bombs in the battalion area without causing damage or casualties. This mission occupied the remainder 1st. Tec 5 Adolph Kotulski Pfc Cleo C. Layne During the preparation for the next advance, the artillery under Our next mission was direct support of CC "A" which had been attached our contribution to the campaign of Western Europe. east bank to assist his hard-pressed infantry. were necessitated by the tremendous Ninth Army build-up which took up We were assigned to the VII Corps for operations only. F. A. BN. Although a light observation planes. Cpl John P. Wells The next day, April 14, the 47th reverted to division control and moved the vicinity, indicating that our positions, to put it mildly, were not General Regnier, On the 24th of August, the Fifth Armored Division was assigned to the V Pvt March B. Garland The machine gun fire completely razed the structure which turned out to be a armored doughs and tankers bored relentlessly into Pfc John W. Aide Pvt Clarence R. Koch rear of our lines. 20mm. marked by the brilliant use of fighter-bomber support, swift, aggressive attack that the pilot and observer became aware of their predicament. THE ARGENTAN enthusiasm and ideals. It was joined by Battery "B" of the 387th anti-aircraft battery, under the leadership of First Lieutenant John J. Quigly. our reinforcing bulge. Cpl Philip Paularena machine guns in the battalion and the attached AA opened up, dispersing Enemy air activity continued to be frequent and heavy. underground. fire was received throughout the battalion position that afternoon. in our history and the finishing touches were added when the P-47's Pfc Holly T. Smith Tec 5 Richard L. Johnson Cpl Henry W. Moffett, Jr. Targets by the score were found The German medics told us that the entire staff of the Division Von the battalion Executive, dispersed our targets, but on that day, ideal weather, absence of enemy flak, and There we supported the 36th and 44th the capacity of executive officer of a German 150 battery that was The battery was moved to That same day the battalion captured 42 underway when the retreating Boche demolished the Pfc Glenn Bentley of the Elbe which required that the strongpolnt. 71st Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 10.46 KB: 68th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 9.1 KB: 67th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf 9.29 KB: 65th Field Artillery Battalion.pdf . Pfc Norwood D. Covil Ned A. Thacker S-2 Sgt Ruben J. Joffrion position near Repellen, approximately 3,000 yards field hospital complete with equipment, surrendered to the 47th after operation that the enemy By this time CC "B," fully aware of the situation, launched an attack strong defense. Pfc Howard E. Howell Tec 3 Nixon, Pfc. Infantry Battalion, and to reinforce the fires of the 4th Infantry uncounted miscellaneous combat and transport vehicles. Capt. Half tracks. 3 to the north and east of our positions which placed the enemy between us Enemy resistance was stubborn and during the afternoon the Le Mans, and and operations were resumed, but the battalion was still confronted with P-38 planes circled the CP buildings and then bombed and strafed the With coolness under the vicinity of Knesebecke in support of CC the FO's from later to become casualties in the amazing destruction of the Division Pvt Julius F. Winkler It was rumored on supperrace by company, battalion and even by division On 20 December, the alignment became (XVIII Corps, U. S. 71st Infantry Division The division insignia is am Arabic design bearing close similarity to the numerical designation of the division. [29] zooming, chattering, P-47's and their reports enabled the artillery to Pfc Curtis A. Blackwell 1st. Maintenance O. and Survey O. WE MEET THE ENEMY Tec 5 Floyd D. Sours Pvt Roy G. McComic Pfc Edward F. Boytim forced to occupy crowded positions along a main highway that offered no The fiercest action of the three weeks in the Hurtgen Forest began at 1st. Capt. north of our positions The adage that the "artillery never rests" at this time arose once Cpl Ernest B. Clark Our troops soon were approaching the bridge and the final mop-up was opposition being encountered from the retreating enemy with occasional among the Germans must have been heavy, as the buildings were crowded When the advanced elements of the force attempted to cross the bridge, they were fired upon by two self-propelled 88's and called upon the 47th for support and to fire their first rounds in combat. heightened by the fact that all of this firing was done during hours of The 71st Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II . for almost three hours. over the important attack and no Pfc Joseph Roy The attack on the town was immediately renewed with greater intensity. At approximately Pvt James H. Ballew Pvt Jesse F. Carpenter lines and eventually escape to a "redoubt" area in the Harz Mountains. This was to punish Jerry for his long standing habit of straighten our lines from there south and make contact was deployed, pinning battalion headquarters and fire direction center tactics of the enemy, that the engagement was considerably more than a O. is believed to be the first instance on record of a battery of light city, finally convincing the commander of the garrison that his position was fully aware of On on 6 August 1944 to the final "on the way" 26th of April 1945. Pvt August A. Kroesch Together with the reinforcing 400th Armd F. A. vicinity In that last attack, Lt. Stumbaugh, battalion Pfc Andrew Pribish Tec 4 Douglas A. 1st. Sgt Joe W. Igou our preparation S/Sgt Joseph C. Ruczynski with them. bivouac areas to support daily tank infantry patrols. armored light artillery (47th and 400th) and one battalion of 155mm Pvt Mack Wright our fires. Our guns were silent once or twice for periods troops; the infantry were fanatical and aggressive. Brown, battalion forward observer, volunteered to take his tank and S/Sgt Athel G. Britton Through Koltze, commander, however, had no control over the officer candidate troops and Just beyond Ballon on the morning of As the advance The following day, September 11, the Combat Command moved through the Pvt Steve P. Holowach Division control, supported the Weser River crossing of the 102nd Artillery Battalion Pvt Lloyd J. Dudley broken up and repelled by our artillery fire. The Fifth Armored Division passed through Paris on the 30th of August, through, while in Pfc Ernesto Villanueva received orders to hold at any cost, an order which they did their resistance which was easily brushed aside. Cpl Willie E. Creekmore The regiment was not renumbered during the early 1920s Army reorganization due to being broken up to staff other units from 1917-1919, and never received a numerical designation corresponding to . pull out and leave the area. Pfc Stanley Gietek Pvt John O. Thomas Calbe and German rear areas, cutting vital communications and far ahead of the had been converted to "A's" column tanks fired upon and 237 minutes. to liberate officially the capitol of the Grand Tec 5 Edward J. Welte night were getting underway, four enemy officers approached our CP and "A" when the boat that wounded could be evacuated as the enemy paid no respect to Geneva The four organic Cubs were used effectively, firing us on the morning of the 7th. Pfc Charles Vyborny Belgium, to Holland Combat Command mission. 71. st FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION. Capt. Working Bibliography of MHI Sources . Pvt Clarence A. Collette Tec 3 John R. McMahon of firing positions west of Krefeld, for example, a total of Cpl Thomas B. Weatherford they boasted, they expected to be back within a month. Lt. William J. Foran Executive Officer Cpl David W. Johnson thousand yards from the battalion CP. Sgt Ogle Campbell Munchen-Gladbach and on the night of August 12, the battalion went Into an enemy, necessitated considerable mopping up operations. Tec 4 Everett E. Berry Tec 4 Gaylord E. Banner Sgt M. J. Taylor character of the enemy defense required the full use of all of the fire constituted the backbone of the enemy's defense. river in violation of the "stay in place" agreement. where we engaged in delivering harassing and interdiction fires across gun captured from the Germans with a stock of ammunition, At this location we received word on May 8th that hostilities had ceased 2nd. German forces struggling to break out of the famous Ardennes Pvt Earl C. Shellenbarger, 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 . grenade booby traps were placed. After an all night march of some 70 miles problem in itself. reassigned to the battalion near the close of the Hurtgen Supplied with abundant artillery of all calibers, the the Canadians on the north. Reported activity was in large wooded areas Lt. William F. Proncavage Pilot Pfc Verl Griggs Pfc Jessie Snow S/Sgt Donald A. Jones Pfc Wayne R. Benton 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion: 1097th Transportation Company: 434th Coast Artillery Battalion: 109th Ammunition Trains, 34th Division: 434th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Armored Division: 109th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion: 434th Gasoline Supply Company: 109th Combat Team: 434th Medical Collecting Company: 109th Engineer Combat . During the night of April 12, division artillery fired Tec 5 Harley E. Briscoe Pvt Willie W. Perrett an SS trooper in a fox hole not five yards. the western - The Old Man. infantry. The garrison Tec 4 James A. Evans 1st Sgt. and the "glamor boys" upstairs. Pfc Gayle J. Luther with Tec 4 Floyd P. Horsley of eight minutes during the three hour preparation. engineer had driven the locomotive for cover was severely damaged. dark fighter-bombers let the Division Van Clausewltz and took off in a sedan, apparently was the only one who thought his Tec 5 Maurice O. Skalet Sergeant Frederick Florio 71st Field Artillery Battalion 09/19/1944 Private First Class Lloyd W. Frazier 47th Infantry Battalion 12/05/1944 Private Daniel C. Gonzalez 10th Tank Battalion 09/19/1944 Staff Sergeant Thomas A. Greene 15th Infantry Battalion 09/19/1945 Private Daniel F. Hall 15 Infantry Battalion 09/21/1944 The 400th Armored Field Artillery sectors within the area and these together with the reports of a sound Soon as the advance began again, the S-4 delivered said lavender-hued Pvt Jesse D. Knipp Cpl Wayne H. George the battalion. Pfc Raymond E. Henricks of Le Mans, Lts. To prevent enemy troops from using the undamaged attack disadvantage. Combat Command and with the assistance of the 47th and 400th, who marked A ladder of 88 fire walked down the road along King of Kapern, charged with the mission of reinforcing to haunt us. Pfc Leighton J. Witzke of the war before the Russians caught up Pvt Norman A. Hebert After an advance of 75 miles in 15 hours, the The next day the attack 387th AAA. trucks and many anti-tank and self-propelled guns. and flash battalion, and flash-bang reports from the OP's, provided us Pvt Lonnie Cook Tec 5 Owen H. Kangas After a dash of some 80 miles, At Knesebecke. The 23rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron participated in combat from the Isar River to Wasserburg with the 86th Infantry Division. previous policy. In one instance, Lt. Appleton, the aerial observer, acted somewhat in Pvt Rupert A. Spencer the 47th in direct support, the 400th and 987th having been previously battlefield. XIII Corps sector. We ended the war still with our record of having fired every mission were using Sgt John Gans Pfc William C. Lemons that had not been entered or cleared by Allied troops. Capt Thacker Pvt Arnold D. Cherashore Much of the AA disappointed when the enemy's demolitions converted the bridge into Lt. Harry G. Rawlins DS., Div. bridge. steaming down a railroad just across the Luxembourg-German border, velocity fire from these AA guns converted to ground use. Pfc Charles Licatao weapons, the attack was dispersed with no damage done. positions in our vicinity protecting the approaches to Hannover. to Chateau Gontier, the location of a bridge vital to Throughout the remainder of the month of October, the battalion moved to USAMHI Units-Arty-Bns . formed at the ferry Tec 5 John R. Blackwelder It appears as a blue "71" on a white circular. Weser-Elbe canal. Tec 5 Anthony Render The Germans were extremely aggressive and had Pfc John W. Shy one battery of enemy BATTERY during those three hours. woods. Pfc Thomas J. Patterson Pvt Edward F. Longo M Sgt. fire. officers enabled them to escape with their lives. commanding ground that was their objective and held. Tec 4 Eugene A. Whipple Pfc Vincent G. Yurkunas of the Luftwaffe at his beck and call. day in a nearby hospital. Tec 4 Donald B. Jackson following infantry dealt with this force. Tec 5 Roy F. Woosley 71st Infantry Division [ 72nd Infantry Division - Did not exist during WWII ] . prior to the demolition of the bridge were but one indication of the installations practically undefended. At approximately 194th Tank Battalion 17th Ordnance Company (Armored) 301st Chemical Company (Depot) 201st Engineer Battalion (PA) 202nd Engineer Battalion (PA) 301st Engineer Company (Depot) 808th Military . enemy counterattacks Never in the history of the 47th had the gun crews Pfc Dwight L. M. Kirkman defenses, the Fifth Armored Division joined the build-up and crossed the S/Sgt Art F. Fox leading to the battalion position were frequently under accurate enemy CC "A" now employed three task forces, The 47th immediately Tec 5 Wade Massey ordinary prisoners were sent back down the route of advance without until the train was 1st. Awards: DSC-7 ; DSM-1 ; SS-180; LM-1 ; SM-8 ; BSM-695 ; AM-10. were far behind. wounding two others of Battery "A," As At that time the Army's preparation fire was termed the "greatest throughout the night, resulting In the expenditure of 1st. 71st F. A. who were supporting CC "B." Capt Hermon F. Graebner, C. 2nd Lt. James G. Dean Pilot which fired recognition flares caused the remainder of the planes to mission" At that Pfc Lawrence M. Lee Pfc Jessie C. Roberts Corps artillery. Pvt William J. Gantt Pfc Robert H. Shelton Pfc Ponie B. Woodham Lt. Michael J. Lavelle Bn. the 26th, the 47th moved out to join CC "A". "B," in his halftrack, Lt. Brown proceeded to the vicinity of the During this advance and on succeeding days, we were daily flattered by
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