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71st Field Armored Artillery Battalion of the 5th Armored Division

The Story of the 71st Field Armored Artillery Battalion in the E.T.O.  “Fire Mission”

Contents:

To the Members of the 71st Armored F.A. Battalion
By I. B. Washburn, Lt. Col., F.A. Commanding

American 3d Army Masses in England
By T/4 Burch, “B” Battery

Patton Pours Armor Through St. Lo
By Pfc. Merrell, “C” Battery; Cpl. Wolkofsky, “C” Battery; Sgt. Wisnower, Hq Battery

German 7th Army Eliminated at Falaise
By Sgt. B. L. Smith, “C” Battery; Lt. Nicol, Liaison Pilot

5th Armored Battles Germans Along Seine
By Sgt. Conrad, Service Battery; Robert Fitzpatrick and Bert Johnson, “C” Battery; James D. Hardesty and Sam Cooper, “C” Battery; S/Sgt. Gregory, “C” Battery

Paris to Belgium in 4 Days
By T/4 Hudson, “A” Battery; Pvt. Ferguson, Hq Battery; Lt. Martin, Forward Observer; S/Sgt. Clarence C. Demlow, “A” Battery; Pvt. Feguson, Hq Battery

Battles Rage as Reich is Entered
By Lt. McWain, Observer; T/4 Frank Clayton, “B” Battery; T/5 Dale Wark, HQ Battery; Cpl. Rubel, Hq Battery; 1st Lt. Floyd, Battalion S-2; Lt. Martin, Forward Observer; 1st Lt. Spencer Floyd, Battalion S-2; Sgt. Evans, “A” Battery; Lt. Beaupre, Service Battery; S/Sgt. Ceruti, Hq Battery; T/4 Hudson, “A” Battery; T/3 Entz, Medical Detachment; T/4 Robinson, Medical Detachment; Pfc. Griffith, HQ Battery

Front Stabilizes as Winter Comes
By Cpl. Persikini, “A” Battery; Pfc. Marengello, “A” Battery

Hurtgen — Two Weeks of Hell!
By T/5 Burrell, “A” Battery; T/5 Hopkins, Hq Battery; Sgt. Haley, “B” Battery; Sgt. Conrad, Service Battery; Pfc. Slaff, “A” Battery

Simpson’s 9th Drives to Rhine
By Capt. Smithers, “A” Battery; Cpl. Fitzpatrick, “C” Battery; Lt. Hauenschild, “A” Battery; Capt. Blackburn, “C” Battery; Sgt. McGlamery, Hq Battery; S/Sgt. Shultz, “B” Battery

Rat Race — Rhine to Weser
By T/5 Berns, Hq Battery; T/4 Bennett, Hq Battery; Cpl. Nichols, Medical Detachment; Lt. Kulhanck, “A” Battery; S/Sgt. William Dozard, “C” Battery; Cpl. Wolkofsky, “C” Battery; Cpl. Williamson, “C” Battery; Lt. Sorenson, Air Observer; Capt. Blackburn, “C” Battery; Pfc. Soloman, “C” Battery Aid Man

Finis La Guerre
By Sgt. Douglas, “C” Battery; Sgt. Werning, Hq Battery; Sgt. Henderson, “B” Battery; Lt. McWain, “A” Battery

“In Which We Served . . . “