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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.
"Combat Command B. 7th Armored Division, composed of the following units: Headquarters and Headquarters Company; 17th Tank Battalion; 31st Tank Battalion; 23d Armored Infantry Battalion; 38th Armored Infantry Battalion; 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized (less Troop D); 275th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; 434th Armored Field ...
40th Field Artillery Regiment. 1st Battalion is a basic combat training battalion, assigned to the 434th Field Artillery Brigade, stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma [15] 41st Field Artillery Regiment. 1st Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 1st Armored BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia; 77th Field ...
33rd Armored Engineer Battalion 87th Cavalry Recon Squadron, Mech. 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion 820th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 25–30 December) 203rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 147th Armored Signal Company 30th Infantry ("Old Hickory") Division Major General Leland S. Hobbs 117th, 119th, and 120th Infantry Regiments
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 ...
The battalion was assigned to the Motorized Brigade "Friuli" and consisted of a command, a command and services company, three motorized companies, and a heavy mortar company with towed with 120mm Mod. 63 mortars. At the time the battalion fielded 844 men (41 officers, 94 non-commissioned officers, and 709 soldiers).
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
Artillery–155mm: 185th Field Artillery Battalion 88th Infantry "Cloverleaf" Division Major General Paul W. Kendall Deputy: Brig. Gen. James C. Fry Infantry: 349th, 350th, 351st Infantry Regiments Artillery–105mm: 337th, 338th, 913th Field Artillery Battalions Artillery–155mm: 339th Field Artillery Battalion 91st Infantry "Wild West" Division