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133d AAA Gun Battalion
Antiaircraft Artillery, European Theater of Operations • World War II •
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Document Overview
Written by the men of the 133d AAA Gun Battalion and published in Munich, Germany in July 1945, this unit history is dedicated to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and, with a foreword by Lt. Col. John S. Mayer, traces the battalion from its activation in June 1943 through training at Camp Edwards and Fort Bragg, its Utah Beach landing and defense of Cherbourg, service in Luxembourg, and its advance into Germany, closing with battery-by-battery photo sections and a list of awards. This listing is for a digital download of a scanned copy of the original photo-illustrated volume.

Campaigns: Normandy — Utah Beach landing and the defense of Cherbourg; France — Mourmelon le Grand and the defense of Reims; Luxembourg; the advance into occupied Germany (1944–1945).

Commanders: Lt. Col. John S. Mayer (Commanding Officer); Lt. Col. Joseph P. Shumate; Maj. Walter H. Beal (Executive Officer); Maj. William Watson.

Unit paper: unknown

Table of Contents
Foreword
Activation
Camp Edwards
Fort Bragg
P.O.E.
England
France… Utah Beach—Cherbourg
Now When We Were Trucking
France… Cherbourg—Mourmelon le Grand
Les Enfants de la Battalion
Luxembourg
Germany
Flaktivities
Awards
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
A Battery
B Battery
C Battery
D Battery

“I have every reason to state that the AAA defenses of Reims are in excellent hands. The state of training, alertness, military courtesy and discipline of this unit is not only superior, but phenomenal.”
— quoted from an inspection report to the Commanding General, Oise Base Section