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Battery C, 357th AAA Searchlight Battalion
357th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion • World War II •
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Document Overview

Compiled in September 1945 by the officers and enlisted men of Battery “C” and finally edited and published at Gottingen, Germany under 1st Lt. Reinhardt, this is the unit history of Battery C, 357th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion. It traces the battery from its February 1943 activation at Camp Stewart, Georgia, through overseas service defending Liege, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, and duty across France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, closing with a roster and an in memoriam for a fallen comrade. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original booklet.

Campaigns: Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge, defense of Liege, Belgium); antiaircraft searchlight and radar operations across France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.

Commanders: Capt. Carl H. Rietschel (Commanding Officer, Battery C).

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Summary
Battery History
1st Platoon History
Liege Advance Party
2nd Platoon History
Operations
IFF
Paris
Brussels
Chamonix
In Memoriam
Roster

“We all know that we may seldom see each other — but we will never FORGET YOU… Many pleasant memories to you — Old ‘Buddy’ of yesterday.”
— Dedication, Battery “C,” 357th A.A.A. Sit. Bn.