Description

773rd Field Artillery Battalion – Hi-Chief – April 1, 1943 – May 8, 1945

Printed by A. Roßbach, Eschwege, Germany         

68 Pages scanned

Note: The quality of the paper used in this unit history was probable due to all that was available to the German printer at the time.

Contents:

In Memorium
     S/Sgt. Charles W. Allen
     T/5 Thomas E. Armstrong
     Pfc Albert Orsat
     Pfc Delbert E. Webster
     Pfc Theodore Devillez
     Pvt. John Stanfield

To the Reader:
By 1st Lt. George A. Carter Jr. and CWO Robert R. Urban

Unit History
     1. Lone Star Summer
     2. Louisiana Winter
     3. P.O.M.
     4. On the Way
     5. Combat – ETOUSA
     6. La Guerre Est Fini (For Us)

Home Addresses:
773d Field Artillery Battalion Home Addresses of Officers
     Headquarters Battery 773d Field Artillery Battalion Home Addresses of Enlisted Men
     Battery “A” 773d Field Artillery Battalion Home Addresses of Enlisted Men
     Battery “B” 773d Field Artillery Battalion Home Addresses of Enlisted Men
     Battery “C” 773d Field Artillery Battalion Home Addresses of Enlisted Men
     Service Battery 773d Field Artillery Battalion Home Addresses of Enlisted Men
     Medical Detachment 773d Field Artillery Battalion Home Addresses of Enlisted Men

The 773D In Combat:

Assigned To:
     Third United States Army
     First United States Army

Attached to:
     Seventh United States Army
     First French Army
     XX Army Corps
     XXI Army Corps
     II French Artillery Corps
     V Army Corps

Field Artillery Groups to Which Attached:
     40th Field Artillery Group
     195th Field Artillery Group
     204th Field Artillery Group

Divisions Supported during Combat:
     5th Infantry – (Verdun-Metz)
     7th Armored – (Moselle Bridgehead-Metz)
     90th Infantry – (Koenigsmacher, Merzig, Dillingen)
     3rd Infantry – (Colmar Pocket)
     28th Infantry – (Colmar Pocket)
     75th Infantry – (Colmar Pocket)
     95th Infantry – (Metz, Saarlautern)
     94th Infantry – (Saar-Moselle triangle)
     10th Armored – (Merzig)

Commanding Officers of 773 FA Bn
     Lt. Col. Howard C. Page
     Major Baldwin Wylie
     Major John W. Childress