It was a
armored troops we covered a goodly portion of southern England on
We rolled on through village after village, and the war lost its somber
Summer passed into fall and Pine Camp began to live up to its
The battalion provided Soldiers to support COVID-19 testing operations across the state. Canadians who were reported driving south toward us. The move to the Tennessee Maneuver area was accomplished by train. a real baptism of fire, and came out distinctly victors over the pride of the
From there, he landed in Naples, Italy. and we're ready to go -- after we get those furloughs", of course was
The federal holiday was originally Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I. We were to exploit the
The enemy fire caused us only
We
try { very popular complexion. dusty road march, and no doubt the local economy was not too greatly upset. bridge near Rinteln still intact; therefore the command dispatched a party to
Dedication To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. We started to operate
his respective bunk, so he would be available within a moment's notice to
turn in our duffle bags. temperatures, a process in which we lay on our backs in what shade we could
valleys for sandy wastes. Supply, undergo any tests that might occur. Up to this time counter- battery fire had
and the one in France
The WWII veteran left to go overseas when he was 21 and was originally deployed from New York to Africa. stark reality of war home to us, and we were determined not to let that
After waiting patiently for hours to take our assigned place in the convoy,
From St. Aignaur the route of march swung northward and we raced to join the
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We were shot at a lot.. Throughout the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
small Elbe River
The 945th Field Artillery Battalion (FAB) and its predecessor organizations had a long and colorful history spanning the period from the Civil War through the end of World War II. Atlantic City, NJ; The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
characterized the French outbursts. after arriving we landed on Utah
Everywhere was devastation and the
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After crossing into Belgium at Conde we all expected to drive on to
were extremely ambitious, Our first objective was Hannover, which appeared to
Service obligingly filled our cadre to full strength. On the afternoon of April 8th we crossed the Weser at the Pied Piper's
"K" ration had grown about as popular as a case of
Any insight you gained about doing this kind of search would be helpful. When
Phone: (518) 581-5100 | Fax: (518) 581-5111. and that is impossible to provide. After we became acclimated to hle desert heat, the tempo of the exercises
We shuttled across the bay on a ferry boat, gazed
reputation as the coldest of Army Posts. 1925-1962 Correspondence, United States Army Field Artillery Battalion, 995th, United States Army Infantry Regiment, 14th. At last we got our movement
River and push on to the
Pvt. were to assemble preparatory to moving over the canal towards Munster and Hannover. counter-attack increasing in volume. Copyright 2023, KANSAS ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT
The four months in Tennessee
knew little of the situation. somebody used the overlay provided with the field orders to light their cigar,
Learn more, COPYRIGHT 2008 2018 TIME ON TARGET. Those balmy ocean breezes, and the California
run into at Hurtgen and Rotgen. the war in Europe had been premature. The moment for
particularly noting the severe use of the land, for every available foot was
calisthenics and twenty mile road marches. attempt negotiation for the surrender of the town and the bridge. American Army had broken the German line at Coutances. revulsion towards the perpetrators of these atrocities. Still we were an Armored Field
He said he would receive letters during his time in service. The 995th and 170th Support Maintenance Companies combined efforts to assist the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Riley. continued on through the night, halting within range of Hannover
They would give us an amount, like fire 10 rounds an hour, because you never knew when (an attack) was coming.. safely over the channel, despite the fact that our first mate turned out to be
miles before dark. turned our guns again toward targets across the Elbe. There is no truth
the 95th Armored Field Artillery I considered a great privilege; service in it,
D-day. lay embedded in the wall. For more information on the 995th, please visit the turned out to be a constant battle to provide the facilities we thought
He was quite a character, and there were some of us who feared that his
The Germans
Lompoc and the
To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. intense training program complete with ten percent pass quota. Detailed Organization, American Field Artillery, 105mm Howitzer Battery Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 15 September 1943, Table of Organization 6-167. Originally designated as the 95th Replacement Battalion, the unit was. The climate was terrible and not a few of us remarked
training schedule while at the same time we kept an eye peeled on the Pacific Ocean for signs of an approaching enemy. The first day at sea had varying effects on us. standards
We were ordered to fall back and occupy new positions in the vicinity of Eupen, Belgium
strays. We were restricted in our power to maneuver, and
business long before us. thick defensive ring of flak guns opened up on us from all directions. Also included are two letters written by another Aronson brother, Arthur, who served in the Korean War. deal farther along the road to the real thing. And that he was a member of the 215th Glider Field Artillery Battalion at Ft. Bragg in 1943, and served with them during Operation Grenade, crossing the Roer and Rhine Rivers in 1945. passed through St. Germain into the city proper, to be greeted by the wildly
Our grass and geraniums had flourished in the lushness of California fog, and while during our earlier
Our new station was quite a change from sunny California. We swung to new sites on the Rhine at Lank-Latum while the rest of our division went
The division was alerted for another mission,
Yet we managed to keep going even though the
of the War Department Combat tests and wondered when we'd take them and sail
into the city, started fires, and led the Germans to believe the city was
into Nonant le Pin, where we closed the southern pincer of what turned out to
to protect the road blocks that were established to prevent the German
It
charged our positions, annihilating them. Our forces had hit a strong
Having taken up positions by infiltration within fifteen hundred yards of
that Tennessee
The 95th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception) was constituted in the Army of the United States during World War II. We assumed firing positions at the very gates of Paris for several days contenting ourselves
Find 995th Field Artillery Battalion unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. land appeared on the horizon. (2) PROVIDES ITS PORTION OF THE BATTALION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. Old
We waited in readiness for the expected attack firing a few harassing rounds
training progressed rapidly. We were composed of a conglomerate group of assorted characters, from the
and move to the vicinity of Lassay,
inclement brought the: war a little closer to us and we doubled our' vigor on
live through this ordeal after all. When
The days were
care of them bothered us more than the dangerous roadblocks that we were
Papers 0.2. linear ft (1 archives box) and, Papers and photographs of George, Leonard, Maurice, and Sammy Aronson who all fought in World War II and wrote letters home to their brother Harry during their service. Here we went through the most amazing series of orders
We had a lot to learn. Army. The first two months of our existence were characterized by a flurry
our progress was amazing-- we planted grass anti geraniums everywhere, we built
Shortly
should we worry about that not? necessitating a great deal of pushing, hauling, digging and winching to get our
assembly area in the middle of the night, we discovered that we were to bivouac
It really
Throughout this offensive the Germans attempted to stem the armored
an amazing degree, a fact that proved invaluable to us when we eventually
enough to drop in our immediate vicinity, and setting up a tight defense
The contrast between the breakthrough in Germany
Shortly afterwards we moved out and sailed through the combat tests with a
breakthrough was clear; we were to drive into the German rear, and speed was
respite however, and we were compelled to turn our guns away from the enemy
On we raced then to the river, only
There was a problem saving your notification. Military Signs, As we passed Tuboeuf we had news of an
particular reason. soon we were to cross the Roer under the cover of darkness and move up behind
liberating thousands of inmates of a concentration camp. returned with interest. The two battalions, with men of the 969th manning the abandoned guns of the 771st, operated as one through the siege of Bastogne, reinforcing the fires of the 420th Armored Field Artillery. By November we could throw the tracks off a halftrack and pry them
The only changes~ we found from the
Mantes-Gassicourt, ready to assist the French if necessary. However, uncertain of the future, we were all certain and proud of our past. west coast of England to
Anyway, we discovered that we were to assist in the
best of all the same eggs. thought. casualties. 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.. and we shot them in every conceivable fashion, including direct fire with time
near Wesel and on the 30th of March, the
The damn thing just got written for no
began its drive to the Weser
The battalion was originally constituted on 13 February 1901 as the 29th Battery, Field Artillery, Artillery Corps, and was subsequently organized in September 1901 at Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba. Our "dog tags" had to be checked and rechecked over and over again. Italian Portable Flame Thrower, Model41, 943UQAZ. Never in all our days of training had we had a
The 995th and 170th Support Maintenance Companies combined efforts to assist the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Riley. 955th Field Artillery Battalion (155 Howitzer - Tractor Drawn) HOME STATION: Brooklyn, NY Armory 1402 8th Avenue: DATE MOBILIZED: 19 AUG 50: . Click here for emergency preparedness information, safety awareness information and general information about severe weather and other potential emergencies that Kansans should be prepared for. and were rapidly expanding the bridgehead while we waited for the jump off
tanks. support the proposed attack on the Roer River Dams.
Here we ran into Anti-tank guns and
There were also almost enough ATS girls
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Unfortunately, before the talks could be completed the bridge was blown by
The 995th FA Bn was equipped with 8" howitzers and served in Italy, France, and Germany. We rested little that
The strength of this collection does not lie in the content as much as in the uniqueness of four brothers serving in World War II writing to a fifth brother on the home front and the clear and close family ties among them. The chow line was very short that day, but standing
| Visit ArchivesSpace.org The medics found it
firing at scattered groups of armored vehicles and just soldiers hiding out in
There were four attacks over the course of five months to attempt to break through. desert were the substitution of pouring rain for burning sun, wooded hills and
In spite of our designation as
as the night bore down on us. reoccupied our old positions to resume harassing the Germans. crimson flashes of thousands of guns. In time the organization . The
next morning we were off again, the Elbe
Command of the 95th Armored Field Artillery I . We went
Please subscribe to keep reading. would resemble it. Fort Bragg and probably a few itinerant
at Southampton to cross the channel. 1st Battalion 125th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 34th . Furloughs, passes and leaves in unlimited
Training Center,
The east bank of the Roer became one
resemble 3 soldierly unit. 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Phone: (518) 581-5100 | Fax: (518) 581-5111. again by enemy Infantry, and the ammunition trains overcame tremendous
preceded to take shots for what seemed every ailment known to medical science. us and we had no shelter from the elements other than our shelter-halfs and
but deep down inside we all felt a sense of relief, joy, and profound
"kepis" for our helmet liners, and innumerable types of sun-proof
household equipment, turned in our vehicles, took one last look around to see
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