Description

Thirty-Eighth Field Artillery Battalion – Steel Behind the Rock          60 Pages

Printed by 656th Engineering Topographic Battalion

Contents:

The Coat of Arms

Dedication

1918 – 1940 Organization and Reactivation
1940 – 1942 Fort Sam Houston, TX
1942 – 1943 Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
1943 – 1944 Markethill, Ireland
19 April – 2 June, 1944 Wales

The Campaigns
     Normandy 7 June – 27 July
     Northern France 25 July – 14 September
     The Rhineland 30 Sept – 15 Dec
     The Ardennes 16 Dec – 25 Jan
     The Rhineland (Again) 26 Jan – 21 Mar
     Central Europe 22 March – 8 May

Joe Poremba – The 12 Year Old Polish Mascot

Awards
     Silver Star
     Air Medal
     Croix De Guerre
     Military Medal
     Order of Luxembourg

Stations

Roster
     Officers
     Headquarters Battery
     Battery “A”
     Battery “B”
     Battery “C”
     Service Battery

The Thirty-Eighth Field Artillery Battalion Attached to:
     The Thirty-Eighth Regimental Combat Team
     The Second Infantry Division Artillery

Honor Roll – Fallen Soldiers
     Cpl. Lloyd L. Lawrence
     Pvt. George A. McFadden
     Sgt. Dale M. Roberts
     Pfc. Severin V. Pavlas
     Pvt. Glenn M. Rowe
     Pfc. Robert E. Rahn
     Pvt. Walter J. Clement
     Pfc. Clifford C. Niemesh
     Sgt. Charles L. Haywood
     Pvt. Nels A. W. Anderson
     T/5 Elmer L. Moore
     T/5 J. C. Robinson, Jr.
     Pvt. Antonio M. Pontes
     Pvt. C. W. Crabtree
     Pvt. John F. Knee
     Pvt. Edward L. Courtney
     Cpl. Lloyd G. Hughes
     Lt. George R. Astor
     Sgt. Moody C. Godwin
     S/Sgt. Edwin L. Boehmke
     Pfc. Leo E. Cheek
     Pfc. Walter Vogel
     Pfc. Russell J. Campbell
     Pvt. Claude McCoy
     Pvt. Howard O. White
     Pfc. Otha Claunch
     Pvt. A. N. Willoughby, Jr.
     T/4 Clinton J. Poole
     Lt. Joseph M. Kenny

Maps