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183rd Field Artillery
76th Field Artillery Brigade • World War II •

110 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview:
Published in 1941 by The Army and Navy Publishing Company as a pictorial “History in Pictures” of the 76th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming, this volume opens with letters from Brigadier General Lloyd E. Jones, Colonel Samuel D. Hays and Lieutenant Colonel Frank E. Meek. Its core is the 183rd Field Artillery (155-mm. howitzer), an Idaho National Guard regiment converted from the 116th Cavalry in September 1940, inducted into Federal service on April 1, 1941, and concentrated at Fort Warren two weeks later. It traces the regiment’s lineage back to the First Idaho Cavalry of 1920, recounts the history of Fort Warren, illustrates gunnery, field and camp training, and presents every battery with officer portraits and named enlisted rosters, closing with the brigade’s new Provisional Antitank Battalion formed in July 1941. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original publication.

Campaigns: None in combat (prewar mobilization, 1941); Federal induction at home stations, April 1, 1941; concentration and training at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming; Fourth Army Maneuvers at Fort Lewis, Washington (Antitank Battalion, August–September 1941)

Commanders: Brig. Gen. Lloyd E. Jones (76th Field Artillery Brigade); Col. Samuel D. Hays (183rd Field Artillery); Lt. Col. Frank H. Townley, Jr. (First Battalion); Lt. Col. Lou J. Farber (Second Battalion); Lt. Col. Frank E. Meek (Provisional Antitank Battalion)

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Letter from Brigadier General Lloyd E. Jones
76th Field Artillery Brigade Staff
History of the 76th Field Artillery Brigade
Brigade Headquarters
Headquarters Battery, 76th Field Artillery Brigade
Story of Fort Francis E. Warren
Letter from Colonel Samuel D. Hays
183rd Field Artillery Staff
Insignia
History of the 183rd Field Artillery
Training and Medical Department Photographs
183rd in the Field
Headquarters Battery, 183rd Field Artillery
Regimental Band
First Battalion Staff
Headquarters Battery, First Battalion
Service Battery, First Battalion
Battery A
Battery B
Battery C
Second Battalion Staff
Headquarters Battery, Second Battalion
Service Battery, Second Battalion
Battery D
Battery E
Battery F
Medical Detachment
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Frank E. Meek
Antitank Battalion Staff
History of the Antitank Battalion
Antitank Battalion in the Field
Headquarters Battery, Antitank Battalion
Antitank Battery A
Antitank Battery B
Antitank Battery C
Antitank Battery D

“Let us all go forward energetically, striving to make our Regiment one of the best, remembering that knowledge begets confidence and respect.”
— Colonel Samuel D. Hays, Commanding 183rd Field Artillery