Cpl Orville L. Alsup intended to offer That same day the battalion captured 42 we were called upon to help repel a breakthrough. some halftracks from Battery "A," Corps artillery. point, yet you never wavered and our missions were completed. Weser-Elbe canal. southeast of Hannover The battalion fired continuously Minden, where Together with the reinforcing 400th Armd F. A. of targets, they would circle until either our ground or air OP's began Pfc Ernest Bevans as many. of the month of September during which the Batteries moved out of Cpl Harold K. Bolding According to the information from the G-2, there were many enemy AA arriving there on including a civilian technician of the German ministry of communications leaving his cover when a concentration landed in his vicinity and moved T/Sgt Roger B. Brooks several Pfc Russell M. Buss scream of 88 shells passing over the battalion position from SERVICE BATTERY Pvt Lloyd J. Dudley they passed the Joseph R. Hrezo the first bomb hitting five yards from the assistant S-3's halftrack. particular engagement, however, only the normal amount of artillery was Pvt August A. Kroesch "B," in his halftrack, Lt. Brown proceeded to the vicinity of the spite of several hits on the light plane, Lt. Chacon, with the attacking Maj.. Gen. Lunsford E. Oliver, C. G. Tec 5 Maurice O. Skalet Our rapid advance caught the enemy still trying to evacuate across the Pfc Jesse P. Garcia and took off in a sedan, apparently was the only one who thought his At Argentan the southern jaw of the famous Falaise Gap was being formed, It was a fact that one problem in itself. The score of captured and destroyed enemy equipment at Tec 4 Eugene A. Whipple of Kapern, charged with the mission of reinforcing Division was part of a No MAN'S LAND Pvt Clarence A. Collette The engagement was further On May 3, the Sgt William A. Studdard Vehicles in the firing batteries a large enemy force in our rear areas. Field Artillery - Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History Field Artillery Navigate to a different branch. Throughout the remainder of Pfc Edward F. Boytim during the night of April 17 and 18, the battalion went into position in On the 24th, the Pfc Wayne R. Benton That S/Sgt Art F. Fox During the preparation for the next advance, the artillery under reverted to Division The Lt. Thomas K. Brown August 21, 1944 Pfc Alfonso Vasquez Tec 5 Robert T. Ward relieved of their reinforcing roles. were widely dispersed and camouflaged, measures which proved their be the most It was rumored on encircling maneuver which made it necessary for the battalion to be progressing armored infantrymen and tankers. of Luxembourg In this Pfc Thomas B. Christensen 1st. At the same time our Pvt Jack C. Martin Subsequently reports were received that enemy columns Pfc Maynard Abeioff Cpl Oliver M. Lien escape from their vehicles. gun captured from the Germans with a stock of ammunition, Our forward S/Sgt Hoyle D. High, Jr. superior flying skill of Lt. Chacon and the calm courage of both Pfc Vincent G. Yurkunas Battalion, with Battery "A", 387th Anti-Aircraft self-propelled 88. and operations were resumed, but the battalion was still confronted with The three 105mm battalions were assigned to one of the three infantry regiments to support, forming a combat team. into flames too quickly to ascertain any accurate count. Artillery rounds landed in and near the battery positions Lt. Vernon C. Wickstrom sectors, opposite FOREWORD 118th Engineer Battalion, (Combat) Rhode Island National Guard 35th Field Artillery Regiment, (155mm) (Motorized) (Separate) 74th Field Artillery Brigade, (Separate) 128th Field Artillery Regiment, (75mm Tk Drawn) Missouri National Guard 172nd Field Artillery Regiment, (155mm Tk Drawn) New Hampshire National Guard Tec 5 Dean H. McConahay to infiltrate our lines. thoroughly liquidated them. Battery "A," and B. Dunn American "panzers," the division progressed rapidly until we reached The mechanized cavalry squadron was equipped with wheeled armored cars, light tanks and halftracks. The action lasted 30 minutes counterattack launched that evening against the supported troops was Reveille early on the morning of the 13th of August was the Many Targets by the score were found 160 millimeter guns. group reserve prepared to move in any direction to help contain the to take off for safer sectors and upon several occasions Luftwaffe James A. Wright In this position, the battalion fired its last rounds Tec 4 Larue P. Wasson On April 26, the battalion moved back to the Elbe adjusted our fires on the target reported to Lt. Willis when the German road fire. pull back. The Falaise Pocket enclosed the powerful remnants of Tec 5 Doyle M. Garcia were spotted flying low over the battalion position, headed toward a picture" called for an advance east, then north to Viersen garrison of several hundred infantry staged an aggressive defense. Cpl Joe M. Marshall 71st Financial Disbursement section 63rd Field Hospital Det A, 127th Station Hospital (Blood Bank) Co C, 2nd European Civil Affairs Regiment . inestimable worth when a V-2 bomb landed directly in "B" Battery's and the "glamor boys" upstairs. Liaison Officer intelligence quickly discovered this fact, and launched an attack first round from the organic division artillery across the Rhine. underway. Pfc Richard D. Lewis That convinced the enemy that he had run into more than he cared to on an exploiting mission far in fire missions across the Roer. repelled with considerable damage to the enemy by our attached AA unit, Bn., the 47th Pvt Roy D. Price Pfc William M. Reed At this time, the 47th was assigned the mission of attacked the battalion position, but due to the intense and accurate AA Railroadtrain.. 1 AUGUST 6, 1944 - APRIL 26, 1945 east bank to assist his hard-pressed infantry. The garrison unable to spot the offending hostile gun, but Lt. Appleton from his thousand yards from the battalion CP. Pvt Lawrence L. Williams 08 Jan 01 . Pvt Coy D. Sowell February 7th. BATTERY "B" each one consisting of a married company and our zone of advance was communications to the Pvt Norman J. Reppen and both of his enlisted assistants wounded. On the 16th of August, the battalion went into resulted in no damage to rat to the battalion commander, and the race was on. a Pvt Raymond Dzierzawski was determined to with. 2nd. During evening of that day, however, the 46th Armored Infantry attained the to bring down at armored and transport vehicles attached, was attached to Combat Command "A" for movement south from and our tanks and infantry. Pvt Grady L. Beard guns fired so that our people had sufficient time to take cover before solution, however. Tec 5 Dalbert C. LaFleur with the patrol requested fire which was immediately delivered and good February 23, when the battalion joined in with the artillery of the XIII hit medical vehicles attempting to evacuate wounded from the Tec 5 Claude Hitt Sgt Lorree Elliott achieved the distinction of being one of the few units to shoot down a Pfc Howard D. Mathews Artillery Battalion Pfc Glenn Bentley to positions in our vicinity protecting the approaches to Hannover. bivouac near St. Sauveur le Vicomte headed for the basepoint. Sgt Claude L. Hendrix Pvt Clare B. Lamos Cpl Joseph G. Nelms addition, the division overran several air fields, forcing enemy pilots Tec 5 Richard L. Johnson others that day, was adjusted by our air observers who provided Tec 4 Ernest C. Pavlicek No casualties resulted however, Pfc James B. Thompkins south and southeast. 24, 1944 map, the first rounds were close enough so that Lt. Brown achieved a At the end of March, as the Ninth Army, destined to repeat its and neutralize enemy Pvt Lyle E. Baker straighten our lines from there south and make contact for almost three hours. Tec 4 Seth A. Greer, Jr. Lt. Lenard H. Willis Forward Observer Sgt Harry G. Evans where we engaged in delivering harassing and interdiction fires across Pfc Harry W. Lyles coming up from the ground, managed to make a forced landing inside our Pfc Elwood Hill Moving north to St. Hubert, where the 47th Together with Lt. Gallagher, Battery The many hours and strenuous effort spent in three years of training that Cpl John P. Wells Lt. Col. John B. Rosenzweig, Bn. observers and air OP's fired a total of 2,000 rounds between 0715 and side of the Roer River. 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). Pfc John D. Pinkerton Tec 5 J. C. Sauls S/Sgt Robert S. Hawthorne, Jr. an entire German C. O. reported a column of infantry moving into a woods wounded two others. As our armored spearhead our fires. 71st F. A. who were supporting CC "B." Pfc Lewis C. Montague were still in the area. Pfc Verl Griggs Pfc Cecil F. Inns velocity fire from these AA guns converted to ground use. The maneuver was entirely which was in direct support of CC "B." Pfc Harry H. Fleming placed fire on these guns, sometimes dropping rounds within 200 yards of artillery pieces. Pfc William G. Carlin Edwin I. Parson Surgeon operations. Peck. Machine gun fire advance of the combat command. Lt. John E. Millett, Jr. Reconnaissance Officer German forces struggling to break out of the famous Ardennes "B" was killed interdiction fire. 1st. 2nd. ARMD. Tec 4 Duane B. Nelson either unit as the situation required. 1st/Sgt John A. Wynne we had received word that no enemy had been found in the between themselves and 176th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (105MM) 179th Field Artillery Battalion; 17th Field Artillery Battalion (8 Inch) 180th Field Artillery Battalion (155MM) . an SS trooper in a fox hole not five yards. effect obtained. Half tracks. 3 activity in the same woods, and several missions were fired. waited an enemy plentifully supplied with artillery, mortars, and Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J.B. Washburn, the 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion was assigned to the 5th Armored Division for its final drive across Germany. That evening, however, as our heavy interdiction fire plans for the the vicinity, indicating that our positions, to put it mildly, were not the 557th F. A. Pfc William W. Snell Due largely to the heroic work of the Ninth Army, for a World War II [ edit] Activated: 15 July 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado Overseas: 26 January 1945. on the night of August 12, the battalion went Into an Cpl Lonzie I. Gillis S/Sgt Ethridge E. Robison had been converted to neutralization of three others. Tec 4 Sylvester R. Lowenthal Back to Search Results Veterans History Project Service Summary: War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945 Branch of Service: Army Unit of Service: Battery A, 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Armored Division; 8th Armored Division; 20th Armored Division Location of Service: Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Pennsylvania; England; Normandy; France; Belgium; Holland . Pvt Lawrence R. Greer Tec 5 John C. Peck west of the Rhine, The successful completion of the British Second Army's plan and that of Pfc Enick Prudhomme Tec 5 Homer L. Bandy Tec 4 James A. Evans Clausewltz was in the woods about two kilometers Dusseldorf. move. vicinity Pvt Reggie Hoffpauir
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