Thanks for the feedback. There was no mention of an ADVON in the AARs I read for the unit. Be interested in seeing who was in the ADVON party....
Ran across an interesting bit of info today. Over on another site, I saw mention of an Advanced Detachment of the 270th staying at Bewdley...
Reading thru an AAR from XX Corps for the period of Oct ‘43 thru May ‘45 and they list the below numbers for the number of rounds fired by the...
All my research is based around the 270th FA Bn., but in Oct ‘44 the Bn fired 311 American 240mm shells and 709 shells from the Butner Btry. That...
Rich. Thanks for the reply. Great info! I assumed the “Butner” part came from the unit being activated at Camp Butner in NC. Who really knows?
During my research of the 270th FA Bn. ETO I ran across a few entries in some AARs that referred to round counts of Butner Batteries. I tried to...
Does anyone know much about the "Butner Battery"? Supposedly it was captured Axis howitzers used by the Allies (the 270th being one of the...
Bringing this forward from WAY back, but does anyone know if this interview happened and if there is a site to view/listen to it?
Has anyone ever seen additional editions of this newsletter, or know where to look to see if there are any? I originally found this one at the...
Welcome. What part of NC did you move to? What was your Grandfathers unit?
Roy Thanks for reaching out. I shot you a PM / IM or what ever they are called. I’m slowly piecing things together. Having guys reach out in...
Thank you sir! In a little over an hour I got directions to some information that would have taken me forever to find without this forum. You...
Saw a previous post about the same topic but for another unit (Armored Ordnance Battalion) and the info provided was exactly what I am looking...
@Tipnring. The article about the troop ship arriving in Boston is very interesting. Everything I saw about their voyage home from Le Havre...
Happen to have a link to the make-up of a 240mm Howitzer Battalion? Trying to see where the 475 pax that make up the Battalion are assigned. I see...
Marksman with M1? Only a guess.
Awesome! Thank you for the links. Exactly what I was looking for.
Looking for the Table of Authorization for a gun crew of the 240mm American howitzer during WWII. From what I saw it was a 12 man gun (may be...
Tipnring, the info about COL Gabriel was shocking to say the least. Thank you for sharing that. COL Gabriel is from my hometown back in Indiana...
Thank you for the clippings. This is the kind of info I find fascinating. The personal side of the story. Thanks again!
