397th AAA Battalion – On Review – Historiography (PDF)

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128 pages scanned
includes a glued in photo of soldiers in snow, also a person identified in two photos as Robbie – Robert H. Jackson

CONTENTS
Activation
Basic Training
Westhampton
Camp Edwards
Going Over
England
Invasion of France
Various Missions
Over the Rhine
Decoration-Citation Etc.
Epilogue

ILLUSTRATIONS
PASSING ‘IN REVIEW
LT. COL. THOMAS J. HAGGERTY
LT. COL. LESLIE J. STAUB
GRAVES OF NORMANDY
ON A THIRTY MILE HIKE
MESS HALL AT FORT SHERIDAN
GODD OLD A.D.G.l
CHOW TRUCK AT EDITHON BEACH
STACK ARMS WAS THE ORDER
TEST PROBLEM PRISONERS
BATTALION BRIDGE BUILDERS
TRUCKS FOR KENOSHA WISCONSIN
ON THE PARADE GROUND, FORT SHERIDAN
TENT CITY
GOING OVER ON THE S. S. EXCELLS1OR
STAIRWAY TO THE ABBY. WHITBY, ENGLAND.
THEY LANDED AT H’ HOUR ON OMAHA BEACH
THE CONCRETE CAISSONS THAT FORMED THE MAIN DEEPWATER BREAK
WATER, NORMANDY
THE MEN AWAIT THE CALL TO ACTION STATIONS
BLOCKSHIPS, UTAH BEACH, NORMANDY
INNER SECTOR OF THE PREFABRICATED HARBOR
AFTER THE STORM HAD SWEPT THE COAST OF NORMANDY
BLOCKSHIPS AT OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY
YOU CAN’T STOP WASH DAY
CHOW TRUCK TIME WAS THE BIG MOMENT
A PARIS INTERLUDE
NAZI PRISONERS FLOOD THE ROAD
THEY BROKE THE OUTER DEFENSES OF THE ZIGFRIED LINE
PLANE WRECK AT THE AIRPORT
BUZZ BOMBS AT BUZZ BOMB ALLEY
TANKS MOVING UP IN THE BATTLE BULGE
BOMBS AND ARTILLERY HAD HIT VENLO, HOLLAND
ERNIE PYLE BRIDGE AT DUSSELDORF
THE HOME OF THE ENEMY
THE BRIDGE WAS GONE AT WESEL
NAZI PLANES COME DOWN TO ROAST
CHURCH SERVICE ON THE FIELD ON V.E. DAY
THE BATTALION REMEMBERS ITS DEAD, V.E. DAY
CROW STOP ALONG THE WAY
THE AUTOBAHNS WERE SMOOTH
K. P. WAS AT LAST OVER—FRUITS OF VICTORY
THE GUNS WERE TURNED INTO HEADQUARTERS
THEY AWAIT THE TRUCKS
THE BOB HOPE SHOW WAS ON
CHOW BESIDE THE PASS TRUCKS TO CHAMINIX, FRANCE
DAUCHAU WAS OPEN TO INSPECTION
WORD CAME TO TURN IN ALL VEHICLES
BESIDE THE 40 & 8s FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP HOME
ALEX THE GOOSE WITH SADSACK A GIRL FRIEND
MANY A PUP WAS LEFT BEHIND
THE HARBOR AT LE HAVRE
ABOARD THE SEA CAT BOUND FOR HOME
FIRST SIGHT OF THE OLD U.S.A
SILVER STAR AWARD
THE 40 MM GUN
THE M-51
DOC MARTIN