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The 87th was moving into Germany when, on 16 December 1944, German Field Marshal Von Rundstedt launched his offensive in the Ardennes forest (Battle of the Bulge). The Division was placed in SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) reserve, 24–28 December, then thrown into the Bulge battle in Belgium, 29 December.
93rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP) ... 87th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company (Field Artillery) ... Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson in heavy cruiser ...
321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Edward L. Carmichael; 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Benjamin Weisberg; 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Clarence F. Nelson; 81st Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion: Maj. X. B. Cox, Jr. 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion: Lt Col. John C. Pappas (KIA 13 June 44)
As the men prepared to enter German-occupied Belgium, the 759th Light Tank Battalion, the 635th Tank-Destroyer Battalion (Self-Propelled), and the 87th Armored Field Artillery Battalion were attached to the 4th MCG, giving it the firepower of a light armored brigade.
1st Field Artillery Regiment. 4th Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 3rd Armored BCT, 1st Armored Division, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas [1] 2nd Field Artillery Regiment. 2nd Battalion is a training support battalion assigned to the 428th Field Artillery Brigade, stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma [2] 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
The Field Artillery Branch is the field artillery branch of the United States Army.This branch, alongside the infantry and cavalry branches, was formerly considered to be one of the "classic" combat arms branches (defined as those branches of the army with the primary mission of engaging in armed combat with an enemy force), but is today included within the "Maneuver, Fires and Effects" (MFE ...
On April 19, 1945, the cache was found by a unit of the advancing U.S. Army, the 87th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, and placed under guard. [2] In June, church authorities complained that eight precious objects were missing. [3]
Enlisted cadre from 18th Provisional Antitank Battalion (77th and 142nd Field Artillery Regiments and 71st, 72nd, and 83rd Field Artillery Battalions); officer cadre from 77th, 142nd, and 349th Field Artillery Regiments 819th: 1 June 1942, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas: 2 November 1945, Palau: 21: M10: Cadre from 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion 820th