WWII 230th Field Artillery Battalion 30th Infantry On The Way Military Book /Map

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1942WWII 230th Field Artillery Battalion 30th Infantry On The Way Military Book /Map
Lots of info on WWII arty, many cartoons. Cartoon GIs driving German tank. Has very large foldout map in back. Omaha Beach, Belgium The Bulge, Holland, Rhine, awesome map.
Printed in Germany
“ON THE WAY”
A historical narrative
of the
Two-Thirtieth Field Artillery Battalion
Thirtieth Infantry Division
16 FEBRUARY 1942
T O
8 MAY 1945
FOREWARD
Great deeds are done by skilful and courageous men who have disciplined
themselves to work together and sacrifice together through hardship and adversity
endeavoi. We embarked a year ago on the fight to preserve the freedom
of our Country, in the firm conviction that this Division would make a bold mark in
the history of warfare; its performance in the historic battles of the arduous cam-
paign from Normandy to the Elbe fully justified that faith.
We of this Battalion are extremely fortunate in having been teamed for com-
bat with a glorious Infantry Regiment which counts few equals in skill and valor.
Long ago we took as our soldier’s creed an obligation to expend in training and on
the battlefield whatever of our time and talent and effort and blood could make
]ess costly the bitter task of the Doughboy; and our greatest satisfaction can come
in the knowledge that by faithful adherence to that creed we have averted hundreds
of American casualties and earned for ourselves a place in the very highest ranks of
the American Artillery, for which our foe had such a profound respect. Each member
of the Battalion has a full share in the tactical skill which kept our guns continually
ready and able to fire, the courage and high devotion to duty which kept our obser-
vation and liaison parties in position to direct the fire, and the technical proficiency
which placed the fire rapidly and accurately in the proper places. The fury of that
fire enabled our Infantry to repulse many vicious counter-attacks and to mount what
may well be a record number of gallant and victorious assaults on a skilful and
desperate enemy.
We have dedicated our memories and this narrative to our fallen comrades, and
all of us must also feel a tacit dedication to those of our Infantrymen by whose
supreme sacrifice the essential victory was so dearly won. Nor shall we ever forget
the fortitude of our seriously wounded whose contribution to success was so much
greater than that of the rest of us.
To each soldier of the Battalion I acknowledge a debt of sincerest gratitude for
his part in making it the finest command one could have had and extend the ardent
wish that all the good things for which he fought may be his.
CONTENTS
PART ONE
Ancestry and Early History_________
Activation and Training_____________
We Sail.........................
Training in England_______________
D-day plus Four.................
PART TWO
With the 29th Division.............
Back to the 30th.................
St. Lo Breakthrough...............
Mortain.......................
North to Domfront...............
North to the Seine.............
Belgium.....................
Holland.......................
Through the Siegfried Line ....
The Drive to the Roer___________
The Battle of the Bulge___________
Across the Roer_______________
We go into Hiding_______________
From the Rhine to the Elbe ....
PART THREE
Battalion Records_______________
Commendations_________________
Battalion Roster_____________
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