- 1942
-
- 1 Sept.
- Battalion
activated at Camp Stewart, Ga. Cadre from the 436th AAA Bn. arrived.
- 12 - 19
Oct.
- Men received
from Reception Centers of the South.
- 1943
-
- 4 Jan.
- Battalion
completed Basic Training. Rated as "Excellent".
- 5 - 8
Feb.
- Trip to
Fernandina, Fla., for firing at water-borne targets
- 19 Feb.
- Battalion
assigned to Armored Force, and attached to 10th Armored Division. Moved
to Fort Benning, Georgia.
- 27 Mar.
- 9 Apr.
- Battalion
returned to Camp Stewart, Ga., for firing practice.
- 10 Apr.
- Battalion
returned to Fort Benning.
- 27 Aug.
- Battalion
left Fort Benning.
- 29 Aug.
- Battalion
arrived at Camp Shanks, N.Y.
- 5 Sept.
- Battalion
sailed from NYC.
- 8 Sept.
- H, F.
Alexandria (Gen. G S Simmonds) puts into Halifax, Nova Scotia, with
internal trouble.
- 14 Sept.
- Battalion
sails from Halifax after transferring to the Queen Elizabeth.
- 18. Sept.
- Queen
Elizabeth arrives at Gourock, Scotland.
- 19.Sept.
- Battalion
arrives at Kettering, Northants, England.
- 4 Oct.
- Battalion
moves to operational sites. Hq., C & D to Watton Airfield (B-24s),
A and B to Snetterton Heath Airfield (B-17s).
- 1944
-
- 12 Apr.
- Battalion
moves to Camp Blandford, Wiltshire, for Deployment Training.
- 4 May
- Battalion
moves to Stiffkey Firing Range for firing practice.
- 10 May
- Batalion
was assigned under secret Orders to Third US Army but was attached to
IX Air Defense Command until it moved to France.
- 19 May
- Battalion
moved to operational sites of the IX Air Defense Command. Hq. and D
Btry's at Rivenhall Airdrome, "A" Btry at Earls Colne Airdrome,
"B" Btry at Boreham Airdrome, and "C" Btry at Dinton
supply dump.
- 22 May
- Battalion
was secretly assigned to VIII Corps.
- June 20
- Battalion
moved to Assembly Area at Orchard Leigh, near Frome, Somerset.
- July 3
- Battalion
moved to staging area at Dorchester, England.
- July 5
- Btry "D",
with parts of Batteries B & C embarked at Portland, England.
- July 6
- Btry "D"
and parts of Batteries B & C landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, France.
- July 7
- Balance
of Bn. embarked at Portland, England.
- July 8
- Balance
of Bn. landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, France. Battery "D",
borrowing equipment from B & C Batteries to replace landing losses,
is attached to 537th AAA AW Bn., and is first Btry. of the Battalion
in action.
- July 6
- 11
- Battalion,
less "D" Btry, assembled near Le Russeau for de-waterproofing
and preparation of equipment for action.
- July 12
- Btry D
rejoined Bn. Bn. moved into positions north of La Haye Du Puits, relieving
the 449th AAA Bn.
-
CP
locations of Battalion Headquarters
- 1944
- 12 Jul.
- Doville
(north of La Haye du Puits)
- 14 Jul.
- Lithaire
(east of La Haye du Puits)
- 29 Jul.
- Montsurent
(start of the Breakthrough)
- 1 Aug.
- Brehal
(near Granville)
- 3 Aug.
- Bree (below
Avranches)
- 6 Aug.
- Rennes
- 11 Aug.
- St Solen
(on wheels, near Dinan & St Malo). Battalion relieved of attachment
to VIII Corps and First US Army, and reverted to Third US Army with
attachment to XX Corps.
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- St Georges
Le Flechard (Bn. in assembly area east of Laval after 150 mile convoy
from Brittany Peninsula).
- 12 Aug.
- Argentre
(east of Laval)
- 15 Aug.
- Courville
(west of Chartres)
- 19 Aug.
- Chateauneuf
(south of Dreux)
- 21 Aug.
- Bray (on
wheels)
- 22 Aug.
- La Ferte
Alais (on wheels)
- 23 Aug.
- Pethes
(near Melun & Fontainebleau along the river)
- 25 Aug.
- Melun
(on wheels waiting to cross the river Seine)
- 27 Aug.
- La Brosse
(east of the Seine)
- 28 Aug.
- Le Sourdan
(enroute to Reims)
- 29 Aug.
- Epoye
(on wheels, northeast of Reims)
- 30 Aug.
- St Hilaire
Le Grand (enroute to Verdun)
- 1 Sept.
- west of
Verdun
- 2 Sept.
- east of
Verdun (out of gas)
- 6 Sept.
- Harville
(enroute to Metz)
- 8 Sept.
- St Marcel
(drive to Metz stopped)
- 10 Sept.
- Chambley
(southwest of Metz)
- 20 Sept.
- Waville
(west of Arnaville, along the Moselle river)
- 17 Oct.
- Onville
(west of the Moselle river)
- 15 Nov.
- Rouxieres
(east of the Moselle river)
- 24 Nov.
- Retonfey
(east of Metz)
- 27 Nov.
- Bockange
(northeast of Metz)
- 30 Nov.
- Bouzonville
(12 miles west of Saarlautern)
1945
- 9 Mar.
- Perl (Third
Army was rolling again)
- 16 Mar.
- Ayl (near
Saarburg)
- 19 Mar.
- Weiskirchen
(near St Wendel)
- 21 Mar.
- Otterberg
(north of Kaiserslautern)
- 25 Mar.
- Lauterecken
(moving north toward Mainz)
- 27 Mar.
- Nieder-Olm
(south of Mainz)
- 31 Mar.
- Mausis
(after crossing the Rhine & dashing along the Autobahn)
- 1 Apr.
- Ziegenhain
(with liberation of US PoWs)
- 5 Apr.
- Friemen
(tagging along with 6th Armd. Div.)
- 7 Apr.
- Eschwege
(traveling the back roads now)
- 10 Apr.
- Grossengottern
(we received our half-tracks)
- 12 Apr.
- Dietendorf
(just off the Autobahn near Weimar)
- 13 Apr.
- Mellingen
(riding the Autobahn again)
- 14 Apr.
- Gera (west
of Chemnitz)
- 19 Apr.
- Untermerzbach
(on wheels during the shift of the 3rd Army from the East to the South)
- 20 Apr.
- Lauf (east
of Nürnberg)
- 24 Apr.
- Schmidmühlen
(on the back roads again)
- 26 Apr.
- Hemau
(waiting for the traffic into Regensburg to unravel)
- 30 Apr.
- Straubing
(between Regensburg and Passau)
- 5 May
- Passau
(on the Austrian border)
- 13 May
- Pöcking
Airfield (for rehabilitation)
- 25 Jun.
- Eggenfelden
Kreis (as security guards)
- 19 Jul.
- Dingolfing,
Mallesdorf, and Landau Kreis
- 8 Sept.
- We will
move Field Bivouac on Lanshut Airfield, where a Battalion Review and
Ceremony for the presentation of individual awards to members of the
Battalion will be held.
- 9 Sept.
- We will
depart for Camp Miami, AAC near Chalons, France.
- 11 Sept.
- We will
arrive at Camp Miami.
- ??
- The Batallion
will leave for the U.S.A.
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