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243rd Field Artillery Battalion
• World War II •
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This short unit history traces the 243rd Field Artillery Battalion from its August 1941 activation at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, through coastal defense duty, re-equipping with the 8-inch gun, and eight months of combat in the European Theater — including St. Malo, Brest, Metz, and the drive to the Rhine — to its final occupation duties in Germany. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original document.

Campaigns: St. Malo, Brest, Metz, Thionville, Saarlautern, Dillingen, Ensdorf, Saarbrücken, Moselle-Saar Triangle, Ardennes, Saar River, Rhine River.

Commanders: Lt. Col. Hardin, Lt. Col. Joseph G. Hucks, Maj. Garell Burgoon.

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Activation and Training at Camp Shelby
Coastal Defense Duty, Eastern Defense Command
Re-equipping with the 8-Inch Gun at Fort Bragg
Movement to England
Normandy and the Drive on St. Malo
Direct Fire on the Citadel
Siege of Brest
The March to Metz and the XX Corps Front
Thionville and the Drive to the Saar
The Saar Offensive
The Battle of the Bulge
Crossing the Rhine and Occupation Duty

“It fought under two armies and four corps, gave support to 16 Infantry Divisions, four Armored Divisions, two cavalry squadrons and two Ranger Battalions.”
— 243rd Field Artillery Battalion, Short History