Description

87TH ARMORED FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
• World War II •

246 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Compiled by officers of the battalion — with narrative and maps by Capt. Earl C. Schrader, editing by Capt. Ferd L. Moyse, and production by Capt. Murry Pauli — this unit history traces the 87th Armored Field Artillery Battalion from its 1940 activation in the Canal Zone through training in England, the Normandy landings, and its drive across France, the Ardennes, and Germany as a separate battalion attached in turn to airborne, armored, infantry, and cavalry commands. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime publication.

Campaigns: Normandy • Northern France • Ardennes-Alsace • Rhineland • Central Europe

Commanders: Maj. Michael Shea • Maj. Axel B. Devereaux • Maj. Douglas G. Dwyre • Lt. Col. George F. Barber • Maj. George A. Aubrey

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Acknowledgment
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
March Order
Normandy Invasion
Across France
Ardennes Campaign
Into Germany
Honorable Mention
Roster
Statistical Data

“No matter where you go let each remember with respect our gallant dead and say a prayer for them and their loved ones, to whom they can never return, because of their patriotism and sacrifice.”
— Col. John C. Macdonald, Commanding, 4th Cavalry Group, 16 June 1945