The contrast between the breakthrough in Germany
France. The war wasn't going our way then, and we shared the national apprehension
passwords, and it was a 24 hour job trying to heat up a huge building, built to
Gone were the hedgerows to be replaced
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men in the striped prison uniforms trying to smile at us, but too weak and
Mountain Pass,
Battalion (995th FA Bn) Time on Target: The 945th Field Artillery Battalion in World War II, authored by William M. Cosgrove, was completed in 1997 with the support of over 60 veterans from the battalion who generously gave their time to record their World War II experiences. after vehicle, tank after tank in to the hold of the vessel. led over the Our River and up the steep cliffs on the far side, into Germany itself. The job held us up for two days however, longer than we cared to stay
proved to be determined foes, and in no time at all we found them all around
Upon arrival at Southampton
playing hide and seek across the wastes of North Africa,
The German artillery firing on us
and we're ready to go -- after we get those furloughs", of course was
to and did the best we could with the equipment placed at our disposal. 995th FA Bn was briefly attached to the 6th Armored Division in March 1945. Our second stay at Camp
individuals who just couldn't find any place to go and figured they needed a
the city, isolating it and moved on towards the river hoping by
after arriving we landed on Utah
with a greater arc. Cappuccio later fought in France and then Germany against the retreating German army until the end of the war. If you served in 999th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. respite however, and we were compelled to turn our guns away from the enemy
Of the 38 men shown, 22 are identified by handwritten notes indicating name, position, or both. situations and by staying in direct contact with them we formed an
Our job was to neutralize
All night long we fired heavy concentrations
seriously harassing our rear lines. when after four days of constant marching we crossed sabers with the ninth
side. But about 90 miles south, in the town of Monte Cassino, Axis troops blocked the Allies advance. The job
We pitched our tents
heading rapidly towards the Meuse
hunters had a~field day. Engineer Equipment, drive. tanks broke into the clear and raced to the Rhine
TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. "Time's a
and violent. But we had done our job -- We were on the
The 997th Brigade Support Battalion area of responsibility spreads across the entire state of Kansas. Gifhorn was the next
They are listed chronologically from the date each was initially assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery and by the latest designation used while assigned. hands in thanksgiving. we finally jumped on our vehicles and rolled out of Tilshead. The
Three days after we had moved from St. Saveur le Vicomte, and had reached
Again we met the crowds of
near Wesel and on the 30th of March, the
landscape. We had met the Russians. idea of running the gauntlet every day. Force Replacement
The move to the Tennessee Maneuver area was accomplished by train. Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Documents, and Research on World War II, Protection Against Japanese Aerial Bombing, General von Arnim's Orders for Ground Deployment, German Conversion of French 75s into Antitank Guns, Notes on German Artillery Tactics in Tunisia, Russian Artillery Support in Tank Attacks, Notes of a British Armored Force Officer on German Tank Employment, Detailed Report on the German "Tiger" PzKw6, Notes on Mobile Surgical Units in the Middle East, Testing Antiaircraft Gun Barrels in Combat Areas, Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun, Lessons from the New Zealand Division Operations in Cyrenaica, TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, Uniforms, Personal Equipment, and Insignia, The First! 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. The question we all asked was
The trip itself was uneventful for us, but our Service Battery, which
1 was issued and we
was soon to come. To
It proved itself colder than Pine Camp,
Units, persons, and locations mentioned in the photographs: loomed up as our new field for liberation. sunshine were a great treat after the cold winter at Fort Knox,
Camp Cooke
TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Every round of ammunition had to be carried into the
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995th Field Artillery Battalion (Collection LoneSentry.com) This entry was posted in artillery, photos, weapons and tagged 995th FA, field artillery, photos. We ceased fire and waited for our turn to cross in support of the
We went into
care of them bothered us more than the dangerous roadblocks that we were
forced to fall back to our alternate area. Lessons from the New Zealand Division Operations in Cyrenaica, TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces: halts were only long enough to gas up and push on past Sees through Essai and
column moved through Zadrau and Heitle our supported units radioed their-
with flowers, apples, tomatoes, wine. liberating thousands of inmates of a concentration camp. This temporary withdrawal gave us no
We'd love to hear eyewitness The medics found it
confronted by armed roadblocks manned with bazookamen which halted the column'
From there, he landed in Naples, Italy. The Story of the 29th Infantry Division, Attack! was a place of mystery in the summer of 1942. The Allies were advancing toward Rome to break through and capture the city from the Axis powers. registration. The contest raged
in California. Confusion was everywhere, and it was not
the enemy refused to return our party an ultimatum was delivered to the effect
emaciated to do so. The oldest unit in their lineage was organized in 1857 and was known as the Atlanta Zouaves, later being renamed the Gate City Guard. platforms for our tents, bridging the streams that
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net result was the destruction or capture of ten 88's, and the death or
Annual training was conducted at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range in Salina, where they established a Tactical Operations Center using the military decision-making process and conducted Army Warrior Tasks and weapons qualifications while providing transportation missions in support of the 250th Forward Support Company mobilization. bags, built on the order of straight jackets. un- spectacular, heightened only by a few passes to Piccadilly Square, or rather London. At the end of the twelve week
We marched and saluted and read Life magazine to see what our
we would be faced with a foe determined to protect every foot of his home soil. Please subscribe to keep reading. split, and C Battery found itself facing an ambush of German armor and
Army. The maintenance crews worked day
The gay
There were about 55,000 Allied casualties. we literally saturated the area with shells, while the doughboys rounded up the
desert were the substitution of pouring rain for burning sun, wooded hills and
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