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62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion – The Story of the 62nd         

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Contents:

A Blizzard in Battle
Poem by Dave Atherton

To the Men of the Sixty-Second
By C. Capers Smith, M.D., James W. Bowman

Introduction

Forward

The Story of the Sixty-Second
     Activation . . . February 10, 1941
     “From the President of the United States; “Greetings” . . . March 12, 1941 to March 22, 1941
     Louisiana Maneuvers . . . August, September 1941
     “Go ‘Way, Old Man!” . . . November 1941
     Sale of One Popular Song Stops Suddenly . . . December 7, 1941
     New Battalion Commander . . . December 14, 1941
     “California, Here I Come” . . . April 11, 1942
     Transcontinental Train Ride . . . August 28, 1942
     Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia . . . September 4, 1942
     Camp Kilmer, New Jersey . . . October 11, 1942
     Farewell to a Lovely Lady . . . November 1, 1942
     Aboard Ship . . . November 2, to November 19, 1942  (Santa Elena)
     Disembarkation . . . November 19, 1942
     Casablanca . . . November 1942
     Casablanca Conference . . . January 11, to January 27, 1943
     Life in a Cork Forest—Rabat . . . February 15, 1943
     Trek to Tebessa—1250 Miles . . . March 9, 1943
     Messerschmitt Lane . . . March 17, 18, 19, 1943
     We Leave for Algeria . . . April 15, 1943
     62nd Fires Last Combat Rounds in North Africa . . . May 6 and 7, 1943
     Move to Mateur, Tunisia . . . May 11, 1943
     Battalion Moves to Gastu, Algeria . . . May 18 to 21, 1943
     Battalion Moves to El Alia, Tunisia, Near Bizerte . . . June 16, 1943
     D-Day, Sicily . . . July 10, 1943
     62nd in Palermo Drive . . . July 22, 1943
     We Find Troina is Tough . . . August 3, 1943
     Battalion Moves Near Trabia . . . September 8, 1943
     Battalion Boards H. M. T. Aorangi . . . November 17, 1943
     Disembarkation (Glasgow) . . . December 9, 1943
     Banbury, England . . . December 10, 1943
     Camp Piddlehinton . . . February 29, 1944
     LSTs Boarded . . . May 31, 1944 (LST 403 and LST 406)
     Entire Assault Group Boarded (LSTs 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, APA 1, APA 2, and LSI 1)
     Off at Last . . . June 5, 1944
     Move Near Caumont . . . June 12, 1944
     Day of the Breakthrough . . . July 25, 1944
     Massive Armored Push Begins . . . July 27, 1944 (to End of War)
     Last Days of War . . . May 1945
(The history covers almost a daily action report of the unit and is made brief here)

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