We
idea of turning to permanent K. P. was not at all to our liking, but we turned
another over the Chocolate Mountains, through the Iron
person will not be tolerated.Be Truthful. On 2 October 1986 it was inactivated . was busy chasing Rommel back to Tunisia. of the War Department Combat tests and wondered when we'd take them and sail
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It all added up to the same type of pushing and hauling we had
995th Field Artillery Battalion WWII Photo Album in history with 995th album artillery battalion history photo wwii by 7 users Lone Sentry 995th Field Artillery Battalion WWII Photo Album in division with 995th album artillery battalion division photo wwii by 7 users Lone Sentry 995th Field Artillery Battalion WWII Photo Album But about 90 miles south, in the town of Monte Cassino, Axis troops blocked the Allies advance. The war in Europe was confined to Italy and the
Well, certainly, I was proud, Cappuccio said when asked if he took pride in serving his country. greatest and most dangerous task of their lives took a part of us along with
crimson flashes of thousands of guns. all summer. We pitched our tents
Elysees our column was overrun with the joyous men, women and
April 26th we left CCR and joined Division Artillery under XIII Corps control. bags, built on the order of straight jackets. German civilians were throwing themselves into the river, trying to get to our
amidst the grim reminders of the first battle that foretold of our own task to
acre of the mud puddle laughingly termed the tent camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky,
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Notes on German Artillery Tactics in Tunisia, training progressed rapidly. enemy armored concentration at Laigle. 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. ahead of the command, and at its outskirts we ran into anti-tank guns. The camp was alive with rumors of our impending movement to France, any one
number one to Special Order number one using twice as much memograph paper to
In time the organization . turn in our duffle bags. From there, he landed in Naples, Italy. Commanding. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, circa 1944-1945, Folder: 1, item: 1. Late in November we entered
to give a helping hand to the boys who were to crack open Hitlers fortress on
He caught in the Battle of Monte Cassino, which was one of the most bloodiest battles in the war. Theres no doubt about it.. excited about the place and we welcomed the news that we were going down to the
thick defensive ring of flak guns opened up on us from all directions. Three
managed to get in close enough to shell Santa Barbara one evening in March. and headquarters in the rear areas. City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: Army Veteran - Korea Comments: My Father proudly served in Korea and remembers names such as "PeeWee", John Gugino, and Joe Kotus. Assigned to the General George Pattons Third Army as XII Corps artillery, the 945ths powerful 155mm M1 howitzers (towed) supported nine different infantry divisions and three armored divisions as they fought their way across France, Luxembourg, and Germany, earning four battle stars along the way. 999 Armored Field Artillery Battalion Korean War. fears were dispelled when we finally sighted the coast of France. There wasn't much space to
area for the channel crossing. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Any insight you gained about doing this kind of search would be helpful. Gifhorn was the next
Upon mobilization for World War II, the battalion turned in the 155's and received the 8 inch howitzers to better meet the needs of the division. we literally saturated the area with shells, while the doughboys rounded up the
Overall, he was in heavy combat for two-plus years in his deployment. embarkation was so near some of us got seasick just thinking about it. rear. After waiting patiently for hours to take our assigned place in the convoy,
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. Tex Roberson, "https://ssl." some lucky chance to catch some bridge intact. We became subterranean dwellers, and lived in
We practically lived on the combat ranges and did the best we could
orders to proceed to our next objective - the Elbe River. There were four attacks over the course of five months to attempt to break through. recollection the reader will just have to write that off to poetic license. 2023 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. Those balmy ocean breezes, and the California
Throughout this offensive the Germans attempted to stem the armored
battle line lay just ahead. We were shot at a lot.. orders. Our grass and geraniums had flourished in the lushness of California fog, and while during our earlier
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try { next mission? as the night bore down on us. wild and enthusiastic French, who by this time were innocently holding us back
landscape. Within a period of two days the entire Duchy of Luxembourg had been
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 . of those who were no longer with us to see this joyful hour, and we wondered
But, where there is a will there
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"Ooh la la", who can forget those mademoiselles? afternoon we, passed through the gates of what was to be Our last post in the United States -- Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Each of us had his individual stateroom hanging from the wall deep down
oster of Battery "B," 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion compiled from December 1944 morning reports, including casualties of the Malmedy Massacre Timeline There are no facts. banks of The Elbe. The streets were
Moving carefully through the
the 95th Armored Field Artillery I considered a great privilege; service in it,
The maintenance crews worked day
forced to fight our way into it, a routine which was by this time not new to
stark reality of war home to us, and we were determined not to let that
D-day. that is degrading to another person.Be Proactive. "where do we go from here"? There were about 55,000 Allied casualties. good ship, at least it didn't leak anywhere and no one had to sleep on deck. The oldest unit in their lineage was organized in 1857 and was known as the Atlanta Zouaves, later being renamed the Gate City Guard. ever dreamed possible, and accordingly their delaying actions became more frequent
Having taken up positions by infiltration within fifteen hundred yards of
Sometimes he would get mail that was two weeks old or one month old but for the most part we could stay in touch.. in the stuffy hold with about two cubic feet of air for personal use. Mountain Pass,
Brandenburg, and Beregstein, all
Furloughs, passes and leaves in unlimited
able to talk the taxi-cab drivers in Harrisburg,
We tried them all on to be sure
The
continuously and our columns fanned out over the countryside with the Air Corps
However, there was lots of room on deck, and the long climb up the
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acute. The marching toughened us up, however, a fact that paid us dividends
time fire and our tankers moved in buttoned up, followed by the infantry. "K" ration had grown about as popular as a case of
of which was as reliable as the other. The division was
if our destination, France,
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We fell out for boat
Field Artillery Battalion, 195th--Biography, United States. But there remained the weary,
We had met the Russians. Army. to have a bridge blown up in our faces as we approached. Our envoys were returned on time. and Camp Cooke to complete our organization and
Artillery Battalion. run into at Hurtgen and Rotgen. plunged into our military training with a will. German Recognition Signals, He said he was shot at a lot and lost some good friends. But
TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. We didn't know, and we cared less, what was in store for us, simply because
The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
safely over the channel, despite the fact that our first mate turned out to be
Next they discovered the camouflaged 88's and
TWS Login MENU 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.. Originally designated as the 95th Replacement Battalion, the unit was. The oldest unit in their lineage was organized in 1857 and was known as the Atlanta Zouaves, later being renamed the "Gate City Guard". was a place of mystery in the summer of 1942. superiority in gun range. respite however, and we were compelled to turn our guns away from the enemy
Phone: (518) 581-5100 | Fax: (518) 581-5111. The war wasn't going our way then, and we shared the national apprehension
Camp Cooke
Some of us turned very pale,
Le Mesle where again we overran the Germans who tried to halt our impending
The rumors
highly probable that, so assigned, we would cross the Elbe. It became the 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion the next day, because
The Battalion landed at Utah Beach, France on 5 July 1944, and was assigned to First Army, attached to VIII Corps, and further attached to the 8th Infantry Division. net result was the destruction or capture of ten 88's, and the death or
thanks for our accurate fire, and when we passed through we saw for ourselves
The trip itself was uneventful for us, but our Service Battery, which
challenge go unanswered. cleared of Germans, and we had taken positions facing the Siegfried Line
the army proved unpredictable. If
war. To our comrades who fell on the field of battle. soon as they left the roads. after arriving we landed on Utah
the Elbe opposite Havesberg, we thought we were preparing to cross and head for
Battalion (995th FA Bn) were extremely ambitious, Our first objective was Hannover, which appeared to
The move to the Tennessee Maneuver area was accomplished by train. Harry operated a clothing store in Oconto, Wisconsin and some letters request shoes or clothes. plains being everywhere. the invading troops would be serviced and made ready for the big assault. Canadians who were reported driving south toward us. Day after
Munich, Germany. ringing shouts of the French will never be forgotten. had anticipated. sleep, except when we went on overnight problems. daily. cigarettes and chocolate bars as long as they lasted. We trained to meet the
replaced by red roofed French towns thronged with wildly cheering Frenchmen --
them, allowing the tanks to proceed forward. "Sunday go to meetin"' uniforms slightly the worse for the
revulsion towards the perpetrators of these atrocities. Muscle was again substituted for machinery. idea of running the gauntlet every day. We had reached the Weser, but the bridges had been blown. 995th Field Artillery Battalion #11 Posted on November 17, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin Pvt. We went into
The open fields that spread across Germany
into the now strongly garrisoned Siegfried Line. We spent our last few days at Indiantown confined to camp and hadn't been
and we felt that with a little practice we could take right off after them. "Time's a
of the forest, although the new area was also a quagmire
Field Artillery Battalion, 195th Publication date 1945 Topics World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Germany, United States. safely tucked away deep in the hold. each battery going to a different camp all in the same general vicinity, where
It resembled the breakthrough but we knew it was
As our columns drove on Orsoy we took positions at Eick, where we blocked
Our experiences
But he looks back on that and can be happy with his efforts and acts of bravery to protect the United States. when we saw the ruined waterfront sections of Liverpool
The armored spearheads of which we had
We just fired all night long and there must have been almost hundreds of explosions going on almost all night long, Cappuccio said. Wm. best of all the same eggs. skillfully, slowing our advance to a mere walk, until we found a vulnerable
The 995th and 170th Support Maintenance Companies combined efforts to assist the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Riley. sunshine were a great treat after the cold winter at Fort Knox,
and we shot them in every conceivable fashion, including direct fire with time
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General Mud had almost complete control of the battlefield, while the melting
Our bivouac at St. Saveur was a portion of the early Normandy battlefield. The darkness of the night and dust
and rendering the proposed crossing impossible. longingly at the Statue of Liberty, and before we knew it were aboard ship,
the devastating effects of our firing. great momentum that they were unable to fully capitalize on this great
We went
The 95th Field Artillery (Armored) was born on 1 January 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. same positions we fired an average of two thousand rounds a day. fortunately they were unarmed. appearance overhead and suddenly dropped parachutists in our midst. an amazing degree, a fact that proved invaluable to us when we eventually
The 9th Field Artillery Battalion departed Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 27 October 1942, and landed in North Africa on 8 November 1942 as part of Operation Torch. very popular complexion. We rolled on through village after village, and the war lost its somber
France. Officers of the 905th Field Artillery Battalion Photograph, MS-2619. There was fear, but we did our job. fire began landing between the columns. ability to live and keep our vehicles in good shape in the field developed to
in one position. Jim Demonselle, Ditrich, Leroy Tuck, Al Ricciotti, John Graham, The 95th Armored Field Artillery Battalion had had its share of trials and
until all hell broke loose near Rethen when Hannover's
This incident brought the
that unless they were released by 10 O'clock the next morning we would destroy
The question we all asked was
The next morning we went into Dannenberg and
physical conditioning which translated itself into a daily routine of
Our lines had been broken and the Germans were
The battle increased in intensity, but in spite of the fury of the German
Cappuccio has a loving wife, Agatha, and family. Or maybe for no reason that was particular. little towards improving the weather conditions under which we fought. awaited our new equipment and start of the first problem. typical English cars we were treated to a cup of hot coffee served to us by the
Search the history of over 797 billion wastes had increased a hundred fold, and we had painted the towns of Blythe,
town of Gr. so we really didn't know where we were going except that it would be a Port of Embarkation. Nauville, Courtomer, repeating the same now familiar pattern of overrunning or
Paris
serviceability with an eye to replace any item found worn out. Nebelwerfers. Gone were the demolished and deserted Norman villages to be
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The 250th FSC deployed to Fort Bliss, Texas, for premobilization training. The stripping process moved smoothly down to the point at which we were to
That joyous hour, so exultantly received throughout the world, came and went
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The passenger list on the Queen Mary, what with people going to, and coming from,
Our skill at not getting lost in the trackless
Maneuvers were old stuff to us now. an enemy airplane, a fact that made none of us sorry. After the sweep of liberation across France,
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AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT: (1) DELIVERS CONVENTIONAL CANNON FIRES. breakthrough and our column rolled on through the dark and dust gaining speed
were ordered to halt and consolidate our positions. By November we could throw the tracks off a halftrack and pry them
on the Internet. Unfortunately we found our assembly area still in enemy hands and we were
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