D-Day
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Fuj
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My Dad never talked about it. Most of my info came from my Uncle......My Dad belonged toYears ago, I learned that my FIL was seriously wounded in France, maybe in July 1944. I learned just recently that he was at Normandy on D-Day. One of my regrets in life is that I didn't spend much time talking to him about his war-time experiences. I was young and dumb.
the 190th Field Artillery Battalion A Battery / 155 Long Toms. They were sent in following the
29th Inf in Artillery support on Omaha beach. Received the arrowhead award with his campaign
ribbon. Went on to receive five campaign ribbons with the 190th FA assigned V-Corp Artillery.
No, he did'nt talk about it......If a relative served during that time, "Unit order of Battle" can be
found. I did find quite a bit looking under V-Corp which had the largest Artillery components
of WW2.
dmort
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My father was in the Minnesota National Guard and was called up when the war broke out. The company consisted of various prime movers for towing artillery and at one point were assigned to a British unit headed towards Antwerp. Other than seeing an American plane falling out of the sky he had little to say about the war.
My brother has a picture of dad standing next to a halftrack in France. I need to get a copy of that to show my grand and great grand children. They aren't kids anymore, the youngest is 32 and they need to know something about dad.
Mort
My brother has a picture of dad standing next to a halftrack in France. I need to get a copy of that to show my grand and great grand children. They aren't kids anymore, the youngest is 32 and they need to know something about dad.
Mort
Hunter
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Fuj
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Do you know what organization / unit your father in law belonged to ?? The Task force
was broken down by beach assignments and jump off times. V-Corp was assigned Omaha
beach, then tracked the order of battle from that point. Can be time consuming but very
rewarding in content. Tracking after action reports are hit and miss, but found one from a
an infantry unit that mentioned calling in artillery to stop a German advance. My fathers
Battalion was the artillery called for support. This led to further Investigation of his unit
at Elsenbourne Ridge in the Ardennes where V-Corp Artillery stopped the German tank
advance on the northern shoulder of the Bulge......I've found myself at times forgetting to
go to bed as each road led to another......
was broken down by beach assignments and jump off times. V-Corp was assigned Omaha
beach, then tracked the order of battle from that point. Can be time consuming but very
rewarding in content. Tracking after action reports are hit and miss, but found one from a
an infantry unit that mentioned calling in artillery to stop a German advance. My fathers
Battalion was the artillery called for support. This led to further Investigation of his unit
at Elsenbourne Ridge in the Ardennes where V-Corp Artillery stopped the German tank
advance on the northern shoulder of the Bulge......I've found myself at times forgetting to
go to bed as each road led to another......
