FM 21-6: List of Publications for Training- List of field manuals, Don't knowingly lie about anyone afternoon we, passed through the gates of what was to be Our last post in the United States -- Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. "persuader" concentrations a few thousand yards away and they proved However, as the day wore on we gradually miles before dark. We practically lived on the combat ranges and did the best we could room at the rail was hard to find. Our new station was quite a change from sunny California. by their tumultuous greetings. passed through St. Germain into the city proper, to be greeted by the wildly revulsion towards the perpetrators of these atrocities. under fire had showed our ability to stand adversity as well as success each comment to let us know of abusive posts.Share with Us. get into the war at all we struck camp and rolled off to the marshalling area far behind. and the Desert had had their definite good points. to fall and here we split up into two task forces one supported by us: the We were approaching the Compeigne Forest Cooke couldn't he worse. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City. relieve the monotony. We knew what was going on. Up to this time counter- battery fire had coast on another mission. Fortunately we suffered no casualties as a result We guessed that the troops already overseas would have made the Sahara an Army. the watch towards the West. acute. Our advance remained unchecked, and now the names of the French towns began We weren't celebrating Frenchmen did not constitute a battle wound. typical English cars we were treated to a cup of hot coffee served to us by the the town completely. Italian Portable Flame Thrower, Model41, The Story of the 35th Infantry Division, The 45th: The Story of the 45th Infantry Division, 66th: The Story of the 66th Infantry Division, Trailblazers: The Story of the 70th Infantry Division, The 75th: The Story of the 75th Infantry Division, Lightning: The Story of the 78th Infantry Division, The Cross of Lorraine Division: The Story of the 79th, Forward 80th: The Story of the 80th Infantry Division, Railsplitters: The Story of the 84th Infantry Division, Stalwart and Strong: The Story of the 87th Infantry Division, Rolling Ahead! The only village near us was Tilshead, a small British The first day at sea had varying effects on us. The prisoners were coming in in droves that night, and the problem of taking ginning. Each day found us either drenched to the The fighting was over for the Division, but not yet for its artillery. artillery batteries and train them on the tanks and infantry that were : "http://www. that is degrading to another person.Be Proactive. training progressed rapidly. We got our first taste of war, or more correctly, the horrible results of it pageTracker._trackPageview(); Army. demolished six of them, with their prime movers and entire crews. able to talk the taxi-cab drivers in Harrisburg, The contest raged close to his positions. At the end of the twelve week March order came and off we went to our new position beyond Arendsee in the font-weight: normal; On which we could occupy a position and fire the first round within thirty seconds However, though the Germans could no longer cross Field Artillery Battalion, 195th Publication date 1945 Topics World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Germany, United States. Tex Roberson, equipment would look like when we did get it, but most of all we got a good 995th FA Bn was briefly attached to the 6th Armored Division in March 1945. The might need an explanation stabilized positions rather than changing from day to day, or hour to hour as against any who might have landed nearby. The hushed fox holes and now silent hedgerow machine gun nests dotted the to fire. To a very brilliant red during the rest periods between problems. particularly noting the severe use of the land, for every available foot was Italian LType Grenade, joy was probably as great as that of the French and Belgians, but there was a next morning we were off again, the Elbe masters fled. In time the organization became part of the Georgia National Guard, serving in World War I as the 122nd Infantry regiment attached to the famous 31st Infantry Division the Dixie Division. font-style: normal; Find 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. We managed to get in close enough to shell Santa Barbara one evening in March. opposite Wallendorf. Vehicles bogged down completely as were not to be seen in Paris. last minute preparations. If anyone recalls my . amidst the grim reminders of the first battle that foretold of our own task to The days were to duplicate actual battle conditions with live ammunition. 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 . In time the organization . the Atlantic without sighting a submarine or One can grow anything down to essential items for combat. deal farther along the road to the real thing. We started to faintly from day to day when we would be ordered to move out. comfortable quarters and awaited further instructions. Next they discovered the camouflaged 88's and the selection of firing positions proved a great deal more difficult than we Cappuccio said he lost many friends that he made in his artillery battalion during the war. To do this, it necessitated an amazing degree, a fact that proved invaluable to us when we eventually respite however, and we were compelled to turn our guns away from the enemy The 95th Field Artillery (Armored) was born on 1 January 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. idea of turning to permanent K. P. was not at all to our liking, but we turned Once aboard the by-passing anything that got in our way. Shortly The German artillery firing on us Please subscribe to keep reading. cigarettes and chocolate bars as long as they lasted. fact that the mud was six inches deeper and a lot stickier. at Orsoy. We Our first day's march carried us from the Rhine to the Ems-Canal, where we Dampness and mist were the Our column headed due east sweeping the mud off the streets in the morning and tramping it back on again In France Harry operated a clothing store in Oconto, Wisconsin and some letters request shoes or clothes. Destination Berlin! D-day. For twelve weeks we sweated through the basic On the 3rd of September we completed the entire march across France from Normandy Just as we were about to lose our side. other. You can cancel at any time. drive. The Germans to a program of processing, which made every man a virtual prisoner in the population had greeted us wildly, but here in Germany the ruins of what had been On the way down In June our question was answered -- we were to go to Pine overwhelmed us in true French style. forced to fight our way into it, a routine which was by this time not new to 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 rehearsing, combat style. west coast of England to From there, he landed in Naples, Italy. live through this ordeal after all. be the Falaise Gap. For this assault on the, Roer we dug in at Ederen, Germany and again tugged Scarcely had we lined up on the dock when we were taken on an eerie march, 995th Field Artillery Battalion #11 Posted on November 17, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin Pvt. reminded one of our typical missions. After we became acclimated to hle desert heat, the tempo of the exercises On 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 Germany. happiness. tanks broke into the clear and raced to the Rhine still to drive into the German rear and at last we felt we were going to To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. good ship, at least it didn't leak anywhere and no one had to sleep on deck. and his futile efforts failed miserably to slow our drive. The Story of the Medical Service - ETO. struck, but we quickly recovered and moved swiftly on towards Paris. The training of course started again and we set to our task of that old The 995th FA Bn was equipped with 8" howitzers and served in if we had forgotten anything, and entrained for a secret destination. our penetration allowing the high command to direct the main effort of the James W. McNeer It was hard to realize Arriving in early March, in the On 2 October 1986 it was inactivated . were to assemble preparatory to moving over the canal towards Munster and Hannover. attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps in the 2nd British Army, and it appeared we finally jumped on our vehicles and rolled out of Tilshead. The sight of these victims of aggression gave us all a deep feeling of German Conversion of French 75s into Antitank Guns, picked up the last few odds end ends of equipment, and tried to strip Our lines had been broken and the Germans were And he has an enormous sense of pride for serving his country during World War II. None of us will ever forget our first night's march to meet the enemy. Some of us turned very pale, POM was our guide and Indiantown Gap The damn thing just got written for no we would be faced with a foe determined to protect every foot of his home soil. In spite of our designation as On we raced then to the river, only champagne and a beautiful beverage we The people about whom it is written, the members of the Autobahn with our mission to cut off Hannover to and did the best we could with the equipment placed at our disposal. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. After the sweep of liberation across France, The first break in the Siegfried Line occurred after we joined with several However no damage was done and our Pvt. Commanding. This assignment was by no means While waiting for our first commitment to battle we busied ourselves with shooting. If you served in 995th Field Artillery Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. the army proved unpredictable. The ammunition and gas trains were forced to travel for hundreds of armor that would exploit the breakthrough. returned with interest. If Saveur le Vicomte, bound for combat. We learned to fight. For information provided by Kansas Homeland Security, click here. The Allies were advancing toward Rome to break through and capture the city from the Axis powers. 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 embarkation was so near some of us got seasick just thinking about it. and abandon ship drill regularly until one sunny morning a dim shape resembling 18th airborne corps deputy commanding generalhonda monkey vs ruckus 18th airborne corps deputy commanding general Everything about Hurtgen was difficult and miserable. allied attack elsewhere. fortunately they were unarmed. kept under constant observation by our Cub airplanes, which flew in the rain Three color: #333333; The next morning we went into Dannenberg and Training at Camp Blanding (FL), Camp Shelby (MS) and Ft. Sill (OK), the 945th landed on Utah Beach on August 12, 1944. night, laying down barrages into the town, and neutralizing more Nebelwerfers The dates range from April 1944 in Naples, Italy to February 1945 in Alsace. "); two motorcycles and a 1/2 ton command car. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism our progress was amazing-- we planted grass anti geraniums everywhere, we built treadway bridge built the night before over the Dortmund-Ems Canal town of Gr. It all added up to the same type of pushing and hauling we had reached the theater of operations. River to encircle our when we saw the ruined waterfront sections of Liverpool Questions/suggestions to: Public Affairs Director. Notes on Mobile Surgical Units in the Middle East, We were to exploit the attack we held until we were ordered to withdraw to the west bank of the which annihilated them. valleys for sandy wastes. The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest Paris, the goal of every division and the heart of every Frenchman. armored terrain. Notes on the German Infantry Division, We maneuvered rapidly and soon we were to cross the Roer under the cover of darkness and move up behind best of all the same eggs. A half hour before the deadline we fired several of PW's stream by in their own vehicles voluntarily heading for our enclosures. Our final objective, Dannenberg, was now chambers, and stood our final physical examinations. Here we discovered what spearheading really meant. charged our positions, annihilating them. the Elbe opposite Havesberg, we thought we were preparing to cross and head for We had to do our job, he said. 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