Description

117th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
 • World War II •
72 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Compiled by the officers and men of the 117th AAA Gun Battalion and produced with the Antiaircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis, North Carolina, this unit history chronicles the battalion’s activation on March 20, 1943, and its stateside training at Camp Davis, covering the AAA School, camp life, battery rosters and personnel, the Medical Detachment, and Chaplain’s activities. This listing is for a digital download of a scanned copy of the original photo-illustrated volume.

Campaigns: Stateside organization and training at Camp Davis, North Carolina (1943); no combat or overseas campaigns are recorded in this volume.

Commanders: Lt. Col. Joseph W. Morgan (Commanding Officer, 117th AAA Gun Bn.); Colonel Clement F. Hetty (Commanding, 20th AAA Group); Brig. Gen. Bryan L. Milburn (Commandant, AAA School); Capt. William C. Snyder (Headquarters Battery); Capt. Francis N. Robinson (Battery A); Capt. Leon A. LeClerc (Battery B); Capt. Alfred C. Wilckens (Battery C); Capt. Louis A. Schultz (Medical Detachment).

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
The Antiaircraft Artillery School
Camp Davis, North Carolina
Wilmington, North Carolina
Headquarters, 117th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
Headquarters Battery
Battery A
Battery B
Battery C
Battery D
Medical Detachment
Chaplain’s Activities
Work, Play and Relaxation
Former Members of the 117th AAA Gun Battalion

“I am positive that each and every one will continue, to that end, to show the same willingness, the same sense of duty and the same fine spirit that has carried the 117th along so well.”
— Lt. Col. Joseph W. Morgan, Commanding Officer

Editor: Master Sergeant Louis O. McGrath

Editor – Master Sergeant Louis O. McGrath
Editorial Staff – T/4 Gr. Charles R. Whiting, Pfc. Jack Reichman
Photographic Staff – T/5 Gr. Morton Kaye, Tech. Sgt. Carl R. Smith, Sgt. Leo J. Lent
Advisor – Second Lieutenant Robert E. Ewing