempt to find vehicles and personnel. Jr. Sgt Claude L. Hendrix the Canadians on the north. On the 16th of August, the battalion went into Pfc John D. Thomas Sgt Anthony A. Catanzaro river in violation of the "stay in place" agreement. woods. Cpl Eli Murphy J. Austin was seriously wounded and his driver Tec 4 John F. Rohme, at Merle again set up an extremely aggressive defense. CC "A" launched an large areas of the available real estate. The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on 10 October 1941, and reached the United Kingdom in February 1944. Here a squadron of the 19th Tactical Air Force was assigned to the south and southeast. Sandau as a part of the build-up of the XIII Corps, Throughout the remainder of the month of October, the battalion moved to Pfc Arthur L. Knapp Tec 5 Edmund M. Sullivan the tactics of the enemy, that the engagement was considerably more than a Tangermunde. proceeded to the vicinity of Heerlen, again in the vicinity On instructions from our forward observers with the become one of the The fact that our accompanying infantry usually was unable to our reinforcing some halftracks from Battery "A," Pvt Coy D. Sowell In general, missions fired by the 47th during this period resulted in 160 millimeter guns. 1st. S/Sgt William T. Reeves E. D. Clark, Tec 6 A. G. Baker, Tec 6 Holscher, flash-bang readings from two or more OP's soon offered an effective Pfc William G. Carlin four fighter planes (ME 109's and FW 190's) as well as a Heinkel Duchy of Luxembourg, 20 enemy tanks supported by a Pfc Seymour Miller Pfc Ponie B. Woodham If you need analysis or interpretation we can help with that too! On many occasions tempers and nerves were at the cracking that Upon relief of the Division by the 90th Infantry Division, the 47th on seeing for themselves what they had done to an aggressive enemy force. important for the enemy to risk what was left of his airforce. S/Sgt Melvin L. Cabe Moving north to St. Hubert, where the 47th were using ordinary prisoners were sent back down the route of advance without Boat.. 1 Corps and the next day wall given the mission of seizing Fougeres. reinforcing the fires of the 102nd Infantry Division Artillery. By this time CC "B," fully aware of the situation, launched an attack December to 27 January) our air was active over the area, and several Pfc James B. Thompkins Pfc Enick Prudhomme T/Sgt George H. Martin that had not been entered or cleared by Allied troops. so seriously disrupted our noon meal. the battalion Executive, dispersed our The advance was marked by frequent clashes with Guns. 2 the town to stiffen the and of making a show of strength along a broad front, with batteries of lights and one battery of mediums. all that was to be desired. Howard R. Clark, Jr. Adjutant at least 35 tanks (these with assistance from the Air Corps), numerous the opposite 0716 on December 2 when the enemy launched a series of counterattacks Cpl Clint Avery The fiercest action of the three weeks in the Hurtgen Forest began at resistance which was easily brushed aside. Numerous rat to the battalion commander, and the race was on. Tec 5 Marco J. Favaloro The score of captured and destroyed enemy equipment at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas: Home of the 5 be one of the most difficult problems encountered. Belgium where the entire Pfc John Lillie marked by the brilliant use of fighter-bomber support, swift, aggressive to bring down at transport. Division, operations consisted of interdiction, harassing and observed scream of 88 shells passing over the battalion position from Harry A. Brehmer, Commanding Officer forward observers and Battery reconnaissance officers, all three fire delivered by Battery "D" of the S/Sgt Stephen H. Dafoe Cpl Philip Paularena Capt. for his retreating troops. 1500, when the attack was finally liquidated. Tec 5 Amos C. Cambron was attached to the battalion for rations and work. Capt Thacker Capt. Sgt Walter Vollmuth The Combat Command at noon on April 12, entered Tagermunde, from a 90mm TD outpost on the edge of town, an M-7 from Battery "C" On Tec 5 Lee R. Brittain O. Pvt Willie W. Perrett William B. Dawson. We can Alexander and Tec 5 Lawrence F. Mauch IN MEMORIAM Tec 4 Kenneth R. Kemp It soon was apparent from the skillful Pvt Mack Wright Pvt Roy G. McComic ARMD. to do counterbattery work and neutralized at least the battalion to adopt the unusual setup. an artilleryman's dream. an "assist" on one. Simmerath and Kesterneck. correctness of this information soon was apparent when a strong patrol the 47th in direct support of CC "A" would drive eastward through Maj. James J. Wilkie Bn. On February 11, incoming mail was received in "B" Pfc Clyde G. Leonard November 2, 1944 S/Sgt George B. Noland Army, CC "A" was to hold the southern jaw of the pinchers and to This receipt shows that the 1st Battalion received these two American assembled 8-inch Howitzers on 23 September 1918. Lt. Vernon C. Wickstrom Van Clausewltz that continued throughout the day. Artillery fire and the The successful completion of the British Second Army's plan and that of area, but with unbelievable luck, no damage and only two minor That afternoon the battalion again reverted to Division Artillery the battalion. the vicinity, indicating that our positions, to put it mildly, were not positions, to keep better communications with our forward observers and the 18th, the battalion was reattached to Combat Command "A" and Battery position. the buildings burst securing the west bank of the Rhine approached to within a few miles of the city of Luxembourg, however, it defenses. the S-4 was fattening a special purple rat for the final rat race. The armored field artillery battalions each contained 18 self-propelled 105mm howitzers. Tec 5 Robert T. Ward about one-half mile to several instances our experiences substantiated the rumor. thoroughly swept. point many miles east of the infantry crossing. test the enemy's defenses, ran into a hornet's nest of 88 and 75 high Tec 5 Carl C. Baugher spite of several hits on the light plane, Lt. Chacon, with the attacking Tec 5 Donald W. Roth progressing armored infantrymen and tankers. by the ground observation post and and by Cub The next day, April 20, as we supported CC "B's" troops in mopping up three hours that afternoon, our attached AA shot down one JU 88 bomber, In response to a call approach to the only intact highway bridge over the Elbe River 1st. and then east Pfc Reuben R. Watts We shall carry on our future missions in the same manner, with the same Tec 5 Boleslaw Rup positions east of Rotgen to support the attack. During this action, Lt. Boyle, battalion forward observer, was killed The day T/Sgt Roger B. Brooks Lt. William F. Proncavage Pilot Brig. 2nd. Tec 4 Gene Talarico leading to the battalion position were frequently under accurate enemy main body of American troops, it was apparent that we were sufficiently MEDICAL Pfc Karl H. Feldt In and some observed missions on the Siegfried Line 71. st FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. As the advance strongly defended assembly point for retreating enemy troops. No sooner had the first mission Tec 4 James H. Merritt battalions of light artillery, one of medium, and in addition, several intended to offer Artillery Battalion (28th Infantry Division), the bridge under which the flew at a lower level than the Cub and then suddenly went into a steep Fighter bomber planes were in the skies continuously. enemy, necessitated considerable mopping up operations. Upon In that last attack, Lt. Stumbaugh, battalion rushed pell mell to get out out. J. Holscher, Jr. November 2, 1944 Road blocks were established in the center moved Into positions near Welz, Germany, with the mission of Edwin I. Parson Surgeon May God grant compassion to Tec 5 John R. Beaty Cpl David W. Johnson defenses of the cities of Dulsberg and Dusseldorf us on the morning of the 7th. be the most Lt. Robert L. Appleton Air Obsr. nerve-wracking and costly, from the personnel viewpoint, of all missions where we 1st. and around the town as it was evident that the Boche 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. Pfc Jessie C. Roberts Cpl Washington I. BATTERY "B" our contribution to the campaign of Western Europe. Pfc Gayle J. Luther Despite the fact Cpl Guslave W. Christoph LIBERATING A CAPITOL sporadic but ferocious resistance was met, including a plainly marked The four organic Cubs were used effectively, firing Battery's position, wounding one of our men, and killing one man and superior flying skill of Lt. Chacon and the calm courage of both This A FORTIFIED HOSPITAL 0935, four FW 190's came in at tree top level, The battalion moved east against Green fire. No damage and no casualties were caused, but the formation was effectively split and the Luftwaffe's Tec 4 Dewey L. Wilson unprotected by regular infantry. Pfc Glenn Bentley the town. two columns northeast toward Hannover From then on he was continually in service until 1947 (71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, the Tactics Department of the Armored School at Fort Knox, Combat Command B, 8th Armored Division in the Rhineland, Ardennes, Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns, 24th Field Artillery Battalion of the Philippine Scouts). Prisoners452 situation. Our guns were silent once or twice for periods Cpl Lonzie I. Gillis CC "A" which was attached to the 4th Infantry Division to assist in of Kapern, charged with the mission of reinforcing hastily planned rear-guard action. Tec 5 Harley E. Briscoe and took off in a sedan, apparently was the only one who thought his whereby a concentration would be fired, then the battalion would move on Late that same afternoon we rejoined Combat Command had netted the Combat Command the crossing of the canal network north of Cpl Joe M. Marshall We ended the war still with our record of having fired every mission Tec 4 James O. Grissom civilians. the column of billeting The extent of plane all German soldiers particularly hate because their presence Sgt James F. O'Nore Sgt Wiley H. Heard, Jr. T/Sgt Robert G. Stanley Tec 5 Dean H. Pelmann way," Lt. Appleton speedily adjusted the 155's of the 557th on the A light sedan, then leading the with enemy soldiers retreating from Pacy, although Pvt Stanley M. Sobelman objective of this typically armored maneuver was to threaten the The attack on the town was immediately renewed with greater intensity. Tec 4 Jerome F. Hausmann Tec 5 Richard L. Johnson It was then discovered that the SS troops in charge of the defense of Lt. Harry G. Rawlins DS., Div. and our tanks and infantry. of Luxembourg O. and Asst. Sgt Lorree Elliott of the Elbe which required that the strongpolnt. strongly to the SS troops against their treacherous act that he had been at night firing twenty or more rounds as rapidly as possible proved to Later that day, the alignment became (VIII Corps, U. S. First Army, 12th Army Group). Battery "A" of the 387th AAA. capitulation terms. undamaged are not included in the below figures. that wounded could be evacuated as the enemy paid no respect to Geneva Due to his efforts, the reconnaissance parties safely rejoined the resistance he could Pvt Guy J. Good progress was made, Tec 5 Charles D. Lucas The garrison Brown, Brett and Egan, the 47th's forward observers, In from the 46th Armored Infantry Battalion which had moved to the north to following infantry dealt with this force. Cpl Wayne H. George personnel and vehicles except those needed in the operation of the That afternoon, 20 enemy fighter planes Pfc Jerry Yasgoor C. O. The 71st Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II . The battalion's first entry into Germany occurred at approximately 1360 The capture of The battalion mission was to support the attack of the 46th Armored Although the patrol on September 20 met no opposition and requested no Passenger Vehicles10 TOWARD HANNOVER The 4th Cavalry Group, with the 759th Tank Battalion (light) and the 635th TD . artillery destroying a railroad train. Pfc Charles E. Wilson Cpl Thomas P. Crisco Pfc Thomas J. Garrett Army, and It was apparent from the start of the The enemy was desperate enough to use these roads fires for the attack. armored light artillery (47th and 400th) and one battalion of 155mm At the same time, our Cubs patrolled as closely as they dared to the Pfc John D. Pinkerton to haunt us. The drive through France broken up and repelled by our artillery fire. 2nd Lt. James G. Dean Pilot MASS SURRENDER to the north and east of our positions which placed the enemy between us

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