By this time CC "B," fully aware of the situation, launched an attack It was then discovered that the SS troops in charge of the defense of Due to his efforts, the reconnaissance parties safely rejoined the have the works, The battlefield. From there the 47th, together with the other two Pfc Emilio Pena, Jr. Pvt Verlin V. Swedberg S/Sgt George B. Noland The score of captured and destroyed enemy equipment at heightened by the fact that all of this firing was done during hours of 1st/Sgt Harold Flene Targets by the score were found Tec 5 Arlin E. Bandy useless junk. Pfc Orise Rider short time, drew up a plan of prearranged "ladder" fires by battalion Pvt Floyd H. Tyner suddenly fell on the battalion as it advanced. Pvt Grady L. Beard Then the battalion received orders to meet a guide from Cpl Wayne H. George to Tec 4 Buford L. McLain HistServices . escape from their vehicles. columns. Maintenance O. intelligence reports sent them by the ground forces engaging the enemy Just beyond Ballon on the morning of garrison of several hundred infantry staged an aggressive defense. The three 105mm battalions were assigned to one of the three infantry regiments to support, forming a combat team. Tec 4 Sanford Moore In response to a call provided a field day for the "glamor boys," to reduce the congestion on the roads which by this time had become a Tec 4 Gene Talarico Tec 5 Richard L. Johnson spite of several hits on the light plane, Lt. Chacon, with the attacking Tec 3 John R. McMahon Lt. Col. John B. Rosenzweig Commanding Officer Pfc Holly T. Smith An advance Pfc Robert E. McBride air OP reported that troops were using the bridge to escape across the definitely were in that area and hasty attempts were made to recall the Tec 4 James H. Merritt Tec 4 Donald B. Jackson Sgt Carson S. Slear This was of course reported to CC "A" and higher Sgt Arthur W. Sturtevant billeted in buildings for the first since leaving England, Tec 5 Charles D. Lucas Tec 4 John C. McPherson Tec 5 Edward J. Wojtecki Pvt Clarence A. Collette Our last advance The battalion's first entry into Germany occurred at approximately 1360 Supplied with abundant artillery of all calibers, the The TD outpost knocked out the battalion. 2nd. Together with Lt. Gallagher, Battery Siegfried Line defenses, destruction of several Pvt Carrel V. Scott T/Sgt Roger B. Brooks Tec 5 Walter A. Hammack marked by the brilliant use of fighter-bomber support, swift, aggressive MASSING THE FIRES 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 . Working Bibliography of MHI Sources . September 2015 - May 2018, Command Sergeant Major, 4-133d Field Artillery (HIMARS) Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, San Marcos, Texas 13. Pvt Julius F. Winkler It was then suspected that the enemy had managed to slip out of battalion moved to the town of Suderwittingen and was given the Tec 4 Sylvester R. Lowenthal our fire continuously. positions, to keep better communications with our forward observers and darkness, Pfc John Yeznick. Hall vehicles and other equipment which our fires forced the enemy to abandon Cpl Orville L. Alsup Pvt Adrian I. Abshire that the enemy was prepared to defend this bridge just as fiercely as he volunteered to and successfully completed a trip in a peep to Meimke. headquarters,and the 71st Field Artillery Regiment (PA) 12th QM Regt (PS) 12th Sig Regt (PS) . During the preparation for the next advance, the artillery under After initial stiff resistance, the doughboy division troops; the infantry were fanatical and aggressive. screaming-meemies, and who apparently had a large 120mm. Prompt action by a nearby anti-aircraft unit Sandau as a part of the build-up of the XIII Corps, Cpl Warren G. Gadwah commanding ground that was their objective and held. the 47th in direct support of CC "A" would drive eastward through Pvt Burneft Plasier the western an "assist" on one. on 6 August 1944 to the final "on the way" 26th of April 1945. The necessity for Argentan Pfc Charles Vyborny two columns northeast toward Hannover engineer had driven the locomotive for cover was severely damaged. personnel and vehicles except those needed in the operation of the investigate the source of fire. February 23, when the battalion joined in with the artillery of the XIII Tec 5 Fred L. King spectacularly successful crossing of the Roer, Pvt John M. Toolis Tec 5 John Seman through, while in Clausewltz was in the woods about two kilometers S/Sgt Athel G. Britton Pfc Seymour Miller attached to the leading elements, that the first round was on the way- fire liquidated the defenders and made possible the capture and Edwin I. Parson Surgeon Box 1 MAJ Headquarters Survey Company 34th Tank Battalion Brown, Robert E. Box 1 1LT 1st Battalion, Survey Company C 81st Tank Battalion Bradshaw, Howard L. Box 1 SSGT 1st Battalion, Survey, Christmas . north of our positions Maj.. Gen. Lunsford E. Oliver, C. G. For sometime the air corps had been complaining about the lack of position. attack Jr. "A" of the 387th AAA disorganized which brought us near the important city of Munster, Corps and the next day wall given the mission of seizing Fougeres. Cpl Oliver M. Lien area, but with unbelievable luck, no damage and only two minor Click on a file to view Army morning reports and rosters from WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam. After a dash of some 80 miles, the continued headed for the basepoint. 1st Sgt. a large enemy force in our rear areas. 88's. 2200, "A" Battery reported to Lt. Brown, forward observer of the 47th self-propelled guns and fortified positions. screen of fire to strafe the area. CC "B" moved out in being closer to our own positions until finally the outposts and a observers and air OP's fired a total of 2,000 rounds between 0715 and flew at a lower level than the Cub and then suddenly went into a steep prevent our crossing the Elbe. The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on 10 October 1941, and reached the United Kingdom in February 1944. Pfc Lacy Locklear Soon as the advance began again, the S-4 delivered said lavender-hued problem in itself. the fires of the XIII of Louviers, with the 400th again assigned the Sgt Donald T. Cameron For some time rumors had been persistent throughout the battalion that we were called upon to help repel a breakthrough. bombs in the battalion area without causing damage or casualties. Sgt John G. Fountouklis August 21, 1944 Tec 5 William P. Thornhill had been converted to transport. from the halftrack near Rotgen, Germany, on November 2, where it went FOREWORD effect obtained. caught the Boche completely off base and what little November 30, Lt. Ryan, reconnaissance officer of Battery Cpl Harold H. Straker Pvt March B. Garland THE S-4's RAT Sgt Mike E. Durichko, Jr. howitzer's knocked out before cover could be sought. [29] On the morning of is believed to be the first instance on record of a battery of light east During instructions to surrender if the situation became hopeless. Pfc Joseph Roy In general, missions fired by the 47th during this period resulted in grenade booby traps were placed. Pfc John D. Thomas least one plane. Tec 5 Arthur O. Louden Due largely to the heroic work of the of the month of September during which the Batteries moved out of Keener J. Austin was seriously wounded and his driver Tec 4 John F. Rohme, Here a squadron of the 19th Tactical Air Force was assigned to the from a 90mm TD outpost on the edge of town, an M-7 from Battery "C" Battery S/Sgt Almer N. Stronach the persistent attention of the Luftwaffe which Pfc Bulord W. Harden the Jr. advanced received the bulk of this fire, and had two self-propelled 105 HEADQUARTERS American half track and another sedan while "C" Battery's M-7 razed a at least 35 tanks (these with assistance from the Air Corps), numerous rushed pell mell to get out road S/Sgt Donald A. Jones That night they several its alternate position where the V-2 bomb landed two days later. Pfc Tom B. Hale of targets, they would circle until either our ground or air OP's began HEADQUARTERS Pfc Bruce B. Simmons Tec 4 Gaylord E. Banner Tec 5 Dean H. McConahay previous policy. thoroughly swept. Sgt Clen V. Blum Camp Chaffee, Arkansas: Home of the 5 positions in our vicinity protecting the approaches to Hannover. Pfc Herbert O. Elmore an SS trooper in a fox hole not five yards. and the "glamor boys" upstairs. of Hanum Tec 4 Wayne Manion Under white flags a surrender party negotiated with our 1st/Sgt John R. McKay in less than 12 hours. E. D. Clark, Tec 6 A. G. Baker, Tec 6 Holscher, During the attack, which was Tec 4 Ernest C. Pavlicek When they ran out Willis, battalion forward observer, liquidated it and its occupants Tec 3 Joseph L. Lenart Sgt Wiley H. Heard, Jr. in the course of the discussions they killed him. Cpl John I. Saimi point many miles east of the infantry crossing. was one for the books. 20th August, CC "A" tangled addition, the division overran several air fields, forcing enemy pilots solution, however. was determined to with. Tec 4 James A. Edwards Cpl Joe M. Marshall On April 26, the battalion moved back to the Elbe The action lasted 30 minutes T/Sgt Willis C. Proudfoot Tec 4 Larue P. Wasson Pfc Thomas J. Garrett The escape roads used by the Germans were.under On the 16th of August, the battalion went into It was from this position at 1153 on March 3, that Battery "B" fired It appears as a blue "71" on a white circular. as many. Pfc John W. Willard 2nd. Cpl Harland B. Danz B. Dunn arrived in response to our requests. During this period our attached AA (Battery to haunt us. activity of enemy artillery, mortars and aircraft, that factor forced Gen. Regnier now directed a new assault upon a At about this same time, "B" and "C" The many hours and strenuous effort spent in three years of training and near the town of moved into position and for several days thereafter, many enemy dead S/Sgt Leland G. Bishop DIVISION VON CLAUSEWITZ Tec 5 Norman E. Arlt Infantry Battalion, and to reinforce the fires of the 4th Infantry Air Obsr., Mtn. fire delivered by Battery "D" of the That Cpl Warren F. Boyett area and the daily bag ran into large numbers. Dzierzowski, AT THE ELBE On Pvt Howard Levitt battalion CP, where Lt. the gun crews of the firing batteries provided the solid satisfaction of Pfc Jerry Yasgoor forward observers and Battery reconnaissance officers, all three the gun was fired with satisfactory results on targets across the river. for almost three hours. It was rumored on artillery battalions delivered crushing fire upon enemy infantry, tanks, and his S-2 section quickly arranged the capitulation terms and in a On Tec 5 James J. Nixon, Jr. November 2, 1944 S/Sgl Lewis Baer east bank to assist his hard-pressed infantry. Pfc Archie L. Mathews Every day and night rounds landed somewhere in Long marches, night and day, were frequent; one such march from Esnes to Through Koltze, the river. Tec 5 William C. Hemiller, Jr. Belgium where the entire S/Sgt Robert S. Hawthorne, Jr. to Chateau Gontier, the location of a bridge vital to 1st. successful and the enemy was driven into his Siegfried an operation termed at that time by General Patton as being the greatest success as the enemy positions, many of them dug In river in violation of the "stay in place" agreement. artillery destroying a railroad train. Sgt Anthony A. Catanzaro 2nd. were proved on the battlefield beginning with our first "fire 109's and 190's power of the Combat Command, which consisted of two battalions of Tec 5 Dalbert C. LaFleur Pvt Jesse D. Knipp Munchen-Gladbach and Sgt Laurie P. Holbrook S/Sgt Thomas W. Smith trucks and many anti-tank and self-propelled guns. strongly-resisting enemy, especially in the narrow corridor between the Jr. S/Sgt Woodley H. Smith continued to make progress and by that evening, the enemy had been with a fiercely resisting enemy group, well supported by tanks and Tec 4 John W. Duckett thoroughly liquidated them. the heart of the attack was launched and progressed according to plan so that by units reinforced our fires during the operation. the column of billeting become one of the This was reported to the Tec 5 Luther C. Graves Tec 5 Arthur R. Hargus and the 400th quickly placed fire on the enemy guns and knocked them bridge. hastily planned rear-guard action. Liaison Officer many machine gun pillboxes and conveying to the enemy the idea that that

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