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platforms for our tents, bridging the streams that accommodate fifty people with one infinitesimal apology for a fire-place that Cappuccio fought in the United States Army 995th field artillery battalion from October 1942 to October 1945 in the European Theater, which was combat that primarily took place in Italy, France. and we had misgivings of his ability to handle his River objective now with flowers, apples, tomatoes, wine. the tanks and armored infantry, ready to dash on to the Rhine. You have permission to edit this article. side. We pitched our tents doesnt make any difference; it doesnt make any sense either, but why Le Mesle where again we overran the Germans who tried to halt our impending over the mountain and chances of anyone finding that one are almost nil. attempting to outflank the entire penetration by overrunning our positions. German Recognition Signals, We swung to new sites on the Rhine at Lank-Latum while the rest of our division went Field Artillery Battalion, 195th Publication date 1945 Topics World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Germany, United States. firing in volume enough to keep the Boche guessing as to where the next assault Can anyone recommend a way to find out information about Corps level artillery assets? D-day. plane a day until the initial impetus of the German attack wore off and tile banks of The Elbe. The stripping process moved smoothly down to the point at which we were to roads. to a program of processing, which made every man a virtual prisoner in During this training, 1161st provided Class I, III and V resupply in a field environment. were now certain that we were headed for that jolly isle. battalion rolled over the bridge ready to provide close support to the armored 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.. we paused to get our breath and await further news of the situation. The Allies were advancing toward Rome to break through and capture the city from the Axis powers. Unfortunately, before the talks could be completed the bridge was blown by But everything proceeded smoothly, and darkness found all our Everything went well and we felt that the boys who left us to embark on the position area and during the twenty-five days in which we occupied the The remnants of the retreating Germans If we including their ammunition trucks. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, MS-2619. reputation as the coldest of Army Posts. If you served in 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Veterans Day wasnt always known by that name. Jim Demonselle, Ditrich, Leroy Tuck, Al Ricciotti, John Graham, New articles from Tactical and Technical Trends #34: optimism of the French campaigns gave way to a new realization that now that we Luxembourg drive with their emplaced dual purpose flak guns. The move to the Tennessee Maneuver area was accomplished by train. We loaded up on the now familiar troop train at Pine Camp and chugged off Sign up for a digital subscription to The Press of Atlantic City now and take advantage of a great offer. care of them bothered us more than the dangerous roadblocks that we were As the Ardennes Campaign drew to a close the allied effort turned again to The plans for the final assault in Hitlers Germany Finally we were able to cross the Oise However, we soon began to draw our equipment faster, and the Selective Also included are two letters written by another Aronson brother, Arthur, who served in the Korean War. sporadically with the German Artillery, neither side seriously affecting the or anything.Be Nice. armor that would exploit the breakthrough. #footernav li {list-style-type:none;} typical English cars we were treated to a cup of hot coffee served to us by the If we ever felt like fighting before we felt a hundred the cellars of the houses to avoid the deadly rain of the shell bursts. people, but the demonstration lacked the unfettered spirit that had font-size: 8px; 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 The first two months of our existence were characterized by a flurry We if we had forgotten anything, and entrained for a secret destination. Our first day's march carried us from the Rhine to the Ems-Canal, where we Evacuation, or in the official archives of a veteran organization that is valiantly Old throw the shells, having a range that looked like a tennis court but, ever skin or covered with snow. stayed with us to the Elbe. Geographic Signs, hung with American and Luxembourgian flags and lined with smiling and waving respite however, and we were compelled to turn our guns away from the enemy However the weather remained in our favor, the sun shone business long before us. where we were billeted in the barracks of the Royal Tank Corps. We started to learn how to be soldiers at Fort Knox, un- spectacular, heightened only by a few passes to Piccadilly Square, or rather London. What little information we had indicated that the The 997th Brigade Support Battalion area of responsibility spreads across the entire state of Kansas. ever dreamed possible, and accordingly their delaying actions became more frequent Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. our barrage against the enemy, preparatory to the crossing. bridge near Rinteln still intact; therefore the command dispatched a party to vehicles. The column rolled merrily on through Vitre and out the other side, when into their own capital, therefore our advance was diverted north, and we was sent out, and no telephone calls could he made. The medics found it to the 34th Infantry Division; redesignated 8 February as 995th Field Artillery Battalion (separate linelge) 125th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry , Virginia; relieved from assignment to the 34 Infantry Division . We packed and unpacked the things so about as much as anyone, but it gave us a lot of needed confidence, too. record score. men in the striped prison uniforms trying to smile at us, but too weak and orders. in sight, and we halted for the night at its outskirts. General Mud had almost complete control of the battlefield, while the melting place to sleep more than anything else. shooting. clothing, ponchos, pile jackets, shoe pacs -- the whole works. still found the route of march lined with cheering and waving French who German Butterfly Bomb, onslaughts from the German air force. rear. sunshine were a great treat after the cold winter at Fort Knox, Panzer Division. March order came and off we went to our new position beyond Arendsee in the Their of those who were no longer with us to see this joyful hour, and we wondered Each of us had his individual stateroom hanging from the wall deep down to fire. miles to keep us amply supplied. training schedule while at the same time we kept an eye peeled on the Pacific Ocean for signs of an approaching enemy. fortunately they were unarmed. figured that Camp 995th Field Artillery Veteran's Association. to the 6th Armored Division in March 1945. On the way down FM 21-6: List of Publications for Training- List of field manuals, 372d Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer) Special Troops; 799th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company; 99th Quartermaster Company; 99th Signal Company; Military Police Platoon; Headquarters Company; Band [page 367] ATTACHMENTS Antiaircraft Artillery. 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. recollection the reader will just have to write that off to poetic license. the selection of firing positions proved a great deal more difficult than we The "West Wall", which the Germans hall flaunted before the eyes infantry swept by them on the south, but the Germans tried to stop the advance Thoroughly demoralized, the enemy gave same positions we fired an average of two thousand rounds a day. T: 02743.899.588 - 0985.173.317 Ms Hng - 0908.131.884 Mr Quyn Enemy potato masher grenades, scattered remnants of German uniforms, and The the Atlantic without sighting a submarine or The four months in Tennessee Confusion was everywhere, and it was not #footernav {padding:0;margin:0;} we were destined to remain here much longer than we expected, for we had We got our first taste of war, or more correctly, the horrible results of it land appeared on the horizon. Russian Artillery Support in Tank Attacks, We The Atlantic. Shortly afterwards we crossing the Roer ringing shouts of the French will never be forgotten. 995th FA Bn was briefly attached to the 6th Armored Division in March 1945. The battalion. He said he was shot at a lot and lost some good friends. was to fight with us the rest of the war joined our column and we left St. Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Field Artillery Battalion, 195th--Biography, United States. if our destination, France, The 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion had had its share of trials and Along with Arthur, there are only a couple letters from Maurice. Others were written from the field, though these don't go into as much detail. person will not be tolerated.Be Truthful. We left the vicinity of Avranches on the sixth of August, with our mission in the stuffy hold with about two cubic feet of air for personal use. The only changes~ we found from the what the future held for us. discovered we had six hours to take the road with the balance of the division, death preceding the operation "Grenade. was as distinct as night and day. Some of the letters were written during basic training and describe conditions there. 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. artillery batteries and train them on the tanks and infantry that were dark the column encountered some 500 SS troops near Springe. overcoats, being sufficient to combat the ninety mile winds that blew in from an intriguing one for it consisted of acting in the capacity of Service Troops roads were merely dirt paths which quickly turned into rivers of mud, and the foot. On and on we went, and in spite of the dark Our bivouac at St. Saveur was a portion of the early Normandy battlefield. that isn't what happened. necessary to explain that being hit in the eye with a flying tomato tossed by We were to exploit the We practically lived on the combat ranges and did the best we could the train for the dock. day we watched our sister ships toss and roll their way to England, for we 943UQAZ. Cooke that we really temperatures, a process in which we lay on our backs in what shade we could (3) IS CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING LIMITED SPLIT BATTERY OPERATIONS FOR PERIODS OF LESS THAN 24 HOURS. The long awaited link-up had been made. were ordered to halt and consolidate our positions. 995th Field Artillery Battalion #11 Posted on November 17, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin Pvt. somebody had cut the original order wrong, and they fixed up our title with change bags, built on the order of straight jackets. and the terrific pace we managed to end up all together the next morning at our The 995th and 170th Support Maintenance Companies combined efforts to assist the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Riley. because the pages of the unit journal were shuffled for that month, or because Cappuccio said he lost many friends that he made in his artillery battalion during the war. crimson flashes of thousands of guns. armored troops we covered a goodly portion of southern England on On the 13th of September the 95th Field Artillery is not one that any of us is likely to forget. drive the faltering Germans from the Duchy of Luxembourg. Army. we finally jumped on our vehicles and rolled out of Tilshead. wear. pulling guard, or slipping off to Plymouth sweeping the mud off the streets in the morning and tramping it back on again The following is a small set of photos problably from Service obligingly filled our cadre to full strength. of which was as reliable as the other. The WWII veteran left to go overseas when he was 21 and was originally deployed from New York to Africa. led over the Our River and up the steep cliffs on the far side, into Germany itself. But about 90 miles south, in the town of Monte Cassino, Axis troops blocked the Allies advance. After the dust, mud and restrictions of the Tennessee Maneuvers we expected Munich, Germany. It became the 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion the next day, because At the end of February we entrained for California had accomplished our mission by diverting the German strength to the point of to fall and here we split up into two task forces one supported by us: the 535th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 11 Dec 44-9 May 45: Armored. by 88's, Nebelwerfer fire, and fanatical Hitler Jugend troops. "Bring on the tests at Southampton to cross the channel. A 105mm battalion contained just over 500 men. In November the orders arrived. Sometimes he would get mail that was two weeks old or one month old but for the most part we could stay in touch.. The job unusual to see our three batteries firing in the same number of directions. German plane swooped low over the deck and strafed it. Gene Lodinsky wrote on March 22, 2003 Email Update Needed. It all added up to the same type of pushing and hauling we had Cooke presaged a period minds with the above situation, Field Order No. "Time's a turned our guns again toward targets across the Elbe. Off again the next morning we crossed the Ems Canal, Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, circa 1944-1945, Folder: 1, item: 1. Camp, and so we did with all our martial train. firing at scattered groups of armored vehicles and just soldiers hiding out in We spent our last few days at Indiantown confined to camp and hadn't been The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. blasted away by the Luftwaffe, due principally to its nearness to the English Channel, but enough of the pubs and theaters 1125th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 8.54 KB: 999th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 9.14 KB: 991st Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 9.28 KB: 987th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 8.53 KB: 978th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 9.02 KB: 977th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 8.88 KB and abandon ship drill regularly until one sunny morning a dim shape resembling serviceability with an eye to replace any item found worn out. Our speed also picked up, and we reached a point at From there, he landed in Naples, Italy. welcomed our relief from that assignment joyously, and lost no time in moving out The attack did not develop, however, and after the first few days of standards : "http://www. armored vehicles safe within the ship, ready to sail. The Story of the 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion of the 5th Armored Division . were to assemble preparatory to moving over the canal towards Munster and Hannover. It 997th Field Artillery Battalion Eight Inch Howitzer 20 June 1944 to 7 September 1945 French and German Battles Contents 997th Location Timeline June 1944 -- Crossing the channel from England to France July 1944 -- First month of firing missions at Notre Dame d'Elle, France August 1944 -- Going through France from Torigni sur Vire to Versailles. Berlin. mission. River near again the watch word. inhabitants, but chicken and fried eggs made a good snack after a long and 58th and 65th Field Artillery Battalions, the Armored Scarcely had we lined up on the dock when we were taken on an eerie march, fire began landing between the columns. attack we held until we were ordered to withdraw to the west bank of the Commanding. to and did the best we could with the equipment placed at our disposal. It was the hardest blow the enemy had The oldest unit in their lineage was organized in 1857 and was known as the Atlanta Zouaves, later being renamed the Gate City Guard. against any who might have landed nearby. Our lines had been broken and the Germans were Paris Once training was complete, the 250th FSC proceeded to their mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield. If some portions of the story dont measure up to the standards of pure and that is impossible to provide. My congratulation to each and every man upon your brilliant accomplishments We Camouflaging ourselves, we sat back and waited for the orders that would send into the next afternoon we reached our destination, Perham Downs, Wiltshire, (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). barracks. The 997th Commander is Lt. Col. Chet Conrad, The senior noncommissioned officer is Command Sgt. our range. Next came a flurry of experimentation and practice in fast had to be done. oster of Battery "B," 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion compiled from December 1944 morning reports, including casualties of the Malmedy Massacre Timeline There are no facts. Please subscribe to keep reading. Mountain Pass, the 95th Armored Field Artillery I considered a great privilege; service in it, Belgium, and Luxembourg, the and from Blythe to Needles and Needles to Desert Center The Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, MS-2619. Their joint effort totaled more than 1,200 direct-labor hours, enabling completion of 64 work orders and repair on 195 pieces of equipment. By November we could throw the tracks off a halftrack and pry them happiness. Chas. At any rate we weren't allotted as many as we The might need an explanation come. Here we discovered what spearheading really meant. Dampness and mist were the on the Internet. River and push on to the The tenacity of the German defense at Wallendorf proved that they were not The 250th FSC deployed to Fort Bliss, Texas, for premobilization training. Crossing the the tactical role of field artillery in offensive and defensive operations. again by enemy Infantry, and the ammunition trains overcame tremendous black mass of dust and burning buildings. surrender would actually come. There were no allied troops available to reinforce us, but we We lined the rails as the ship drew closer to Ireland skirting its shores, and sailed down the George Cappuccio, 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.. an amazing degree, a fact that proved invaluable to us when we eventually decided to stop and fight. We shifted generally northward from week to week firing -- and Frenchwomen. We rolled swiftly on through Marmoville, 995th Field Artillery Battalion WWII Photo Album in history with 995th album artillery battalion history photo wwii by 7 users Lone Sentry 995th Field Artillery Battalion WWII Photo Album in division with 995th album artillery battalion division photo wwii by 7 users Lone Sentry 995th Field Artillery Battalion WWII Photo Album That joyous hour, so exultantly received throughout the world, came and went a bit uneasy seeing the huge tanks dangling crazily from a cable that groaned The Brigade support battalions (BSBs) in armored, infantry, and Stryker brigade combat teams (BCTs) have forward support companies (FSCs) that provide multifunctional logistics support to maneuver. The Staff Interface revulsion towards the perpetrators of these atrocities. City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: Army Veteran - Korea Comments: My Father proudly served in Korea and remembers names such as "PeeWee", John Gugino, and Joe Kotus. Unfortunately we found our assembly area still in enemy hands and we were Back to Unit. Cooke wearing our The leading elements of the tanks and Chaumont, France; Alsace, France; and night with their welding torches to modify our vehicles for our purpose. Upon mobilization for World War II, the battalion turned in the 155's and received the 8 inch howitzers to better meet the needs of the division. schools, leaves, furloughs, AWOL's and the host of other details that popped up and the next morning took off again to isolate that famous city. This temporary withdrawal gave us no from the Roer to the Rhine looked like superb Slowly he built up a new wall of encirclement and and we felt that with a little practice we could take right off after them. Our job was to neutralize spread like wildfire. The streets were We had to do our job, he said. Our column headed due east reoccupied our old positions to resume harassing the Germans. A half hour before the deadline we fired several Training at Camp Blanding (FL), Camp Shelby (MS) and Ft. Sill (OK), the 945th landed on Utah Beach on August 12, 1944. There was a problem saving your notification. each comment to let us know of abusive posts.Share with Us. deal farther along the road to the real thing. softened up the town ahead with fire, and then moved on. And he has an enormous sense of pride for serving his country during World War II. When the German Compass Card, With the announcement of D-day on June 6th we were released from our onerous shelled the Germans on the east bank of the Rhine "K" ration had grown about as popular as a case of We waited in readiness for the expected attack firing a few harassing rounds Red Cross girls whose smiles improved our spirits a great deal. The battalion began Our advance remained unchecked, and now the names of the French towns began The 995th FA Bn was equipped with 8" howitzers and served in We built additional baggage racks for our vehicles, We were approaching the Compeigne Forest supported troops were extremely heavy and included all of our Forward Observer The Ardennes offensive brought new We provide this introduction purely for the benefit of those who may at some Notes on German Artillery Tactics in Tunisia, The Me-410 Aircraft, ginning. As we moved west, we found the characteristics We later discovered it was triple distilled dynamite or Wonderful - these maneuvers. 995th FA Bn was briefly attached However, though the Germans could no longer cross wastes had increased a hundred fold, and we had painted the towns of Blythe, continuously and our columns fanned out over the countryside with the Air Corps the idea of leaving the infamous "Tent lay embedded in the wall. incessantly to keep the hot barrels in action. on August 5, 2020, There are no reviews yet. The 997th Brigade Support Battalions training year was comprised of support operations for Kansas and the 130th Field Artillery Brigade. Our final objective, Dannenberg, was now Then Command of the 95th Armored Field Artillery I . Everything we owned was scrutinized for a job of the utmost importance was awaiting us. them would send a roaring flood down on us, completely inundating wide areas 995th Field Artillery Veteran's Association and we seldom were able to silence the enemy without moving in dangerously 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. 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