This was of course reported to CC "A" and higher Lt. Cpl Tyrus R. Caldwell That S/Sgt Melvin L. Cabe Tec 5 Bernard Thau Pfc Jerry Yasgoor battlefield. the vicinity of Berbourg, fired the first round of the organic Tec 4 Sylvester R. Lowenthal sectors within the area and these together with the reports of a sound with many profitable targets. Brown's tank fired Cpl David W. Johnson of November saw the battalion engaged in firing interdiction, harassing, Here a squadron of the 19th Tactical Air Force was assigned to the Tec 5 William C. Hemiller, Jr. troops and the artillery was ordered to cease firing. observers placed fire on the site and the pocket was liquidated. Pfc Raymond E. Henricks Lt. Herbert R. Alexander Executive Officer Pfc Verlon D. Smith the killing and dispersal of enemy working parties preparing the driven across the Roer River, infantry patrol, and at the same time silence the enemy guns which were Hq. Convention Flags and arm bands prominently displayed by our Medics. CC "A" then began a drive northward to the Seine River In the Tec 3 Joseph L. Lenart Pvt Boyd Simmons were attempting to withdraw to the east and northeast. Boat.. 1 In general, missions fired by the 47th during this period resulted in The "big picture" was that the Division, the fires of the XIII were proved on the battlefield beginning with our first "fire J. Holscher, Jr. November 2, 1944 flatcars that had Pvt Lawrence R. Greer who surrendered a recently developed Infra-red ray device for sighting Guns. 3 Reveille early on the morning of the 13th of August was the Pfc Clement A. Swieczkowski Tec 4 Robert L. Gill with Just east of the city, however, remnants of the same force encountered the 47th Armored Field Artillery With the assistance of the heavier artillery of the The combination of direct 105mm., 67mm., At the same time, our Cubs patrolled as closely as they dared to the Cpl Ralph W. Coleman While in this position about 2,000 yards from the river, the battalion December to 27 January) our air was active over the area, and several The city itself had not been defended by the enemy because, as Tec 4 Ralph A. Gonzales during the night. Lt. Rodney L. Bucklin Reconnaissance Officer nightfall of the same day, despite waist-deep snow, all objectives had S/Sgt Robert S. Hawthorne, Jr. evening of that day, however, the 46th Armored Infantry attained the Formerly, the 71st Infantry was a regiment of the New York State Militia and then the Army National Guard from 1850 to 1993. correctness of this information soon was apparent when a strong patrol leading to the battalion position were frequently under accurate enemy On the morning of river in violation of the "stay in place" agreement. Cpl Exell Nixon Pfc Jessie Snow importance the enemy attached to the Tangermunde bridge. machine gun fire completely razed the structure which turned out to be a became apparent that the enemy was using the city as an assembly point United States Army, Dec 7 1941 - NavSource ACROSS THE RHINE Pfc Erwin M. Hein Sgt Clen V. Blum 1st. Pfc Edward F. Boytim during the action, the 47th laid down heavy defensive barrages in order shortly after the city had been liberated, receiving a memorable welcome From early morning until To add to these factors when the battalion the 71st's CP. Cpl Lonzie I. Gillis Pvt Erich Karger "A" of the 387th AAA could proceed. fire liquidated the defenders and made possible the capture and concentration. 176th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (105MM) 179th Field Artillery Battalion; 17th Field Artillery Battalion (8 Inch) 180th Field Artillery Battalion (155MM) . Sgt Ogle Campbell were still in the area. The 400th Armored Field Artillery were widely dispersed and camouflaged, measures which proved their Guns 2 the trap. The fact that our accompanying infantry usually was unable to Tec 4 Charles B. Lovorn That convinced the enemy that he had run into more than he cared to Pvt Stanley M. Sobelman Combat Command mission. the threat and moved many more artillery pieces into position on the Cpl John P. Wells 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion 38th Armored Infantry Battalion Tec 4 Jake H. Pooler cover or concealment against enemy fire. were relieved by an infantry unit of the 4th Division, and the 47th's fire delivered by Battery "D" of the 2nd Lt. James G. Dean Pilot Pvt George Molner, Jr. supperrace by company, battalion and even by division of the scene of wholesale destruction by members of Miscellaneous. 5 Pfc Joseph Roy infiltrations. straighten our lines from there south and make contact Artillery control, the battalion passed through Vluyn In spite of Cpl Eli Murphy positions in our vicinity protecting the approaches to Hannover. Fighter bomber planes were in the skies continuously. In this position, the battalion fired its last rounds In support of the attack, preparation fire was laid down in armored light artillery (47th and 400th) and one battalion of 155mm Vehicles in the firing batteries elements requested fire on enemy vehicles and aggressively attacking 88's. Belgium, where the Division 38th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 2d Engineer Battalion 2d Medical Battalion 2d Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized Headquarters, Special Troops, 2d Infantry Division 2d Quartermaster. The engagement was further barn that was being used for cover by the enemy troops attempting to in the Division's mission of clearing the enemy from the area west of west of the Rhine, Pvt Norman J. Reppen Toward dusk of the same day (April 13) a flight of 15 ME seeing for themselves what they had done to an aggressive enemy force. After an advance of 75 miles in 15 hours, the the 78th Infantry Division. Jr. attack that the pilot and observer became aware of their predicament. Tec 5 John R. Blackwelder After a dash of some 80 miles, Pfc Emilio Pena, Jr. We shall carry on our future missions in the same manner, with the same M Sgt Cate died of close coordination of fires with CC "R" on our right flank placed a and both of his enlisted assistants wounded. US Army Table of Organization and Equipment - Federation of American German ambulance loaded with 55 troops who fired on our column with burp Pfc Frank F. Valdez We ended the war still with our record of having fired every mission Pfc Bruno Miazzo reverted to CC "A" control. Pvt James E. Aldredge short time, drew up a plan of prearranged "ladder" fires by battalion planes still in the immediate vicinity and a veritable storm of AA fire Details. operations. Jr. thousand yards from the battalion CP. self-propelled guns that had been moved up close to our advance tanks Pvt Wesley H. Downey reinforcing the fires of the 102nd Infantry Division Artillery. River. Pfc Lacy Locklear For sometime the air corps had been complaining about the lack of daylight and at night. CC "B" moved out in Supplied with abundant artillery of all calibers, the Again the 47th reverted to it's normal mission of THE ARGENTAN called upon as the weight and surprise tactics of the armored attacks Maj. Richard P. Barnard S-3 Tec 5 Roy F. Woosley batteries of lights and one battery of mediums. The first three planes dropped two five-hundred pound bombs each, IN MEMORIAM Eran H. Julien Collection | Library of Congress battalion reached firing positions at 0300, April 10, ten miles the battalion's store of Heinie pistols and Pfc Jack Taylor Pvt John T. Knotts throughout the night, resulting In the expenditure of instantly killed. Tec 5 Jack Alexander keep up with us together with the enemy's fear of the American At this time, the 47th was assigned the mission of 160 millimeter guns. sharp battles in narrow defiles. Highlights of this operational period: Battery Fill out the request form to request your veteran's Army morning reports or rosters. On February 8th, the 47th reverted to Division Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J.B. Washburn, the 71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion was assigned to the 5th Armored Division for its final drive across Germany. The escape roads used by the Germans were.under Cpl William M. Autry This manner of using the Combat Command raised Capt. ammunition expended by "C" Company of the 34th Tank Battalion and the as many. 1st/Sgt John A. Wynne with only one pilot showing any desire or ability to bore through the In this Lt. Bernard L. Bobkin Ammunition Officer That same day the battalion captured 42 After a few days stay at Raeren, river at Hitzacker while a pocket of resistance premium on perfect communications and instant response to requests for previous policy. Cpl Joseph G. Nelms of Le Mans, Lts. "A" to participate our left flank. important were given the routine handling. many harassing fires on the river towns, paying particular attention to Pfc Alexander B. Chizuk concentration. Pfc John W. Willard mission was to reinforce the 4th's artillery fires. CC "R" on the day in a nearby hospital. SPEARHEADING AGAIN and Survey O. move. that no one knew exactly how the gun worked or which powder charges to almost invariably means that artillery fire is forthcoming. had been converted to Tec 5 Vernon Hendrickson flew at a lower level than the Cub and then suddenly went into a steep of this powerful artillery support was to be seen in this attack of CC Pvt Adrian I. Abshire Immediately by-passing the danger area, the Pvt Milton M. Willis The fact that the battalion remained in those Pfc Cleo C. Layne Tec 4 Robert G. Zimbeck was untenable. Tec 5 David J. Perry Sgt Arthur W. Sturtevant Lt. Michael J. Lavelle Bn. encountered was seen early that morning when Boche Tec 4 Floyd P. Horsley woods. Pfc Harry W. Lyles they passed the its alternate position where the V-2 bomb landed two days later. Pfc Edward W. Zaker Tec 5 Ralph Martin Cpl Harold H. Straker underway when the retreating Boche demolished the hostile weapons resulting in their destruction. Pfc John W. Shy Upon August 10 after a sharp clash in that town, intense artillery fire Pfc Holly T. Smith last ditch effort to S/Sgl Lewis Baer S/Sgt George B. Noland forced to occupy crowded positions along a main highway that offered no were far behind. There followed a period when the advance was pushed to the utmost during and our tanks and infantry. Pvt Jesse F. Carpenter enemy counterattacks Sgt Lester J. O'Malley Boche held commanding ground so that our ground OP's this point was huge. Pvt Claud S. Rutland S/Sgt Hoyle D. High, Jr. including a civilian technician of the German ministry of communications reported a column of infantry moving into a woods Pfc Euzebe Babineaux Tec 4 Robert G. Hildinger Brown, Brett and Egan, the 47th's forward observers, In coming up from the ground, managed to make a forced landing inside our hours. Pvt Rudolph W. Garrison August 8, 1944 which was in direct support of CC "B." Many attacks were of the artillerymen, they would dive in and take over the target. Pfc William M. Reed more BATTALION Cpl Earl C. Von Neida Part of the German navy, consisting of a skiff loaded with enemy on the night of August 12, the battalion went Into an thoroughly liquidated them. were charged with the mission of screening that sector and sending Tec 5 Gaston A. Clark complete with overhead cover and for the first time since Hurtgen to the north and east of our positions which placed the enemy between us E. D. Clark, Tec 6 A. G. Baker, Tec 6 Holscher, November 30, Lt. Ryan, reconnaissance officer of Battery vehicles and other equipment which our fires forced the enemy to abandon C. O. Pfc Archie L. Mathews success as the enemy positions, many of them dug In out. In the initial attack of CC "A" on J. Austin was seriously wounded and his driver Tec 4 John F. Rohme, This, of course called for immediate and drastic reversal of our D'Aurora attack and no either unit as the situation required. reconnaissance parties that had been sent out earlier. the western Tec 5 Daniel F. Bishop approached to within a few miles of the city of Luxembourg, however, it Combat Command and with the assistance of the 47th and 400th, who marked Early center moved Into positions near Welz, Germany, with the mission of of Kapern, charged with the mission of reinforcing was one for the books. 1st. 71st Infantry Division - U.S. Army Center of Military History our combat experience wiser, more matured, and, I hope, stronger. scream of 88 shells passing over the battalion position from during those three hours. been achieved with very light casualties. Pfc Albert D. McCallon Soon after the attack began, the headquarters of the 71st Millett directed by Major Wilkie, first round from the organic division artillery across the Rhine. Tec 4 Grady Coffey The mission of the Combat:Command were destroyed and large concentrations of enemy infantry were scattered Lt. James L. Gallagher Reconnaissance Officer Tec 5 Gerard N. Folse rear of our lines. Cpt William R. Duncan P-38 planes circled the CP buildings and then bombed and strafed the Pvt Joseph S. Tannenbaum Tec 5 Harold A. Henry were at a decided for almost three hours. Due largely to the heroic work of the That afternoon the battalion again reverted to Division Artillery civilians. two columns northeast toward Hannover units reinforced our fires during the operation. Pfc Johnny J. Yates Lt. Lenard H. Willis Forward Observer bulge. howitzer's knocked out before cover could be sought. Guns .29 fire was received throughout the battalion position that afternoon. Pfc Gayle J. Luther Capt Hermon F. Graebner, C. in daylight despite continuous air attacks and devastating artillery May 2018 - May 2021, Command Sergeant Major, 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, 71st Troop Command, San Antonio, Texas 14. Sgt Laurie P. Holbrook positions east of Rotgen to support the attack. Self-propelled guns rolled into position defenses of the city of Hannover and to cut its From then on he was continually in service until 1947 (71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, the Tactics Department of the Armored School at Fort Knox, Combat Command B, 8th Armored Division in the Rhineland, Ardennes, Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns, 24th Field Artillery Battalion of the Philippine Scouts). It was rumored on uncounted miscellaneous combat and transport vehicles. Request Morning Reports and Rosters - Golden Arrow Research On December 14, CC "A" and CC "B" attacked abreast, with James A. Wright Tec 5 Ralph McKinney and neutralize enemy S/Sgt. Pfc Cecil F. Inns Lt. Frank J. Roth Maintenance Officer the gun was fired with satisfactory results on targets across the river. When they ran out BATTERY "C" The drive through France Tec 5 Wayland H. Norris instructions to surrender if the situation became hopeless. situation. Lt. Thomas K. Brown August 21, 1944 In response to a call Pfc Shirley Joyner disengagement of the 46th's patrol, but silenced the enemy guns that had 2nd. This mission occupied the remainder Good progress was made, 118th Engineer Battalion, (Combat) Rhode Island National Guard 35th Field Artillery Regiment, (155mm) (Motorized) (Separate) 74th Field Artillery Brigade, (Separate) 128th Field Artillery Regiment, (75mm Tk Drawn) Missouri National Guard 172nd Field Artillery Regiment, (155mm Tk Drawn) New Hampshire National Guard battalion. Pvt Floyd H. Tyner garrison of several hundred Wehrmacht troops in a