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o MTH ARDED J'IILD ARTlLIBlY BATTAIJDR.\

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_D i "AW.. B7 27P255 .JUDI 194.4, unit was in poaitlon in rioinit7 et". f.'Aaift............n 1 1 ~ W'IlIIN i t n,ma1D1Ci ual;U 28J.500 J'uIII 19M.. . At 272110 JUDI 0.'... .. I I I I l 1 . : ~ ... burst in __ of Cl' 1 I i ~ h Do ~ 8 0 D 1 8 1 ouual.t:1u ~ o. wht.IniJ.Gi " ' ~ , ' . ' : . : ~ ~ .. , ~f '" . ". " '. ; ,,' . . " . ' : .. '/: S., A:t 2EROOO Juna 19M, 10 l11aswtti b7 Srd Al"a4'edDi'f'1e.t.on1.J't,1lle.7,C".. ~ < ; / , . > .- I I i (attacbtd and marmd Kxb1bit -AW). B7'28lMO l1uIa at ... . ... ' ~ ; : I : ~ ~ ; ~ .. . . . . . .read7 to tin about -1 Idle north ~ CoUYaiIll . B1cUtzaf . lon_Ja7 ~ l i ~ . " ... ' ~ " ,duriIg the night; At 290630 the two. torw*ti O b D l l ' ~ . iD.fIIid1.ua . .... , : ~ . ' " . : ~ 0;, . .their supported units of T n ot Combat Coaand ftAw..At 0'lIO " " ~ . ~ _ . . ~ ; \ ~ \ /l1tted am a l l m ts openad. At 0950 tba fkst. , .....tioD ~ : ~ 1 : ' ~ . ,.':,;. , 90minued throtthout 29 am SO Jum (s.e attacbad B-1. fart ~ __ l i " ' : ~ t ~ t : ;"aft). . .).' . .t(. ria ~ u t . ioD ' " r/roU.a 1I1t.h - -.,u..... l i t. .:il.ttbattery t i re was encoWJtered.. Om cuual t7, 2nd Lt. T u u B ~ ~ ..., dDI: .. ,,'. ,#' '"was sUBtaiDld. L t. Barnas was shot ' b7s -U arms f ' 1 n . h U t ~ , . . .:.'. ~QbiNI ve:r in a LD-& airplaDl. uri. tba .nt: l:n action t . a t t a l 1 o n ~ . [t .. :.., I _ . ~

.:'.'; .~ a g . d in CoDUDaD:i LiGson with tba Combat Coimand.5 . Ifba action was sucC8saf'u1in l 1 Q u . 1 . d a , t l ~ atba XIX Corps in tba 29th Infantry Division sector. to be highly satisfactory.

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SUBJECT: AClnOl'; AGiUNST END-IY, llliPCltTS A F r ~ a , l A F I ' J ; , ( AGII'IOU i . G P ' 0 d . T STO The Adjutant GerieraJ., Washington, D. C. tThrough Channels)

1 . In accordance AR345-l05 the follW'ing report is submitted:!! . Original Unit: 54th Armd. F. A. Bn., j rd A.D.b . Changes in organization: l ~ o n ec. Strength: I' July 1944 Off: 40

W/o: 3EM : 71931 July 1944 Off: 38w/o: 3EM : 108Normandy, Fr;=.nee

e . 1iarches: See Appendix No. 1 - Narrative report- ... ,. Campaigns: 'U ) Normandyl2) Entire mpnthUJ Secure mvasion beachhead and l iberate France(4) Firs t U. S. Army

Battles: See Appendi.l No.1 - Narrative report .h. Coxmnanding officers in impoz:tant engagements: Lt.Col. ~ J . )(oor.during entire period.i . Losses in action:

Pfe Bisel, lobert L. 9 JiLly 1944Pfe 1,icAnany, Cleo O. 11 July 1944Pfe Erhmantraut, Leo F. 10 July 1944Pfc Swain, Almon L. 28 July 1944 Tec 5 Leech, Glarence E 28 July 1944Pfe k lm, Entin 1 . 28 July 1944Pvt Anderson, ; ~ d : v { a r d H. 29 July 1944 '.Pv t Solomich, Charles :V. 30 July 1944Pvt Vunvannon, horman F. .>1 July 1944Pv t Holsclaw, Viillard H.. 31 July 1944

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APPEN DIX NO.1 lOAug44N P J ~ " A T I V E tiEPORT lt1)R IJ!ONTH OF JULy 1944

On 1 auly 1944 the Battalion was inposition m the Vil lars Fossard Sector of the XIX Corps Sector. A salient had just ' been reduced in the 29th Int. Div. Sector, CCA of the ,3rd A. D. providing the drive, this Battalion being :in direct support of the Combat Command. On 3 July 1944 the Battalion was dLsplacedto the vicinity of Le MDlay m the V Corps Sector to be in general support of the 2nd In f . Div. i f the occasion arose. However, unt i l 7 July 1944 the battalion remUned in somewhat an inactive status, keeping l ia ison with the 2nd In f . Div. but doing no f i r ing at a l l . On 7 July 1944 the iSattalion moved out to new positions in the vicini tyof the Airel Bridgehead where some f i r ing was done in general support of the

30th In f . Div. in the XIX Corps Sector. On8July 1944 about 2300 the battalionmoved acrossthe bridgehead a t Airel uneventfully and took new positions justacrossthe r iver . Considerable f i r ing was conducted from these positions andsome enemy ~ i l l e r y f ire 'was received. At one tm e a shell burst over theExecutive Half-track in C Battery area causing sl ight damage to the vehiclebut no personnel casualt ies although one man Vlas termed to have combat exhaustion-as a resul t of the burs t .On 10 July 1944 the Battalion moved to positions in the vicinity of. s t . aean de Daye. The Battalion was now in [;8neral 51 pport of the 9th Inf ,Div. On the morning of 11 July information of an enemy counter attack ,'n. tharmour and patrols was received and defensive l ines were immediately set up. against a possible break through. Defensive l ines consisted of bazooka

e m p l ~ c e m e n t s and machine gun nests assisted b,. men of the 9th Inf . Div.At 0705 of' the II July the Battalion area received some shelling from enemyar t i l le ry with no casualt ies. Again at about OU2\) more shelling was receiveda t which time one personnel casualt.y, Pvt. McAnany, was injured and evacuatedani s ix vehicles were damaged. The vehicles were quickly restored to runningorder. I t was l a t e r d i s c o v e : c ~ d thatthe shelling was intended to h it the townof S t. Jean de Daye but was fa l l ing mort . 'rhe counterattack was repulseda few hundred yards from the battalion posi t ions but the combined efforts ofInfantry, Tanks" Tank destroyers and f ighter bombers "lith te r r i f ic loss tothe enemy as was la ter evidenced by a t r ip through the bat t le area and witnessmgburnt out and destroyed tanks.

New pas i t ions were taken about three miles Southeast on 15 auly 1944 and from there both the 9th In f JJiv. and t13rd ln f uiv were given general support by our guns. Generally, h01.'Tever, this position developed into an area of majntenonce and preparations for ne'w operations. On 21 July a false gas alert was circulated through the troops in the entire division area caasi ng some anxiety among the troops unt i l i t was duly explained. The period from 15 July to 26 July was generally consumed in planning a new operation, named "Cobra" which was to be a main effor t . D-Day was 24July at l"lhich time a saturation bombing was delivered to the enemy from 3l me two thousand planes. On 27 July the Battalion moved out for a drive through Marigny through Cerisy la Salle to the vicini ty of Coutances as a part of Task Force X of C o ~ b a t Command A. Numerous llllts Ylere made and f i r ing done to assist the a.dvance of the

three bat t le groups of the Task li'orce. The Firing Batteries \'i'ere operating direct ly vlith their respective Forward Observers and Batt.le Group Commanders. A strone enemy counterattack a t Cerisy la Salle was c o m p l ( ~ t e l y stopped and put to route by the f ire of C Battery directed by 1 st Lt. Hamilton. li'rom there to positions jus t south of Coutc::.nces the bat t le took on the appe"a-Cl!lce


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