Description

441ST AAA AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BATTALION (SP)
3rd Infantry Division • World War II •

112 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview:
Written after V-E Day by Major Albert E. Martin, the only officer to serve with the battalion from activation to war’s end, this history follows the 441st AAA AW Battalion (SP) from its activation at Camp Stewart, Georgia, in June 1942 through amphibious training, the assault landings in Sicily with the 45th Infantry Division, and nearly two years of combat attached to the 3rd Infantry Division in Italy, at Anzio, in Southern France, the Vosges, the Colmar Pocket, and across Germany to Berchtesgaden. It records the battalion’s air-defense kills, its pioneering shift to close infantry support with its half-track “flak-tracks,” and includes the War Department Distinguished Unit Citation, a full awards roster, and a battalion roster with home addresses. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original unit history.

Campaigns: Sicily • Southern Italy (Salerno, Volturno, Mignano) • Anzio–Rome • Southern France • Vosges • Colmar Pocket • Siegfried Line • Central Germany (Nürnberg, Munich, Berchtesgaden)

Commanders: Lt. Col. Eugene M. Anderson • Lt. Col. Harry W. Lins • Lt. Col. Clifton L. MacLachlan • Lt. Col. Thomas H. Leary

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
In Memoriam: Honor Roll of the Battalion Dead
Introduction
War Department General Orders No. 44: Battle Honors (Distinguished Unit Citation)
3d Infantry Division Commendation
Battalion History
Awards Roster
Battalion Roster: Headquarters Battery
Medical Detachment
Battery “A”
Battery “B”
Battery “C”
Battery “D”
Officers Roster

“No officer can write a history of a military unit unless all the men of that unit have made history.” — Major Albert E. Martin, Introduction