Description

278th Field Artillery Battalion Goes to War

May 6, 1943 – May 8, 1945

Printed by Imprimerie Frémont Verdun, France

Lt. Col. Varley H. Taylor, Commanding

To the Officers and men of the 278th Field Artillery Battalion
By Lt. Col. Varley H. Taylor

History
      The 278th is Born and Grows
      Green Joes Shock Golden Wheat
      Way Out West in Kansas
      From Peashooter to Blunderbuss
      Bon Voyage
      England, you cawn’t miss it, you know
      Northern France Campaign – a cook’s tour through Normandy and       Points East
      Laid and ready to fire, at last
      Rhineland Campaign, Nancy – Chambrey
      The Six Weeks Positions
      Battle of Snow and Mud
      278th Stays with the Neighbors
      Colmar
      The Campaign for Central Europe
      Liberate and Run

Commendations

Deaths in the European Theater

Awards and Decorations

Rosters
      Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
      Medical Detachment
      Battery “A”
      Battery “B”
      Battery “C”
      Service Battery