I'll keep looking and get back to you. The other officers could be assigned to a variety of tasks, which included motor officer, daily maintenance, firing officer or forward observer. The target is initially picked up by the acquisition radar. Maybe a quick bio on your dad (West Point class, hometown, etc.). The division was formed and had its initial three months of training at Camp Blanding in northeastern Florida. Each battery had about 100 men, which broke down into five officers and 95 enlisted of various ranks. At the end of the 1956 season we had won enough to get into the 7th Army tournament. Despite the copious Army manuals and regulations that defined nearly every aspect of life, the Army still encouraged low-level decision making regarding daily operations of its combat units. Army Regulation 615-365 (Enlisted Personnel . personnel assigned to or associated with the U.S. Army In November 1944 the division arrived at Camp Shanks, New Jersey, its final stop before being shipped overseas. Gouttes Kaserne, composed 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion - Wikipedia Can you tell me where I can find this information? After graduating from high school in 1951 and registering for the draft, I received a college deferment and went off to the University of Illinois. That GI was from a divisional artillery unit. To facilitate handling between the ammunition supply point and the battalion position area, the rocket is divided into three major components. I'm honored to have helped honor your uncle. I guess we will all be pursuing our parents for the rest of our lives. Behind the safety plate, on the left side of the breech, the gunner corporal worked a telescopic sight known as the gunners quadrant (or gunners scope), containing an azimuth scale that measured horizontal deflection, which he set on orders from the firing officer. Jim has the largest library of unit histories anywhere. () Gene Bane Stars and StripesBad Kreuznach, West Germany, September, 1956: 264th Field Artillery Battalion soldiers from Battery C's 2nd Gun Platoon, who set a 280mm gun firing record, pose. The group owner very kindly sent us a photo copy of the page where it describes in detail how my grandad and three others were driving two trucks from a supply depot in the rear back to their position with rubber tracks for the prime movers on April 18th 1945 (three weeks before the war ended!) If you can, use the email provided as it will be easier for you to contact me. The Force Artillery Commander normally selects primary areas for CORPORAL Battalions under his control. I remember playing with race car sets and the day we melted down a bunch of .45 cal slugs on the stove and made a lead Frisbee like the one "Odd-Job" used in the James Bond movie, "Goldfinger". Robert Allen Gribben Sr. (1923-2012) - Find a Grave Memorial A 105mm battalion contained just over 500 men. The 159th batteries were often employed with infantry task forces. I have info for you as well as a possible contact in Europe. Any information, no matter how little helps, so I would very much appreciate it. With this completed, the electrical circuits are connected and the rocket is armed and ready to fire. On October 1st, 1940, the three battalions of the 26th Field Artillery were re-designated as three separate battalions under the Commanding . Was the increase in FOs officially part of the T&O? I would love to talk to anyone connected with the 908 FAB B Btry, if there are any descendants who have pictures to share, or stories, if you come across any. The letter, dated 3 May 1954, shows the Adjutant General, 264th Field Artillery Battalion, requested a copy of the FSM's DD Form 214. We were paid in "Script." Where possible, they could set the scope on a fixed target (e.g. The command for this maneuver is stored on board the missile until it reaches denser atmosphere where its control surfaces are most effective. I lived with them mostly from Friday eves to Sunday eves to learn everything about them. Each of these sections is responsible for the operation of one 762MM Rocket Launcher. It was an M110 (8" SP) Bn. during WWII ], Original webdesign THOMPSON Charles E - 47 IR 9 ID Because my Mom didn't want to go back to the States, we lost our PX privleges and had to live "on the economy". While exciting, it can get confusing. We knew that Elvis was the COs driver so as the lead jeep passed us we waved and yelled to him. CJ Kelly (author) from the PNW on September 19, 2016: Thx Greener. CJ Kelly (author) from the PNW on October 14, 2016: Ms. Southall, thanks so much for sharing your dad's story. I'm looking for pictures of the C Battery 81st Field Artillery. The Nike utilizes a command guidance type of control. Thx. Later in the war, field commissions for qualified noncoms became commonplace. 224th Field Artillery - 29th Division Association History | American Battle Monuments Commission Battery B, 1-214th Field Artillery Regiment: 83 Years in Thomson, Ga. I'm not finding information about the 325th FA after that. 01.03.1944 = March 1st, 1944], [ 12th Infantry Division - Did not exist I would be interested in the 908 FAB if there is one! Thx. The best was the softball team, we had two very good pitchers, one was a man named Moses and the other was Captain Gardner. US 9th Army, 12 December 1944 - CGSC - YUMPU I am trying to write a history of the 147th from November 1940 when his National Guard unit was activated and November 1945 when he was discharged. Thank you. This is the only cannon in the United States Army capable of full circle traverse without displacement. I have seen them, but I hope to add them to my You Tube channel soon. I am researching the 259th Artillery Battalion. I will start checking into the unit ASAP. Appreciate the reminder. While the gunner corporal worked his sight, the assistant gunner, positioned on the right side of the breech, operated a hand wheel to set the elevation. By the way I spent 3 months in the Punchbowl and fired only "high angle" fire - artillerymen seldom ever fire "high angle" so this was a unique experience - the max ord on a high angle round can be as much as 16,000 feet in altitude. These documents are provided for by Dave Curry, historian of the 83rd Infantry Division Association. I found out that there was a book written by two serving men from the 200th at the time who wrote it as they were going along and is a detailed account of their exploits and experiences and has 165 pages. FA Msl Bn (Cpl), 601st The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio Page 8 At the end of the eight weeks a high percentage of the troops were assigned to the 264th FA Btl in Bad Kreuznach, Germany. The supply and cooks sections rounded out the unit. Otherwise, your best bet would be After Action Reports and Unit Histories from the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill or Archives II. I had always thought that he had 175mm SPHs there. On 16 August 1987, HHB, 1st Bn, 333rd FA was reorganized and redesignated as Battery A, 333rd FA and assigned to the 1st Cav Div. (4) 11 Oct 56 to 27 May 57: Battalion S-1 and Adjutant Finding rosters is incredibly hard but they might have them or be able to piece together the info. The battalion itself is 100% mobile. I am incredibly proud of my history and thanks for keeping this alive through your work, i appreciate everything you are doing thank you. The position area should have good access roads and firm ground as well as good natural cover and concealment. At that time which will result in the highest kill probability, the computer issues a burst order to the missile. The gunner places deflection and elevation on the panoramic telescope and traverses the turret electrically to the aiming posts. It's a mix of WWII, Korea and Vietnam, but their webmasters and historians are good. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. The risk of being spotted by enemy observers was ever-present. frameset, Victor Gensmer's photos of the 317th Sig Bn (Const), Des Information on this unit has been hard to come by, do you have any notion of how I might find out more about the 689th? Many 66th Division athletic teams played on another on newly constructed athletic fields. The Nike system is designed to operate with three sections per battery and four launches per section, but may use a smaller number. The three 105mm battalions were assigned to one of the three infantry regiments to support, forming a combat team. Field Artillery in the European Theater Upon the German surrender on May 8, 1945, the 66th Division moved to the area near Koblenz, Germany for occupation duty and to guard German POW camps. I am especially interested in his duties, but also how the battery functioned as a whole. 66th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia Each Launching Section consists of four launcher-loaders from which missiles are fired, a missile storage building, and a personnel shelter which protects personnel during firing and houses electronic equipment. 1/,2/,3/265th Artillery Regiment . It was a 155mm howitzer battalion and did fight in the Bulge and in '45. Gregory K. Byers and his fraulein, Sabine Eberlein (Rodesheim), Pvt. Would you to feature him as a Red Leg of the Week on my page. In late May1945 the 66th Division moved again, this time to the Marseille area on the southern coast of France to staff the staging areas in Marseille, Arles, and St. Victoret from which troops were being sent to the war in the Pacific. I have zip skills but can usually figure out how to do that. Its strength was 3,300 men. CORPORAL position areas constitute a prime target and will be the subject of diligent search by enemy intelligence and target acquisition agencies. AP580305A . I will put an ad up and keep you posted. (1)In January 1955, the 259th FA Msl Bn (Corporal)was deployed to Europe with full Type I CORPORAL field equipment. Amazingly, those incidents were relatively rare considering the near-constant use that most of the weapons received. Down time was spent playing poker and drinking beer. On this page documents related to the 324th Field Artillery Battalion can be downloaded in the PDF format. Would such a book exist for all of the FABs? Lt. Col. Ricardo Jones is a native of Kansas City, Missouri. 105mm crew preparing the shells during training exercise. Although the shells were shipped semi-fixed with the fuse already installed, it was the powder that provided the punch, so that had to be added to the shell. He also said that his unit was emplaced for a couple weeks around Kassel, Germany during the Rhineland Campaign as he got strafed by German fighters. Usually, two men were sent out. CJ Kelly (author) from the PNW on January 20, 2018: Hi Mr. Mercadante, glad to hear about your project. 555th Field Artillery Bn (105MM) (The Triple Nickel) 674th Field Artillery Bn (105MM) 187th RCT . 406th Army Field Support Brigade Sponsorship; 192nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD) 192nd Duty Battalion Sponsorship; 50th Signal Battalion; Army Golden Cavaliers; 4th ROTC Brigade So the personnel without enough points were kept with other units until their time came up. Once situated near Marseille, the 263rd staffed the St. Victoret staging area and the 262nd and 264th staffed the Arles staging area. If it wasn't in the Library of Congress, is it likely they would have anything? I know he also went to Edgewood Arsenal at some point (I don't know my own history!). My father taught at Ft. Sill right after the war, and again at various times over the years for shorter stints (summer camp?) 2-15 Field Artillery history - Defense Visual Information Distribution While in Brittany the 66th Division carried out daily reconnaissance patrols along the one hundred and twelve mile front and conducted periodical artillery fire on the pockets of resistance. I really appreciate it. Subject: DAVAO; SHIKOKU; YYUSHU '45, '46. Their job was to lay, repair, and pick up telephone line. Discover unknown details about your veteran's family: civilian occupations . I remember his daughter, Susan (about my age). 169 Giessen, Germany 264th Field Artillery Battalion Airmail to Detroit, Mich. LEGAL SIZE. The division included the 193rd, 194th, and 195th Rifle Regiments, the 65th Artillery Regiment, a tank battalion, reconnaissance and sapper companies, and anti-aircraft and anti-tank batteries. My dad died in 1987 and never talked much about the war. Hopefully the pictures I have attached are self explanatory. during WWII ], [ 18th Infantry Division - Did not exist The 1-151 FA provides combatant commanders with a trained and ready force to destroy, defeat or disrupt the enemy with timely, accurate and integrated fires; additionally, the 1-151 FA is prepared to support the State of Minnesota with troops capable of assisting in a disaster. Each firing platoon contains sufficient personnel to check out, assemble, fuel and fire missiles. Click here to open 'USArmyGermany' Will do my best and get back to you as soon as I can. Continuous commands are sent to the missile to correct for evasive action of the target. Each gun crew was considered a section, and within each section was a sergeant (Section Chief), a corporal and assistant gunner (known as the #1), two other assistant gunners, and three cannoneers. One of my big thrills occurred while hanging out the back door of my sections 2-ton truck driving on the autobahn. Thank you! As the vehicle stops with its sight mount over the surveyed hub, three crewmen lower the side and rear jacks while other crewmen elevate and extend the launching beam to the firing position. Mention of how important to the success of the artillery was the role of the Liaison aircraft. US Army, Europe If I hear back from him, will let you know. This included self-propelled units such as the 275th Armored Field Artillery, who were positioned just north of the 106th. Up front were tank divisions, then armored infantry, then 105s, then 155s then 8 inch guns and then us. 66th Infantry Division - U.S. Army Center of Military History If he has any pics he would like to share, please send. At appropriate zenith of its trajectory, the missile's location NEW ! My father was a member of the 264th FA Bn, Btry B. U.S. Field Artillery in World War II. CJ Kelly (author) from the PNW on June 07, 2019: Hi Mr. Armstrong, can you email me directly? who does research at the Library of Congress, did a search on my father for me. Dad passed a decade ago, so I started this idea too late to ask him. I remember the big fat missile thing (shown in one of your pictures) which we thought was an ammo depot or air raid shelter. Their officer would take a reading from the aiming circle so that the four guns of the battery would be aligned and shoot parallel with each other. This usually creates fear and I was no exception. Many of the specialists were also grouped into sections and personnel from both the communications section and survey teams often were part of forward observation teams. General Lauer commanded the division until its deactivation in November 1945. Sorry I misunderstood you. He apparently has a lot pics, etc. One of the primary jobs of the instrument and survey section (also called the detail section) was to scout new positions for the battery, help lead the battery into and out of their firing positions, and lay in the guns. I was drafted and entered the US Army November 1, 1954. Please contact me again the first week of December. His MOS, according to his discharge papers, was Fire Control Instrument Operator (645). As with the 105mm, color markings were used to differentiate the type of shells. Hi Mr. Oakley, I'm assuming this is WWII? OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS We lived in a big barracks building on the QM Depot. 419th CSB Sponsorship; 406th Army Field Support Brigade. The CORPORAL Battalion is the firing battery rather than the battery. You can either email me, friend me on Facebook or my Red Legs page. Please note: And I didn't really think about how the army wouldn't stop practicing, because my father's section, at least, thought they were going on to Japan. I am doing a blog on the 182 letters he wrote home while at Camp McCoy and then in the European Theater. I will get back to you as soon as I can. Since diodes and chips were not available, the Q-10 radar set operated on vacuum tubes. Time and time again in postwar interviews, German soldiers mentioned the fear that American artillery engendered along the front lines. In addition, I have some Orders and other information contained my 201 File which might be of interest. I am assuming that my father was in a 3rd Army towed 155 mm battalion until VE-Day and then transferred to the 274th in Austria during the reorganization & disbanding of units. 46 Vaihingen, Germany 7th Army Band Airmail to Cherry Valley, Ill. Light stains. Charles (Mac) Armstrong 283nd. And Edgewood Arsenal, he was there. At the end of the war each member was given a copy and is called Scatter Come Together. There are three principal elements within this Self-Propelled Howitzer Battery organization; the battery headquarters, a detail section, and the firing battery. Field Artillery Battalion in action in Normandy, France in 1944. He enlisted Feb 42 and was sent to Ft Sill, then to CP Bowie TX until deployment 21 Aug 1943 from NY to ETO arriving Oran Algeria 2 Sep 1943. 105mm ammo crew arming shells during the Battle of the Bulge (591st FAB -106th ID). I remember his children, Wally, Shelly, Pam, Barbara, Earl, and Nancy (my age). There are some resources on the 666th as well as a book that was published. That baffled me til someone pointed out that in his situation, points wouldn't matter, and exactly what you said--the regrouping of men. Here's the links: 1) http://indianhead-roster.com/roster/15th-field-art My uncle Charles David Knight served in WW 2 in Battery B 15th Field Artillery Battalion under the 2nd Infantry Division (Indianheads). My father just passed away last week and I've been trying to find out about the actual unit he served in. The other calibers were the 8-inch, the 240mm, and the 4.5-inch gun. The rocket itself is free-flight, that is, there are no electronic flight control gear since the accuracy of the weapon depends solely upon an initial azimuth lay. Rex G Welty, the Exec. That happened a lot in the wake of the Bulge. By the way I used a lot of high angle fire to get defensive fire coverage in close to FEBA, thank you i'll be waiting and thank you for this site i think i may be able to add some pictures i will dig them out and see what i have. I have a lot of links and contacts for you. In addition, steering commands received from the computer are transmitted to the missile which directs it toward the predicted intercept point. 1st Battalion, 333rd Field Artillery was activated 2 July 1973 in Germany (Wiesbaden). Battery D was descended from Capt. United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, Enlisted Also, if you have a photo your dad, that would be great. There was more interaction between the ranks and you really got to know who you could depend on in the field. The headquarters and service battery provides the administrative, supply, mess, motor maintenance, survey, fire direction and communications elements in the battalion. I understand infantry replacement soldiers were moved frequently from divisions but I cannot find information regarding field artillery replacement soldiers.
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